Fluid delivery subsystems for beverage dispensing apparatus
AssigneeBartesian Inc.
InventorMatthew T. Carley
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Abstract
A beverage dispensing apparatus includes: a plurality of reservoirs configured to supply respective fluids for delivery to an injection assembly having a single fluid input; a fluid delivery manifold defining a chamber, and having (i) for each of the reservoirs, a respective chamber inlet, and (ii) a single chamber outlet; for each chamber inlet, a respective valve configured to selectably open or close the corresponding chamber inlet; for each reservoir, a respective input conduit connected to a corresponding chamber inlet, to deliver fluid from the reservoir into the chamber; and an output conduit connected between the single chamber outlet and the single fluid input of the injection assembly, to deliver fluid from the chamber to the injection assembly.
Claims8
A beverage dispensing apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of reservoirs configured to supply respective fluids for delivery to an injection assembly having a single fluid input;
- a fluid delivery manifold defining a chamber, and having (i) for each of the reservoirs, a respective chamber inlet, and (ii) a single chamber outlet;
- for each chamber inlet, a respective valve mounted to the manifold and configured to selectably open or close the corresponding chamber inlet;
- for each reservoir, a respective input conduit connected to a corresponding chamber inlet, to deliver fluid from the reservoir into the chamber;
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- an output conduit connected between the single chamber outlet and the single fluid input of the injection assembly, to deliver fluid from the chamber to the injection assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.