Alcoholic beverage dispensers with flow controls
AssigneeCornelius Beverage Technologies Limited
InventorChristopher Michael Cook
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Abstract
A beverage dispenser includes a gas infusion device configured to infuse a gas into a base liquid to form a gas-infused liquid, a mixing chamber configured to mix the gas-infused liquid and a concentrate to thereby form a reconstituted beverage, a first flow control configured to decrease pressure of the gas-infused liquid prior to mixing with the concentrate, and a second flow control configured to decrease pressure of the concentrate prior to mixing with the gas-infused liquid. A restrictor device downstream from the mixing chamber and configured to apply backpressure on the concentrate and the gas-infused liquid, and a dispensing valve is configured to dispense the reconstituted beverage.
Claims20
A beverage dispenser comprising:
- a mixing chamber in which a gas-infused liquid and a concentrate are mixed to form a reconstituted beverage;
- a first flow control device configured to decrease pressure of the gas-infused liquid before the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate are mixed;
- a restrictor device configured to decrease pressure of the reconstituted beverage;
- a dispensing valve configured to dispense the reconstituted beverage;
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- a second flow control device configured to decrease pressure of the concentrate before the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate are mixed.
A beverage dispenser comprising:
- a mixing chamber in which a gas-infused liquid and a concentrate are mixed to form a reconstituted beverage;
- a flow control device configured to decrease pressure of one of the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate before the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate are mixed;
- a restrictor device configured to decrease pressure of the reconstituted beverage;
- and a dispensing valve configured to dispense the reconstituted beverage;
- wherein when the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate are mixed, pressure of the concentrate equals pressure of the gas-infused liquid.
A beverage dispenser comprising:
- a mixing chamber in which a gas-infused liquid and a concentrate are mixed to form a reconstituted beverage;
- a flow control device configured to decrease pressure of one of the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate before the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate are mixed;
- a restrictor device configured to decrease pressure of the reconstituted beverage, wherein the restrictor device is adjustable to thereby change the pressure of the reconstituted beverage;
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- a dispensing valve configured to dispense the reconstituted beverage.
A beverage dispenser comprising:
- a mixing chamber in which a gas-infused liquid and a concentrate are mixed to form a reconstituted beverage;
- a first flow control device configured to decrease pressure of the gas-infused liquid before the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate are mixed;
- a second flow control device configured to decrease pressure of the concentrate before the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate are mixed;
- a pump configured to increase the pressure of the one of the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate before the flow control device decreases the pressure of the one of the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate such that the flow control device properly dispenses the one of the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate at the first flow rate and the reconstituted beverage is properly formed;
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- a dispensing valve configured to dispense the reconstituted beverage.
A beverage dispenser comprising:
- a mixing chamber in which a gas-infused liquid and a concentrate are mixed to form a reconstituted beverage;
- a flow control device configured to decrease pressure of one of the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate before the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate are mixed such that the one of the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate is dispensed at a first flow rate;
- a pump configured to increase the pressure of the one of the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate before the flow control device decreases the pressure of the one of the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate such that the flow control device properly dispenses the one of the gas-infused liquid and the concentrate at the first flow rate and the reconstituted beverage is properly formed;
- a restrictor device configured to decrease pressure of the reconstituted beverage, wherein the restrictor device is adjustable to thereby change the pressure of the reconstituted beverage;
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- a dispensing valve configured to dispense the reconstituted beverage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.