Keg adapter valve

Claim 1

A keg adapter valve assembly for installation in a keg which includes a wall portion having inner and outer surfaces and containing a dispensing opening with an inner periphery in said wall portion, comprising: A valve member to be mounted internally of the keg with an outer end which contains means for sealing engagement with the inner surface of the wall portion adjacent the dispensing opening of a keg in which it may be mounted; a generally central opening extending through the valve member from the outer end thereof for alignment with the dispensing opening of the keg; a gas passageway separate from said central opening and extending through the valve member from said outer end; normally closed valve means in communication with said gas passageway; a tapper connector member for mounting externally of a keg at the dispensing opening in the wall portion thereof and including an inner end having means for holding engagement with cooperating holding means at the outer end of the valve member, said tapper connector member containing a passageway extending therethrough which is in alignment with the dispensing opening and the central opening in the valve member when the latter and the tapper connector member are in holding engagement and positioned on opposite sides of the wall portion of a keg and forms a continuous passage with the central opening in the valve member. an elongated tubular member containing a liquid passageway therethrough, dimensioned for insertion from the outside of the keg, through the passageway in the tapper connector member, the dispensing opening in the wall portion of the keg and the generally central opening of the valve member, and into assembled holding engagement with at least one of said members; and normally closed liquid valve means in said liquid passageway.