Abstract: Shut-off valve especially for pressurized carbonated liquids in automatic beverage dispensers or the like, with an expansion device connected thereto in the form of a hollow-cone-like diffusor, in which an expansion cone is arranged which can be adjusted in the axial direction and the taper of which corresponds at least approximately to the taper of the diffusor, characterized by the feature that the expansion device is arranged in the output of the valve and the expansion cone is provided with several holes which start from its conical surface and open into a central hole which starts from its base. .

Abstract: Metering valve, including a substantially vertically-disposed tubular housing, the housing having an upper and a lower end, the lower end of the housing having a valve seat formed thereon and an outlet opening formed therein, a cap being integral with the upper end of the housing and having an impact surface formed thereon, a substantially tubular ram being axially liftable by a magnetic force field in the housing, the ram having an upper and a lower end, the lower end of the ram having a sealing cone formed thereon and the ram having drainage ports formed therein in vicinity of the sealing cone, the drainage ports being operable to leak fluid below the ram when the ram is lifted, the upper end of the ram being operable to adjoin the impact surface of the cap when the ram is lifted, and the valve seat having at least one selectively operable air inlet formed therein being associated with the outlet opening.

Abstract: Automatic household beverage dispenser including an equipment cabinet having a front and defining a mixing space with a dispensing station and an equipment space formed therein, detachable and replaceable functional parts including supply tanks for beverage concentrate and a device for dispensing carbon dioxide, electrical and flow devices for proportionate dispensing of concentrate, forming a mixture of concentrate and water and conducting the mixture to the dispensing station, the equipment space having a coverable opening formed at the front of the equipment cabinet for removal and replacement of all of the functional parts.

Abstract: Container assembly for beverage concentrates, including a container having an opening formed therein, a carrier disposed in the opening, a membrane-type seal disposed in the opening sealing the carrier to the container, a reusable measuring device having an end section for attachment to the container at the opening, at least one tab projecting from the end section for punching through the seal, and at least one barbed hook disposed on the at least one tab being solidly snappable-in on the carrier when attaching the measuring device to the container at the opening, the measuring device being detachable from the container after being attached exclusively by pulling the carrier from the opening.