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An apparatus for dispensing carbonated beverages and the like from a container has a body portion adapted to replace a screw top cap of the container. The body portion includes a tube which will project into the ullage volume of the container and will vent to the atmosphere via a normally closed ven

An apparatus for dispensing carbonated beverages and the like from a container has a body portion adapted to replace a screw top cap of the container. The body portion includes a tube which will project into the ullage volume of the container and will vent to the atmosphere via a normally closed vent valve. A normally closed fluid valve is disposed in the body portion between a fluid chamber and a spout. In use the container having the body portion attached thereto is essentially inverted and supported in a stand. A dispensing lever attached to the body is depressed and sequentially opens the vent valve and the fluid valve permitting the beverage to flow through the fluid chamber, the fluid valve and the spout by gravity.

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A beverage dispensing assembly including a container with a threaded neck and means for dispensing a liquid from said container comprising: (a) a stand having supporting means for supporting said container such that said liquid can flow by gravity from said neck; (b) a dispensing valve sealingly att

A beverage dispensing assembly including a container with a threaded neck and means for dispensing a liquid from said container comprising: (a) a stand having supporting means for supporting said container such that said liquid can flow by gravity from said neck; (b) a dispensing valve sealingly attached to said neck and having (i) a body portion; (ii) a vent tube projecting from said body portion into the ullage volume of said container, (iii) a spout, (iv) a vent valve disposed in a passage in said body portion and having biasing means for biasing said vent valve in a normally closed position, said vent valve having an outlet communicating with said spout and an inlet, (v) said vent tube disposed in said inlet and extending through said container into and communicating with the ullage volume of said container, (vi) a fluid valve disposed in a passage communicating with the interior of said container and said spout, and having biasing means for biasing said fluid valve in a closed position, and (vii) a lever attached to said body and operatively coupled to said vent valve and to said fluid valve such that movement of said lever sequentially opens first said vent valve and then said fluid valve thereby venting said ullage volume via said spout and dispensing said liquid via said spout.