Portable beer keg tap and dispenser
View Patent ↗A lightweight beer dispensing system comprising a small carbon dioxide pressure bottle attached directly to an adjustable pressure regulator that can be set to avoid excess foaming is attached directly to a keg tap having a delivery faucet. The invention taps a full size beer keg and uses CO 2 to keep the beer fresh thus avoiding the problem of introducing oxygen into the beer keg.
1. A beer delivery system comprising;
a beer tap having a gas inlet, a beer outlet and a keg connection means for functionally attaching the beer tap to any standard commercially available beer keg;
an easily adjustable gas pressure regulator having a high pressure inlet, a low pressure outlet, and a pressure control means directly connected to and in fluid communication with said high pressure inlet and low pressure outlet for varying the gas pressure at said low pressure outlet; said low pressure outlet of said gas pressure regulator being rigidly connected to and in fluid communication with said gas inlet of said beer tap;
a high pressure gas cylinder rigidly connected to and in fluid communication with the high pressure inlet of said gas pressure regulator;
a check valve having an inlet and an outlet, said inlet of said check valve being rigidly connected to and in fluid communication with the low pressure outlet of said gas pressure regulator and the outlet of said check valve being rigidly attached to and in fluid communication with the gas inlet of said beer tap; and
a Thomas valve between the outlet of said check valve and the gas inlet of said beer tap.
2. A beer delivery system as in claim 1 wherein the beer tap has a beer faucet connected to and in fluid communication with the beer outlet of said beer tap.
3. A beer delivery system as in claim 2 wherein a flex hose is connected to and in fluid communication with said beer outlet and said beer faucet.