Arrangement for supplying gas to a liquid in a container therefor
AssigneeKommanditbolaget Aldolf
InventorBengt O. Adolfsson
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Abstract
An apparatus for supplying gas to a liquid in a container (2) having a gas pipe (6) discharging thereinto, the apparatus being particularly intended for preparing aerated beverages. The container comprises an orifice (8) for introducing liquid into the container, an orifice (19) for emptying liquid therefrom, and a gas-venting orifice (13). The emptying orifice (19) which preferably is located in the lower part of the container (2) is provided with a valve (20) which can only be opened when the pressure in the container falls beneath a given value. Suitably the valve is automatically opened by a spring force immediately the pressure falls beneath said given value.
Claims10
A pressurized apparatus for domestic use for carbonating and dispensing water, comprising:
- (a) a water container (2;
- 30),
- (b) a closeable fill orifice (8) for introducing water into the container,
- (c) means (3, 4, 5, 6) for supplying pressurized carbon dioxide gas to the container through a discharge outlet disposed below a highest level to which the container may be filled with water,
- (d) a normally closed discharge orifice (19;
- 31) for dispensing carbonated water from the container,
- (e) a gas venting orifice (13) disposed in an upper portion of the container above said highest level,
- (f) dispenser actuation means (17;
- 43) for enabling the opening of the discharge orifice, and
- (g) means for preventing the opening of the discharge orifice upon the enablement thereof when the pressure in the container exceeds a predetermined value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.