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Title: Drink dispenser spigot with splash deflector



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1. In a drink dispenser spigot comprising a barrel, a valve plunger, a stem connected to said plunger for guiding said plunger, a spring arranged around said stem for urging said plunger to a closed position, and a spout opening in a sidewall of the barrel, the improvement comprising a tubular splash deflector in said barrel having at one end an end wall, the other end of said deflector being open, said end wall engaged with said spring and having an aperture for receiving said stem and said deflector having a cylindrical wall defining a hollow interior, said cylindrical wall having a sufficient length to enclose a portion of said spring and obstruct said spout opening thereby partially blocking drink from splashing into the barrel through said spout opening and onto said spring, said splash deflector being mounted upon said stem so as to be wholly movable therewith and including an annular flange wiper at said open end which wipes drink splash from the inside of the barrel and out through the spout opening during actuation of the valve plunger.

2. The improvement of claim 1 wherein said deflector is a separable unit freely carried on said stem.


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Inventors: Stecker, Earl M. (Kiel, WI)

Application Number: 05/961802
Filing Date: 1978-11-17
Publication_date: 1981-06-09
Assignee: STOELTING INC

Primary Class(es): 222/151 222/518, 222/559, 222/501, 137/536
Other Classes: A23G3/02; A23G9/28; B67D1/14; F16K3/24; F16K51/00; A23G9/04; B67D1/00; F16K3/00; B67D3/00
US Patent Ref:
1837552December, 1931Kelly222/511Coffee urn faucet
2240030April, 1941Bobrick et al.222/148Dispenser for powdered soap and the like
2345081March, 1944Ward222/509Siphon construction
3200994August, 1965Levinson et al.222/511Positive-pressure controlled-atmosphere liquid dispenser
4095727June, 1978Dorsch222/559Apparatus for dispensing a liquid from a container

Other Refs: GB333117GB951434
August, 1930222/559
March, 1964222/509

Primary Examiner: Spar, Robert J.
Assistant Examiner: Handren, Frederick R.
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