Pressure regulating system for a beverage container and beverage container provided therewith

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12448203-B2
Application number	US-202418772434-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2024
Priority date	Jul 24, 2019
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

A pressure regulating system for a beverage container system, comprising a first compartment for containing a pressurized, in fluid communication with a surrounding space through at least a gas valve for opening and closing a passage between the first compartment and surrounding space, wherein a gas valve control system is provided, comprising a deformable and/or movable wall or wall part, wherein said deformable and/or movable wall part is operably in contact with said gas valve for opening and/or closing said gas valve, wherein a second compartment is provided at a side of the said deformable and/or movable wall part, said movable and/or deformable wall part forming a wall of said second compartment, wherein the second compartment forms a pressure regulating space and comprises a wall part formed by or comprising at least a gas permeable, liquid tight permeable wall part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for preparing a pressure regulating system for a beverage container system, comprising a pressure regulator, a first compartment for containing a pressurized gas, in fluid communication with a surrounding space through at least a gas valve for opening and closing a passage between the first compartment and surrounding space, wherein a gas valve control system is provided, comprising a deformable and/or movable wall or wall part, wherein said deformable and/or movable wall part is operably in contact with said gas valve for opening and/or closing said gas valve, wherein a second compartment is provided at a side of said deformable and/or movable wall part, said movable and/or deformable wall part forming a wall of said second compartment, wherein the second compartment forms a pressure regulating space and comprises a wall part formed by or comprising at least a gas permeable, liquid tight permeable wall part, wherein at least the second compartment is purged with a gas or gas mixture which is present in a beverage to be pressurized with said pressure regulator.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the gas permeable, liquid tight permeable wall part is configured such that during use the gas can enter into the second compartment and/or leave therefrom.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the gas permeable wall part is provided with a support frame, wherein the support frame has a stiffness higher than the permeable wall part.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein first compartment is in open communication with the surrounding space when the gas valve is open.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein during use at least the first and second compartment are substantially filled with the same gas or gas mixture, in gaseous and/or liquid form.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least the second compartment comprises at least one flushing opening, which during use of the regulator for pressure regulation is closed.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least the second compartment is flushed with said gas or gas mixture, by feeding the gas or gas mixture into the second compartment through a first opening and allowing air to be forced out of said second compartment by said gas or gas mixture through a second opening, and subsequently closing the openings.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the permeable wall part connects the pressure regulating chamber with a third compartment extending over said permeable wall part, preventing direct communication between the pressure regulating chamber and the beverage compartment, wherein the third compartment is also purged with said gas or gas mixture.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the gas or gas mixture present in a beverage to be pressurized with said pressure regulator comprises CO 2 gas or N 2 gas or a CO 2 /N 2 gas mixture.

10. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the surrounding space comprise a beverage compartment.

11. A method for use of a pressure regulating system within a beverage dispensing container, wherein the pressure regulating system comprises at least a pressurized gas filled compartment and a pressure regulating chamber, wherein prior to use the pressure regulating chamber is purged with a gas and is thereafter closed, filled with said gas,
wherein the method comprises removing a fluid from the beverage dispensing container, and in response thereto, the pressure regulating chamber is operative to open a valve to allow the gas from the pressurized gas filled container to flow into the beverage dispensing container.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the pressure regulating chamber is purged using at least one opening, which the at least one opening is closed after said purging.

Assignees

• Heineken Supply Chain Bv

Inventors

• Vlasveld Daniël Petrus Nicolaas
• De Groot Allard
• Van Beelen Rudolf Klaas
• Wolthers Wolter

Classifications

• B65D83/673

  at least a portion of the propellant being separated from the product and incrementally released by means of a pressure regulator · CPC title

• B65D83/384

  the container body being an aerosol container located in an outer shell or in an external container · CPC title

• B67D2001/0824

  with dip tubes · CPC title

• B67D1/0802

  Dip tubes · CPC title

• B67D1/1252

  Gas pressure control means, e.g. for maintaining proper carbonation (for beer engines B67D1/025) · CPC title