Post mix dispenser
AssigneeJet Spray Corp.
InventorKenneth J. Emody
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Abstract
A post mix dispenser having a refrigerated cabinet at the top which houses separate containers for different juice concentrates. The machine mixes potable water with the concentrate on demand. The potable water is cooled in an ice bath at the rear of the cabinet, in the same refrigeration system which cools the ice bath provides a source for cooling air circulated in the cabinet about the concentrate containers. The concentrate containers each are of rigid box member construction having supported therein a liquid-type bag member with an outlet member. The containers are coupled to a beverage discharge assembly by a concentrate pump and a concentrate control valve that provides for quick-disconnect operation.
Claims29
A beverage dispenser comprising:
- a housing including a base and an insulated cabinet on the base,
- an ice bath at the rear of the cabinet and at least one concentrate container in the front of the cabinet,
- said concentrate container comprising a rigid box member having supported therein a liquid tight bag member for storing the concentrate and having coupling therefrom an outlet member,
- a beverage discharge assembly including a mixing block and a dispensing nozzle,
- means coupling potable water to the mixing block,
- a pump means supported in the housing between the outlet member and the mixing block,
- a concentrate control valve for coupling the container outlet member to the pump means,
- said concentrate control valve comprising separate quick-disconnect members including a first base member held stationary in the housing and a second member adapted to be held to the container outlet member for quick-disconnect mating with the first member,
- an out-of-concentrate sensor downstream of said control valve having a pair of spacedly disposed electrodes and means for sensing the impedance between the electrodes,
- said out-of-concentrate sensor includes means defining a first passage with one electrode disposed at one end thereof and means defining a second passage with a second electrode disposed at the junction between said first and second passages,
- said first and second passages being disposed at substantially orthogonal directions to each other,
- said second electrode comprising a probe electrode having a free downwardly depending end extending substantially transverse to said first passage and substantially parallel to and disposed over said second passage.
A beverage dispenser comprising;
- a housing including a base and an insulated cabinet on the base,
- an ice bath at the rear of the cabinet and at least one concentrate container in the front of the cabinet,
- said concentrate container comprising a rigid box member having supported therein a liquid tight bag member for storing the concentrate and having coupling therefrom an outlet member,
- a beverage discharge assembly including a mixing block and a dispensing nozzle,
- means coupling potable water to the mixing block,
- a pump means supported in the housing between the outlet member and the mixing block,
- a concentrate control valve for coupling the container outlet member to the pump means,
- said concentrate control valve comprising separate quick-disconnect members including a first base member held stationary in the housing and a second member adapted to be held to the container outlet member for quick-disconnect mating with the first member,
- wherein said second member includes top and bottom housing sections having supported therebetween an operating member including a control disk having a concentrate passage therein,
- means for holding the top and bottom housing sections together integrally with the control disk,
- means operatively co-acting between said first and second members and including a slide member having separate positions including one position in which the first and second members are interlocked in liquid tight relative position and a second position in which the second member is separated from the first member for quick disconnection.
A beverage dispenser comprising, a housing including a base and an insulated cabinet on the base, a concentrate container that is comprised of a rigid box member having supported therein a liquid-tight bag member for storing the concentrate and having coupling therefrom an outlet member, a beverage discharge assembly, a concentrate pump, a concentrate control valve for coupling from the container outlet member to the pump, said concentrate control valve comprising separate quick-disconnect members including a first member having a base held stationary in the housing and a second member adapted to be held to the container outlet member for quick-disconnect mating with the first member, an out-of-concentrate sensor downstream of said control valve having a pair of spacedly disposed electrodes, said out-of-concentrate sensor including means defining a first passage with one electrode disposed at one end thereof and means defining a second passage with a second electrode disposed at the junction between said first and second passages, said first and second passages being disposed at substantially orthogonal directions to each other, said second electrode including a probe electrode having a free downwardly depending end disposed over said second passage, over said concentrate pump being disposed in a position forward of said outlet member.
A beverage dispenser comprising:
- a housing,
- a liquid container for concentrate or the like,
- a beverage discharge assembly including a dispensing nozzle, a pump means supported in the housing, a concentrate control valve for coupling an outlet of the container to the pump means, and an out-of-concentrate sensor downstream of said control valve having a pair of spacedly disposed electrodes, said sensor including means defining a first passage with one electrode disposed at one end thereof and means defining a second passage with a second electrode disposed at the junction between said first and second passages, said first and second passages being disposed at substantially orthogonal directions to each other, said second electrode comprising a probe electrode having a free downwardly depending end extending substantially transverse to said first passage and substantially parallel to and disposed over said second passage.
A beverage dispenser comprising;
- a housing,
- a liquid container for concentrate or the like,
- a beverage discharge assembly including a dispensing nozzle, a pump means supported in the housing, a concentrate control valve for coupling an outlet of the container to the pump means, said control valve comprising separate quick disconnect members including a first base member held stationary in the housing and a second member adapted to be held to the container outlet for quick disconnect mating with the first member, said second member including top and bottom housing sections having supported therebetween an operating member, means for holding the top and bottom housing sections together, and means operatively coacting between said first and second members and including a slide member having separate positions including one position in which said first and second members are interlocked in liquid-tight relative position and a second position in which said second member is separated from said first member for quick disconnection.
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