Self-contained pneumatic beverage dispensing system
AssigneeB & b Partners
InventorsRichard Bilskie, Brian Bilskie
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a beverage dispensing system includes a source of pressurized gas, a water system having a water tank that stores water, and a pneumatic pump driven by gas from the source of pressurized gas to pull water from the water tank into the pump and pushes water from the pump, a carbonator system that creates carbonated water using water from the pump and gas from the source of pressurized gas, and a beverage dispensing valve that dispenses the carbonated water.
Claims31
A beverage dispensing system comprising:
- a source of pressurized gas;
- a water system including a water tank that stores water, and a pneumatic pump driven by gas from the source of pressurized gas to pull water from the water tank into the pump and push water from the pump;
- a carbonator system that creates carbonated water using water from the pump and gas from the source of pressurized gas;
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- a beverage dispensing valve that dispenses the carbonated water.
A system for reducing the temperature of a fluid comprising:
- an ice receptacle configured to hold ice;
- a fluid chamber having a shared surface with the ice receptacle, the shared surface having perforations that place the ice receptacle in fluidic communication with the fluid chamber;
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- an outlet passage that places the fluid chamber in fluidic communication with an exterior of the system,
- wherein the system is configured to reduce the temperature of fluid placed into the ice receptacle with ice and to provide the fluid to an exterior of the system using the perforations and the outlet passage.
A system for reducing the temperature of a fluid comprising:
- a first module that includes an ice receptacle configured to hold ice, a first fluid chamber having a perforated shared surface with the ice receptacle that places the fluid chamber in fluidic communication with the ice receptacle, and a first outlet passage that places the fluid chamber in fluidic communication with an exterior of the first module;
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- a second module that includes a second fluid chamber configured to receive the fluid, and a second inlet passage that places an exterior of the second module in fluidic communication with the second fluid chamber, the second inlet passage being configured to connect to the first outlet passage,
- wherein when fluid and ice are placed in the ice receptacle and the first outlet passage is connected to the second outlet passage, the system is configured to reduce the temperature of the fluid and to supply the fluid to the second fluid chamber by allowing the fluid to move over the ice, through the perforations, and along the first outlet and second inlet passages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.