Beverage carbonation apparatus
AssigneeSixteen Stone Operations Pty Ltd
InventorAndrew Donaghey
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Abstract
Beverage carbonation apparatus having a carbonating system including chassis side plates, a bottle interface assembly, a release handle assembly hingedly coupled to a gas release system adapted for engagement with a gas canister, including a gas release button for selective activation by a user and a push rod coupled thereto, and a valve assembly carbonating system adapted to communicate gas from a canister coupled to the gas release system to a bottle fitted to the bottle dispensing assembly, including a bottle pressure control valve.
Claims15
Beverage carbonation apparatus having a carbonating system including:
- (a) spaced apart left and right chassis side plates;
- (b) a bottle interface assembly, coupled to one end of the chassis side plates, including:
- (i) a sliding collar;
- and
- (ii) a catch ring,
- wherein relative movement between the sliding collar and the catch ring secures a necked section of a bottle in the catch ring and forms an operative seal therewith in readiness for carbonation;
- (c) a release handle assembly hingedly coupled to:
- (i) the chassis side plates;
- and
- (ii) opposite side sections of the sliding collar,
- wherein said relative movement of the sliding collar is accompanied by corresponding movement of a handle of the release handle assembly from a first position towards a second position, and
- wherein opposite movement of the handle is accompanied by corresponding movement of the sliding collar to thereby release the necked section of the bottle;
- (d) a gas release system adapted for engagement with a gas canister, including a gas release button for selective activation by a user and a push rod coupled thereto;
- (e) a valve assembly carbonating system adapted to communicate gas from a canister coupled to the gas release system to a bottle fitted to the bottle dispensing assembly, including a bottle pressure control valve,
- wherein:
- (i) when the gas release button is not activated, the push rod does not bear against the bottle pressure control valve, leaving it open, allowing a gas path for release of pressure, and
- (ii) when the gas release button is activated, the push rod bears against and acts to close the bottle pressure control valve,
- wherein pressure can only be maintained in the bottle while the gas button is activated by the user to inhibit the bottle from being pressurised when the user wants to remove it.
Beverage carbonation apparatus having a carbonating system including:
- (a) a bottle interface assembly, including:
- (i) a sliding collar;
- and
- (ii) a catch ring,
- wherein relative movement between the sliding collar and the catch ring secures a necked section of a bottle in the catch ring and forms an operative seal therewith in readiness for carbonation;
- (b) a gas release system adapted for engagement with a gas canister, including a gas release button;
- (c) a release handle assembly;
- (d) a valve actuator coupled between the release handle assembly and opposite side sections of the sliding collar,
- wherein said relative movement of the sliding collar is accompanied by corresponding movement of a handle of the release handle assembly from a first position towards a second position, and
- wherein opposite movement of the handle is accompanied by corresponding movement of the sliding collar to thereby release the necked section of the bottle;
- (e) a valve assembly carbonating system adapted to communicate gas from a canister coupled to the gas release system to a bottle fitted to the bottle dispensing assembly, including a bottle pressure control valve,
- wherein the valve actuator includes a bridge portion positioned on top of the release button such that movement of the handle from the first position towards the second position causes corresponding movement of the gas release button to thereby charge the bottle with pressurised gas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.