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An apparatus for the metered dispensing of beverage concentrate includes a storage container with a discharge opening and a dosing chamber assembly attached to the discharge opening. The dosing chamber assembly includes a chamber housing with an input opening communicating with the discharge opening

An apparatus for the metered dispensing of beverage concentrate includes a storage container with a discharge opening and a dosing chamber assembly attached to the discharge opening. The dosing chamber assembly includes a chamber housing with an input opening communicating with the discharge opening of the container, an output opening and a sliding control valve displaceable in the chamber to alternately open and close the input and output openings of the chamber housing. The container includes an outer rigid shell and a flexible foil bag therein which varies in volume with pressure changes therein.

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An apparatus for the metered dispensing of beverage concentrates from a storage container having a discharge opening located in the bottom of the container when in a dispensing position, comprising: a dosing chamber assembly including a chamber housing having only two openings including an input ope

An apparatus for the metered dispensing of beverage concentrates from a storage container having a discharge opening located in the bottom of the container when in a dispensing position, comprising: a dosing chamber assembly including a chamber housing having only two openings including an input opening communicating with the discharge opening of the container and an output opening, whereby the chamber housing defines a predetermined volume for metering a beverage concentrate; a sliding control valve displaceable in the chamber housing of said dosing chamber assembly to alternately open and close the input and output openings of the chamber housing, wherein said input opening of said chamber housing is disposed at the top thereof concentric with the longitudinal axis thereof, and said sliding control valve includes a tubular slide opening and a disc which seals off the entire chamber housing from the interior of said bag when said input opening is closed thereby, and guide ribs extending upwardly from said disc into the input opening of said chamber housing, said guide ribs slidably engaging walls of said input opening; said container including a gas-impermeable and substantially flexible bag disposed within a substantially dimensionally stable outer shell; and socket means having a first open end coupled to both said bag and said shell and a second open end for receiving said dosing chamber assembly.