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US 11,758,930 B1Granted
Refillable carbonation container
AssigneeBlendJet Inc.
InventorRyan Michael Pamplin
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Abstract
A refillable carbonation container is disclosed. Exemplary implementations may include a base, a tank, a container body, a dispenser, and/or other components. The tank holds a pressurized liquid, such as CO2. The container body holds a potable liquid, such as water. The dispenser dispenses the pressurized liquid from the tank into the potable liquid, which provides carbonation of the potable liquid.
Claims17
A refillable carbonation container configured to hold and carbonate liquids, the refillable carbonation container comprising:
- a base including a control interface configured to receive user input from a user;
- a tank configured to hold a pressurized liquid, wherein the tank is one or both of refillable and/or user-replaceable, wherein the tank has at least a first volume;
- a container body configured to hold a second volume of liquid, wherein the container body has a proximal end at or near at least one of the base and the tank during carbonation of liquid held in the container body, wherein the container body has a distal end opposite the proximal end, and wherein the container body has a longitudinal axis extending through the proximal end and the distal end;
- a rotatable dispenser disposed at or near the proximal end of the container body during the carbonation of the liquid held in the container body, wherein the rotatable dispenser includes at least one outlet, wherein the rotatable dispenser is configured to rotate around the longitudinal axis during the carbonation of the liquid held in the container body;
- a conduit configured to couple the tank to the rotatable dispenser;
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- a controllable valve configured to control transferring the pressurized liquid in the tank to the at least one outlet of the rotatable dispenser, wherein operation of the controllable valve is based at least in part on the user input received through the control interface;
- wherein the pressurized liquid, upon exiting out of the at least one outlet, carbonates the liquid held in the container body, thereby creating a solution within the container body of the pressurized liquid and the liquid,
- wherein the tank is configured such that the first volume of the tank holds an amount of the pressurized liquid that is sufficient to support at least three separate and distinct instances of the carbonation of the liquid held in the container body, such that the user can control carbonating at least three times the second volume of liquid using the amount of pressurized liquid held in the first volume of the tank.
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A method of holding and carbonating liquid in a refillable carbonation container, the method comprising:
- receiving, through a control interface included in the refillable carbonation container, user input from a user to initiate carbonation of the liquid in the refillable carbonation container;
- holding, by a container body included in the refillable carbonation container, a particular volume of liquid, wherein the container body has a longitudinal axis;
- holding, by a tank included in the refillable carbonation container, a pressurized liquid, wherein the tank has a tank volume, wherein the tank volume of the tank holds an amount of the pressurized liquid that is sufficient to support at least three separate and distinct instances of the carbonation, such that the user can control carbonating at least three times the particular volume of liquid using the amount of pressurized liquid held in the tank volume of the tank;
- rotating a rotatable dispenser around the longitudinal axis, wherein the rotatable dispenser includes at least one outlet;
- coupling, by a conduit included in the refillable carbonation container, the tank to the rotatable dispenser;
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- transferring, by a controllable valve included in the refillable carbonation container, the pressurized liquid in the tank to the at least one outlet of the rotatable dispenser, wherein the pressurized liquid, upon exiting out of the at least one outlet, carbonates the particular volume of liquid held in the container body, thereby creating a solution within the container body of the pressurized liquid and the liquid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.