Carbonation chamber
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsTie He Yang, Jack Richardson, Christopher Meyer-Rassow
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Abstract
A mixing chamber for use in a beverage carbonation system is provided. In one embodiment, the mixing chamber includes a housing, an agitator, a motor assembly and a rigid plate. A housing of the agitator and a housing of the motor assembly can each include a set of magnetics disposed therein and magnetically coupled so as to provide magnetic coupling between the motor assembly and the agitator. The mixing chamber is configured to receive a gas, such as carbon dioxide, and a liquid, such as water, to form a carbonated fluid. The carbonated fluid can be dispensed from the beverage carbonation system as a beverage.
Claims12
A method for mixing fluid and gas, comprising:
- activating a motor to rotate an outer magnetic drive housing and thereby cause corresponding rotation of an inner magnetic drive housing disposed within a mixing chamber and positioned on an opposite side of a separation plate from the outer magnetic drive housing, the mixing chamber being fluidically sealed and having a fluid and a gas disposed therein, and rotation of the inner magnetic drive housing rotating an agitator coupled thereto to thereby mix the fluid and gas, wherein rotation of the agitator causes the gas to flow from a location above the liquid within the mixing chamber into an upper opening in an elongate shaft of the agitator and out of a lower opening of the elongate shaft of the agitator.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, within an inner chamber, a fluid from a fluid source and a gas from a gas source, the inner chamber comprising an agitator coupled to an inner magnetic drive;
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- driving, via a motor, an outer magnetic drive disposed outside the inner chamber and magnetically coupled to the inner magnetic drive to cause the agitator to rotate, thereby causing gas to flow from an upper region of the inner chamber and through the agitator to a lower region of the inner chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.