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1. A roving beverage dispensing device comprising:
(a) a beverage container containing a liquid beverage to be dispensed, (b) a first, at least partially flexible, beverage dispensing line, comprising an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end being provided with connecting device for coupling said inlet end to the container thus bringing the liquid contained in the container in fluid communication with the outlet end of the dispensing line, (c) a second pressure line, an outlet thereof being releasably connected to the container to bring the interior of the container in fluid communication with a source of pressurized gas, (d) a cooled compartment comprising refrigerating device and containing said container; (e) an elongated tapping column, one end thereof being fixed to the top surface of the compartment and comprising an elongated inner channel having a smallest diameter, D1, and bringing in fluid communication the interior of the compartment with a tapping valve element located at the opposite top end of the elongated tapping column, said tapping valve element being suitable for receiving a portion of the outlet end of the dispensing line and for controlling the flow of the liquid therethrough, wherein the largest diameters of the dispensing line and the connecting device are both smaller than the smallest diameter, D1, of the elongated channel so that the dispensing line can be introduced from a point at or adjacent the top end of the tapping column down through the channel and into the compartment where it can be connected to the container. |