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A multiple component keg including a liquid tight bottle with top and bottom concavo-convex lids engaged with the upper and lower ends of the bottle and compressively retained thereagainst by tensioned metal straps. The bottle is surrounded by a tubular composite sleeve intimately engaged with the b

A multiple component keg including a liquid tight bottle with top and bottom concavo-convex lids engaged with the upper and lower ends of the bottle and compressively retained thereagainst by tensioned metal straps. The bottle is surrounded by a tubular composite sleeve intimately engaged with the bottle and retained within facing mounting grooves on the top and bottom lids. The bottom lid provides a stable base for the keg.

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A multiple component keg for carbonated beverages and the like including a self-supporting liquid tight container with upper and lower ends, a rigid top lid and a rigid bottom lid respectively overlying and underlying said upper and lower ends of said container, a tubular paperboard sleeve encirclin

A multiple component keg for carbonated beverages and the like including a self-supporting liquid tight container with upper and lower ends, a rigid top lid and a rigid bottom lid respectively overlying and underlying said upper and lower ends of said container, a tubular paperboard sleeve encircling said container and in confining engagement therewith, said sleeve having upper and lower ends respectively engaged and retained by said top and bottom lids, elongate strap means extending between said top and bottom lids and retaining said top and bottom lids respectively against said upper and lower ends of said container and in retaining engagement with said upper and lower ends of said sleeve, said bottom lid comprising a central section configured to conform to said lower end of said container and a peripheral flange integral with and depending below said central section and forming a lower edge defining a support surface, said flange at said lower edge, being reversely turned and forming an upwardly extending lip outwardly spaced from said flange and defining therewith an upwardly directed groove mounting said lower end of said sleeve, said bottom lid including a peripheral reinforcing rib defined therein between said central section and said peripheral flange, said top lid comprising a central section configured to conform to said upper end of said container and a peripheral flange integral with and extending vertically upward peripherally about said top lid central section, said top lid peripheral flange terminating in a reversely turned upper edge defining a downwardly extending lip outwardly spaced from said upwardly extending flange and defining therewith a downwardly directed groove mounting said upper end of said sleeve, a rigid cuff overlying said top lid immediately inward of said top lid peripheral flange, said cuff extending vertically above said central section of said top lid and defining a protective enclosure therefor, said top lid including a peripheral reinforcing rib formed therein in inwardly spaced relation to said top lid flange and defining therebetween an upwardly directed annular groove receiving said cuff, said elongate strap means comprising at least one set of straps including two straps at generally diametrically opposed portions of said keg, said straps having upper ends fixed to said cuff, said top and bottom lids having aligned slots vertically therethrough and in alignment with the secured upper ends of said straps, said straps extending vertically through said aligned slots and terminating in lower end portions below said central section of said bottom lid, and means interconnecting said lower end portions of said straps and retaining said straps under tension whereby a compressive force is exerted against said lids and said container therebetween.