Ratchet system for a gas canister in a beverage system
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsJemma Beedie, Jack Richardson
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Abstract
Various systems, devices, and methods for a ratchet system for a gas canister in a beverage system are provided. In general, a beverage system is configured to form a beverage and dispense the beverage into a container. The beverage system can be a carbonation system configured to form a carbonated fluid and dispense the carbonated fluid into a container. In an exemplary embodiment, the beverage system includes a ratchet system configured to provide feedback to a user indicating that a gas source, such as a CO2 canister for a carbonation system, has been properly coupled to the beverage system. The feedback is configured to be provided to the user automatically in response to the gas source being properly coupled to the beverage system.
Claims20
A beverage system, comprising:
- a spring;
- a pawl operatively coupled to the spring such that the spring applies a first force to the pawl;
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- a ratchet including a plurality of teeth, the ratchet being configured to engage with a gas source containing a gas therein for formation of a beverage, and the plurality of teeth being configured to engage the pawl;
- wherein the pawl is configured to remain engaged with a first one of the plurality of teeth during the engagement of the ratchet with the gas source until a second force applied to the ratchet overcomes the first force, thereby causing the pawl to move to at least a second one of the plurality of teeth;
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- the movement of the pawl from engaging the first one of the plurality of teeth of the ratchet to engaging at least the second one of the plurality of teeth creates a sound audible to a user engaging the gas source with the thread of the ratchet.
A method for a beverage system, comprising:
- rotating a gas source relative to a ratchet of a beverage system such that the gas source engages with the ratchet, the gas source containing a pressurized gas therein configured to be selectively released from the gas source to allow the beverage system to form a beverage using the released gas and to dispense the beverage;
- wherein the gas source rotates relative to the ratchet until a force applied by the gas source to the ratchet overcomes a biasing force applied to a pawl engaged with one of a plurality of teeth of the ratchet, thereby causing the ratchet to begin rotating with the gas source such that the pawl moves to at least a second one of the plurality of teeth and creates a sound audible to a user rotating the gas source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.