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A system, appartatus, and method of dispensing a liquid (e.g., a beverage, a soft drink concentrate, or other flowable liquid-like material) from a semi-bulk container. The system comprises a liquid impervious container having at least one opening therein. The container is installable within a press

A system, appartatus, and method of dispensing a liquid (e.g., a beverage, a soft drink concentrate, or other flowable liquid-like material) from a semi-bulk container. The system comprises a liquid impervious container having at least one opening therein. The container is installable within a pressure containment vessel of open construction and a fitting is sealingly secured within the opening. This fitting has a port adapted to be connected to a source of pressurized gas so as to admit gas under pressure into the container and to pressurize the liquid within the container. The fitting further has a dip tube which extends down into the liquid so that liquid may be dispensed from the container via the dip tube under pressure. The pressure containment vessel withstands the internal pressurization forces within the container thus permitting the use of an inexpensive, disposable container.

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Apparatus for dispensing a liquid from a disposable container, said disposable container having an inlet/outlet opening, and a closure sealably secured to said inlet/outlet opening, said apparatus comprising a shroud for receiving said disposable container and a frame for receiving said shroud, said

Apparatus for dispensing a liquid from a disposable container, said disposable container having an inlet/outlet opening, and a closure sealably secured to said inlet/outlet opening, said apparatus comprising a shroud for receiving said disposable container and a frame for receiving said shroud, said shroud and said frame withstanding pressurization forces exerted on said container upon internal pressurization thereof, said shroud having a first and a second portion telescopically interfitting with one another, and a stopper assembly fitted to said inlet/outlet of said disposable container and being held in place relative to said disposable container by said shroud, said stopper assembly having means for internally pressurizing said container, means for discharging liquid from said disposable container under pressure, and means for sealing said stopper assembly relative to said disposable container upon internal pressurization of said disposable container. A system for dispensing of a liquid from a disposable container containing a supply of liquid therein, said disposable container having at least one opening, said system comprising means sealably engageable with said at least one opening for permitting pressurization of said liquid within the container and for pressure dispensing of said liquid from within the container, and pressure containment means for receiving and for withstanding pressure forces exerted on said disposable container during internal pressurization thereof, said pressure containment means comprising a shroud having a first portion thereof adapted to receive at least one portion of said disposable container and having another portion thereof adapted to receive the other portion of said disposable container so that upon internal pressurization of said disposable container, said shroud supports said disposable container against the internal pressurization forces exerted thereon, said pressure containment means further comprising a frame adapted to receive said shroud for preventing substantial axial movement of the shroud portions relative to one another upon internal pressurization of the disposable container.