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US 2011/0091623 A1Published application
Method and device for carbonating a liquid medium, for example a beverage
AssigneeKHS GmbH
InventorLudwig Clüsserath
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Abstract
A method and a device for carbonating a liquid medium, for example a beverage, by introducing CO2 under pressure into the liquid medium via at least one nozzle device (5, 5a, 5b, 21) which is arranged in a housing (3, 3a-c) through which the liquid medium flows.
Claims17
A method for carbonating a liquid medium, said method comprising
- introducing pressurized CO2 into the liquid medium by using at least one nozzle device provided in a housing that is traversed by the liquid medium, said nozzle device selected from a group consisting of
- a nozzle device having a plurality of nozzle or outlet openings, said nozzle or outlet openings being provided distributed along at least one treatment channel traversed by the liquid medium, and
- a nozzle device having at least one slot-type nozzle, which extends along the at least one treatment channel.
An apparatus for carbonating a liquid medium, said device having at least one nozzle device provided in a housing traversed by the liquid medium for introducing pressurized CO2 into the liquid medium,
- wherein the nozzle device has a plurality of nozzle or outlet openings and/or at least one slot-type nozzle for introducing CO2 into the liquid medium, and
- wherein the nozzle or outlet openings are distributed along at least one treatment channel traversed by the liquid medium and/or the at least one slot-type nozzle that extends along the at least one treatment channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.