Beverage dispensing apparatus with lever assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9417652-B2
Application number	US-201414331140-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2014
Priority date	Jul 14, 2014
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

A beverage dispensing apparatus including a lever assembly where the lever assembly has a base and a at least one elongated arm. The base has a bottom configured to mate with a beverage dispensing device, a top side opposite the bottom and apertures penetrating the base from top to bottom configured to align with buttons on the beverage dispensing apparatus. The at least one elongated lever has a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end and a second end configured to extend away from the centerline of the beverage dispensing apparatus. When the lever assembly is installed on a beverage dispensing device, buttons extending from the top of the beverage dispensing device extend up through the apertures and pressed against the bottom surface of the at least one elongated lever, biasing the at least one lever upward and the when the lever is pressed, it pushes against the button of the beverage dispensing apparatus to dispense a beverage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A beverage dispensing apparatus including a lever assembly, the lever assembly comprising:
a base having a bottom configured to mate with a beverage dispensing device, a top side opposite the bottom and apertures penetrating the base from top to bottom configured to align with buttons on the beverage dispensing apparatus; and,
at least one elongated lever having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end and a second end configured to extend away from the centerline of the beverage dispensing apparatus;
wherein when the lever assembly is installed on the beverage dispensing apparatus, buttons extending from the top of the beverage dispensing apparatus extend up through the apertures, pressing against the bottom surface of the at least one elongated lever, biasing the at least one lever upward and the when the lever is pressed, the lever pushes against the button of the beverage dispensing apparatus to dispense a beverage, and wherein the base comprises two pin mounts.

2. The lever assembly of claim 1 further comprising a pin extending between the two pin mounts.

3. The lever assembly of claim 2 wherein the second end of the at least one elongated lever is configured to mate with and rotate about the pin.

4. The lever assembly of claim 3 further comprising a rotation stop arm extending from the top surface at the second end of the at least one elongated lever.

5. The lever assembly of claim 4 further comprising a stop surface aligned across from and coordinating with the rotation stop arm, wherein the biasing of the lever upward and about the pin is limited by the rotation stop arm contacting the stop surface.

6. The lever assembly of claim 5 , wherein the second end of the at least one elongated is configured to coordinate and mate with one additional elongated lever and where the stop surface of each elongated lever is the top surface of the other elongated lever.

7. The lever assembly of claim 6 , wherein the beverage dispensing device comprises a bar gun elongated along a length and wherein the levers are configured to extend transverse to the length of the bar gun.

8. The lever assembly of claim 6 , wherein the beverage dispensing device comprises a bar gun elongated along a length and wherein the levers are configured to extend parallel to the length of the bar gun.

Assignees

• Automatic Bar Controls Inc

Inventors

• Hecht Thomas R
• Martindale Richard A
• Baker Bret D

Classifications

• B67D2001/0089

  operated by lever means · CPC title

• G05G1/04

  Controlling members for hand actuation by pivoting movement, e.g. levers · CPC title

• B67D1/0086

  Hand-held gun type valves · CPC title

• B67D1/0084

  Hand-held gun type valves · CPC title

• B67D1/0042

  Details of specific parts of the dispensers · CPC title