| 摘要 |
An apparatus for dispensing a beverage by gravity feed from a container (C) mounted in the outside of a door (14) of a refrigerated cabinet, such as a home refrigerator, comprises a vented spout assembly for dispensing a beverage from a container (C) by gravity feed at a substantially constant flow rate in combination with an actuation mechanism mounted in the door of the refrigerator. The vented spout assembly includes a valve assembly collar (20) connectable to a discharge opening in the container, a vent tube (34) extending from a location in the collar (20) to a location in the container spaced from the discharge opening, the vent tube (34) defining a vent passage therethrough. The collar (20) has a discharge wall with a liquid discharge port (31) therethrough. A rotary valve element (24) is mounted for rotation in the discharge wall between OPEN and CLOSED positions. The rotary valve (24) has a liquid discharge conduit (30) and a vent conduit (32) therethrough alignable with the discharge port (31) and the vent passage (33), respectively, when in the OPEN postion of the valve element (24), a spout (28) extends from the liquid discharge conduit (30) of the rotary valve element (24) and an actuation lever (26) extends from the rotary valve element (24) for engagement with the actuation mechanism mounted in the door. |
