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AssigneeCornelius, Inc.
InventorsScott E. Sevcik, David K. Njaastad, Andrew J. Tobler, Vincenzo Difatta, Daniel Prochaska, Fernando Sanchez, Dusan N. Ivancevic, Kurt F. Zoellick, Bogdan M. Gheorghe
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A beverage dispenser for dispensing either a hot or cold beverage, for example tea, from a common mixing chamber and a method for making and/or operating the same is disclosed. The dispense has a source of hot water, usually a heater, and a source of water, a refrigeration system to cool the water and one or more sources of flavor. The hot or cold water, or both can be provided to the common or same, mixing chamber and mixed assisted with a static and/or dynamic mixer and then dispensed. The last portion of the water is used to rinse for the next beverage. Flavor or syrup pump current is sensed to provide the appropriate amount of flavor concentrate to a known quantity of water to form a beverage of appropriate strength or syrup.
A beverage dispenser for dispensing hot and cold beverages, a common mixing chamber, a source of cold water, a non pressurized source of hot water, a source of flavor, means for said sources of flavor, hot and/or cold water for selectively supplying the same to the common mixing chamber, said common mixing chamber containing a mixer for mixing the selected hot water and/or cold water with said flavor to form a batch of beverage, and means for discharging the mixed batch of beverage from the dispenser.
A beverage dispenser for dispensing a beverage, a common mixing chamber, a source of water, a source of flavor, means for said sources of water and flavor for selectively supplying the same to the common mixing chamber, said common mixing chamber containing a mixer for mixing the selected water with said flavor to form a batch of beverage.
19-22. (canceled)
A beverage dispenser for dispensing a beverage, a mixing chamber, a source of water, a source of flavor, means for said sources of flavor and water for supplying the same to the mixing chamber to form a batch of beverage, said dispenser having a pump for delivering said flavor to said mixing chamber, said pump being driven by a gear box, said gear box being driven by a pump electric motor, means for measuring electric current of said pump electric motor, the flow rate of delivery of said flavor being approximately proportional to said electric current, and means for discharging the mixed batch of beverage from the dispenser.
24-35. (canceled)
A beverage dispenser for dispensing a beverage, a mixing chamber, a source water, a source of flavor, means for supplying flavor from said sources of flavor and a known quantity of water from said source of water to the mixing chamber for forming said beverage, means for delivering flavor at a constant rate to said known quantity of water as said water flows into said mixing chamber and in an amount to give a beverage of a desire Brix, and means for discharging the mixed beverage from the mixing chamber and dispenser.
37-97. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.