US Patent Issued to SODAPOP on March 24 for "Valve for a gas cartridge, gas cartridge for a water carbonator, and method for filling such a gas cartridge" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,594, issued on March 24, was assigned to SODAPOP GmbH (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).

"Valve for a gas cartridge, gas cartridge for a water carbonator, and method for filling such a gas cartridge" was invented by Stefan Stalder (Zollikofen, Switzerland) and Gunter Empl (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve for selectively closing and selectively opening a gas cartridge for a water carbonator, the valve is configured to hold a gas in the gas cartridge when the valve is closed and to provide a fluidic connection when the valve is opened, the valve has a valve housing having a cartridge connector opening that...