Gas charging and liquid dispensing apparatus and method

Claim 1

A COMBINATION COMPRISING: A CHARGED LIQUID CONTAINER HAVING A LIQUID DISPENSING FAUCET AND A CHARGING GAS CONTAINER RECEIVING OPENING; A CHARGING GAS CONTAINER INSERTED IN SAID LIQUID CONTAINER THROUGH SAID OPENING; AN AUTOMATIC PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE IN SAID LIQUID CONTAINER HAVING A VALVE INLET RECEIVING RELATIVELY HIGH PRESSURE CHARGING GAS FROM SAID GAS CONTAINER AND HAVING A VALVE OUTLET DISCHARGING RELATIVELY REDUCED PRESSURE GAS INTO THE SURROUNDING SPACE WITHIN SAID LIQUID CONTAINER WHICH IS OUTSIDE SAID GAS CONTAINER; A PROTECTING TUBE WITHIN SAID GAS CONTAINER FEEDING CHARGING GAS TO SAID VALVE INLET AND HAVING AN INTAKE TUBE END PLACED WITHIN A PART OF THE SAID GAS CONTAINER ABOVE THE NORMAL LEVEL OF LIQUIFIED GAS IN SAID CONTAINER; AND RESTRICTOR MEANS EXTENDING INTO SAID CONTAINER AND FORMING A CHARGING GAS ARRESTING RESTRICTION ADJACENT SAID INTAKE TUBE END, SAID PROTECTING TUBE HAVING A PASSAGEWAY SIZED TO PROVIDE A SUFFICIENTLY LARGE EXPANSION CHAMBER BETWEEN SAID RESTRICTOR MEANS AND SAID AUTOMATIC PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE TO INSURE GASIFICATION OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE LIQUIFIED GAS.