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An integral electrical connection for use with a tap handle in a beverage dispenser. With the integral electrical connection, the tap handle can be internally suppled with low voltage power, with safety and reliability, by a quick connection circuit, housed within the tap handle. The tap handle is a

An integral electrical connection for use with a tap handle in a beverage dispenser. With the integral electrical connection, the tap handle can be internally suppled with low voltage power, with safety and reliability, by a quick connection circuit, housed within the tap handle. The tap handle is attachable to a standard tap valve or faucet, typically used in dispensing beverages, such as beer, to provide an efficient and standardized solution to the problem of managing power cords and wires to the tap handle, to power any element within the tap handle, typically for the purpose of internally lighting or illuminating the tap handle, typically a bulb or diode, such as a LED. The electrified tap includes a bushing receivable onto a locknut. A set of conductors ring the threaded tap. A lower pair of contacts are wired to a low voltage power source external to the tap. An upper pair of contacts within the handle touch the lower pair within the tap, when the handle is screwed onto the threaded tap stem. The contacts can be formed with alternative shapes, to better provide for the inner electrical contact, such as a wave pattern. Electrical contact is achieved without regard to the orientation of the upper contacts to the lower contacts, and so the electrified tap handle functions safely and reliably.

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1. An electrified tap comprising:a bushing receivable onto a locknut, the locknut threadingly receivable onto a tap stem;a lower contact core receivable within the bushing, the lower contact core having a lower inner contact and a lower outer contact;an electrical power connection having a first sup

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An electrified tap comprising:a bushing receivable onto a locknut, the locknut threadingly receivable onto a tap stem;a lower contact core receivable within the bushing, the lower contact core having a lower inner contact and a lower outer contact;an electrical power connection having a first supply pole and a second supply pole, the lower inner contact connectable to a first supply pole of the electrical power connection, and the lower outer contact connectable to a second supply pole of the electrical power connection;a ferule threadingly receivable onto the tap stem;an upper contact core receivable within the ferule, the upper contact core having an upper inner contact and an upper outer contact;a handle electrical connection having a first handle pole and a second handle pole, the upper inner contact connectable to a first handle pole of the handle electrical connection, and the upper outer contact connectable to a second handle pole of the handle electrical connection;an inner electrical contact between the lower inner contact and the upper inner contact; andan outer electrical contact between the lower outer contact and the upper inner contact, the inner electrical contact and the outer electrical contact achieved without regard to the orientation of the lower contact core with the upper contact core about the tap stem.2. The electrified tap of claim 1, wherein the bushing and the locknut are combinable into a unitized bushing and locknut.3. The electrified tap 1 of claim 1, wherein the electrical power connection is a low voltage power supply.4. The electrified tap of claim 1, wherein the handle electrical connection serves to provide electricity to a powered element in a handle, the handle mounted on the ferrule.5. The electrified tap of claim 1, wherein the handle electrical connection serves to energize a light emitting powered element in a handle, the handle mounted on the ferrule.6. The electrified tap of claim 1, wherein the lower contact core includes a multiple of ribs, the lower inner contact and the lower outer contact deformed by the multiple of ribs to depart the lower inner contact and the lower outer contact from a substantially circular path.7. The electrified tap of claim 1, wherein the upper contact core includes a multiple of ribs, the upper inner contact and the upper outer contact deformed by the multiple of ribs to depart the upper inner contact and the upper outer contact from a purely circular path.8. The electrified tap of claim 1, wherein the lower contact core includes a multiple of ribs, the lower inner contact and the lower outer contact deformed by the multiple of ribs to depart the lower inner contact and the lower outer contact from a substantially circular path; andthe upper contact core includes a multiple of ribs, the upper inner contact and the upper outer contact deformed by the multiple of ribs to depart the upper inner contact and the upper outer contact from a substantially circular path.9. An electrified tap comprising:a bushing receivable onto a locknut, the locknut threadingly receivable onto a tap stem;a lower contact core receivable within the bushing, the lower contact core having a lower contact;an electrical power connection having a first supply pole and a second supply pole, the lower contact connectable to a supply pole of the electrical power connection;a ferule threadingly receivable onto the tap stem;an upper contact core receivable within the ferule, the upper contact core having an upper contact;a handle electrical connection having a handle pole, the upper inner contact connectable to a handle pole of the handle electrical connection; andan electrical contact between the lower contact and the upper contact, the electrical contact achievable without regard to the orientation of the lower contact core with the upper contact core about the tap stem.10. The electrified tap of claim 9, wherein the bushing and the locknut are combinable into a unitized bushing and locknut.11. The electrified tap of claim 9, wherein the electrical power connection is a low voltage power supply.12. The electrified tap of claim 9, wherein the handle electrical connection serves to provide electricity to a powered element in a handle, the handle mounted on the ferrule.13. The electrified tap of claim 9, wherein the handle electrical connection serves to energize a light emitting powered element in a handle, the handle mounted on the ferrule.14. The electrified tap of claim 9, wherein the lower contact core includes a multiple of ribs, the lower inner contact and the lower outer contact deformed by the multiple of ribs to depart the lower contact from a substantially circular path.15. The electrified tap of claim 9, wherein the upper contact core includes a multiple of ribs, the upper contact deformed by the multiple of ribs to depart the upper contact from a substantially circular path.16. The electrified tap of claim 9, wherein the lower contact core includes a multiple of ribs, the lower inner contact and the lower outer contact deformed by the multiple of ribs to depart the lower contact from a substantially circular path; andthe upper contact core includes a multiple of ribs, the upper inner contact and the upper outer contact deformed by the multiple of ribs to depart the upper contact from a substantially circular path.