Process and device for the mixing of beverage components
AssigneeKrones AG Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik
InventorWilhelm Weiss
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Abstract
In a process for the mixing of beverage components, in particular syrup and water, in which a first component is introduced from a storage chamber into a measuring chamber with a specific volume and a second component is metered in accordance with the volume and the desired mixing ratio and both components are then discharged into a collecting chamber, when the measuring chamber can only partly be filled upon the introduction of the first component from an insufficiently filled storage chamber, the amount of the first component introduced into the measuring chamber is measured and the second component is subsequently metered according to the measured amount of the first component. In this fashion, small residual amounts of syrup can be conveniently processed with a consistently high mixing accuracy.
Claims12
In a method for mixing at least two beverage components in predetermined ratios in which a first component is fed into a measuring chamber having a specific volume from a first component storage chamber and a predetermined amount of a second component is then metered into and through said measuring chamber in accordance with said volume of the first component and the desired mixing ratio to form a mixture of said two components, said mixture then being discharged to a collecting chamber, the improvement comprising sensing the volume of said first component in said storage chamber and, when the residual volume of the first component in said storage chamber falls below the specific volume of the measuring chamber, measuring the amount of the first component being fed into the measuring chamber from the first component storage chamber and thereafter metering the amount of the second component being fed to the measuring chamber in accordance with said measured amount of the first component and the desired mixing ratio.
In an apparatus for mixing at least two beverage components in predetermined ratios including a storage chamber for a first component, a measuring chamber of specific volume, means for filling said measuring chamber with said specific volume of said first component and means for metering a predetermined amount of a second component into and through said measuring chamber in accordance with said specific volume of the first component and the desired mixing ratio to form a mixture thereof and a collecting chamber for receiving said mixture, the improvement comprising means for sensing the volume of said first component in said storage chamber, control means activated by said sensing means when the volume of said first component in said storage chamber falls below said specific volume and means responsive to the control means for then measuring the amount of the first component flowing to the measuring chamber and thereafter for metering the amount of the second component flowing to the measuring chamber in accordance with said measured amount of the first component and the desired mixing ratio.
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