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US 5,293,909 AGranted
Method and apparatus for mixing beverage components
AssigneeKrones AG Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik
InventorWilhelm Weiss
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AssigneeKrones AG Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik
InventorWilhelm Weiss
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Apparatus for mixing beverage components, in particular sirup and water, having two separate reception chambers which receive the components and are each provided with an inlet and an outlet. To improve the mixing results in such an apparatus in a constructionally simple way, the inflow of a first component, in particular water, to a first reception chamber is first passed through a second reception chamber filled with a second component, in particular sirup, and then through a transition portion arranged between the first and second reception chambers, the transition portion having a reduced cross-sectional area in comparison with the cross-sectional area of the first reception chamber, before it flows into the first chamber. The component within the second reception chamber is the entrained in the component flowing into the first reception chamber. Thereafter the mixture of the components is discharged from the first and second reception chambers by flowing it out of the second reception chamber.
A method for mixing at least two beverage components in predetermined ratios comprising first filling a second chamber with a predetermined amount of one of said components, then flowing a predetermined amount of at least one other of said components directly into and through said second chamber and then into a first chamber in fluid communication therewith, whereby said one component in said second chamber is entrained in said other component to form a mixture thereof, said mixture passing through a transition portion located between said first and second chambers that has a cross-sectional area reduced in comparison with the cross-sectional area of the first chamber, and then discharging the mixture from both said chambers by flowing it out of said second chamber.
Apparatus for mixing at least two beverage components in predetermined ratios comprising a first chamber and a second chamber in fluid communication therewith, means for filling said second chamber with a predetermined amount of a first one of said components, means for flowing a predetermined amount of at least one other of said components directly into said second chamber to entrain said one component in said second chamber in said other component and form a mixture thereof, the mixture passing out of said second chamber and through a transition portion located between said first and second chambers having a cross-sectional area reduced in comparison with the cross-sectional area of the first chamber and into said first chamber and means for discharging said mixture from both said chambers by flowing it out of said second chamber.
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