Containers are provided and include a container body having an opening extending into a hollow interior, and a cap extending across the opening. The cap has an inlet port with an inlet valve configured to couple to a fluid source such that fluid can be delivered through the inlet valve to pressurized the hollow interior of the container body. The cap also has an outlet port with an outlet valve having a cracking pressure at which the outlet valve is configured to move from a closed configuration to an open configuration to dispense fluid from the hollow interior, and a closing pressure at which the outlet valve is configured to move from the open configuration to the closed configuration to prevent fluid from passing therethrough. The cracking pressure is greater than the closing pressure.

A keg dispenser for dispensing and housing a beverage contained within a keg the dispenser comprising an upper column, a keg compartment, and a spigot. The dispenser allows the user to switch from one type of beverage to another with minimal adjustments all while maintaining an eye pleasing yet compact design.

The present invention discloses a vessel, comprising: an essentially cylindrical vessel body having an opening, a cylindrical wall and a cylinder base; a first groove formed in the cylindrical wall and extending in axial direction at least a predetermined portion of the vessel body; and a second groove formed in the cylindrical wall and extending in axial direction at least a predetermined portion of the vessel body; wherein the first groove is an orientation groove defining the orientation of the vessel with respect to a guide of a fluid extraction apparatus; and wherein the second groove is a coding groove identifying the type of vessel; and
a vessel extraction apparatus, adapted to extract fluid form a plurality of vessels, comprising: a plurality of receiving openings, wherein each opening is adapted to receive one of the vessels; wherein a first protrusion and a second protrusion are associated to each receiving opening; wherein the first protrusion is adapted to engage with a first groove of a vessel; wherein the second protrusion is adapted to engage with a second groove of a vessel that is of a vessel type corresponding to the respective receiving opening;
wherein the distance from the first protrusion to the second protrusion of a first receiving opening differs from the distance from the first protrusion to the second protrusion of a second receiving opening.

A beverage server including: a main body having a space, the main body having a top end opened; an inner lid disposed on an upper part of the main body; and an outer lid put on the top end of the main body with the inner lid covered, the outer lid being configured to make the space hermetic, wherein the inner lid has a plurality of liquid pumping pipes to be inserted into the space, and a beverage discharge pipe communicating with the liquid pumping pipes, the beverage discharge pipe being configured to discharge a beverage from the space to outside the main body, the outer lid has a pump configured to feed air to the hermetic space, and a manipulation member configured to switch between discharging a beverage and discharging no beverage, and the pump is operated by switching the manipulation member to discharging a beverage.

A beverage supply device is provided with: physical buttons for receiving an indicator operation indicating that a beverage selected from among the plurality of types of beverages is to be supplied; a control unit that causes a selected beverage to be discharged from a predetermined nozzle while one of the physical buttons is receiving an indicator operation; and a storage unit that stores the number of sales for each beverage. The control unit increases the number of sales for a beverage by one sale when the same beverage is supplied continuously and the interval during which the beverage is supplied continuously is longer than a predetermined period. The control unit does not increase the number of sales for a beverage when the interval during which the beverage is supplied continuously is shorter than a predetermined period.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to extracting the liquid from a container (such as a bottle of wine) using a needle adapted to pierce the closure of a container of liquid, dispense liquid from the container, and supply an inert gas to the container to help preserve the liquid.

Provided is a portable, self-contained beverage apparatus. The beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly.

A beverage supply device is provided with: physical buttons (3a) to (3c) for receiving an indicator operation indicating that a beverage selected from among the plurality of types of beverages is to be supplied; a control unit that causes a selected beverage to be discharged from a predetermined nozzle while one of the physical buttons (3a) to (3c) is receiving an indicator operation; and a storage unit that stores the number of sales for each beverage. The control unit increases the number of sales for a beverage by one sale when the same beverage is supplied continuously and the interval during which the beverage is supplied continuously is longer than a predetermined period. The control unit does not increase the number of sales for a beverage when the interval during which the beverage is supplied continuously is shorter than a predetermined period.

Intelligent concentrate mixing and delivery devices, systems, and methods are described. An intelligent concentrate mixing and delivery device includes at least one ingredient storage device (e.g., an ingredient cartridge) configured to store one or more ingredients and at least one micro-ingredient pump configured to pump the one or more ingredients into a mixing chamber. The mixing chamber reconstructs at least one finished concentrate from the one or more ingredients. The intelligent concentrate mixing and delivery device further includes at least one pump configured to pump the finished concentrate into a beverage dispensing system.

Apparatus (10) for dispensing a flavored, optionally alcoholic, beverage, is housed in a cabinet (16) and comprises a dispensing outlet (12) connectable to a beverage supply and a plurality of different liquid beverage flavorings, the dispensing outlet being configured to dispense the beverage and one or more of said flavorings into a drinking container. An actuating member (44) is operable to initiate dispensing of the beverage and one or more of said flavorings from the dispensing outlet. The apparatus includes a selector (42) configured to receive a user input selection of one or more of the beverage flavorings to be dispensed and a control unit (40). Upon user operation of the actuating member (44), the control unit (40) operates a pump (24a-f) to supply a selected one or more of the flavorings to the dispensing outlet based on the user input selection.