Tea or non-carbonated drink dispenser
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorRobert G. McGarrah
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Abstract
A beverage mixture forming apparatus includes a batch vessel, a first valve distributing a mixture of hot water and a beverage concentrate into the batch vessel, a second valve for distributing cold water into the batch vessel, and a controller. The controller controls the first valve to intermittently distribute the mixture of the hot water and the beverage concentrate and the second valve to intermittently distribute the cold water in forming a batch of the beverage mixture.
Claims70
A beverage mixture forming apparatus comprising:
- a batch vessel;
- a source of hot water;
- a source of cold water;
- a source of beverage concentrate;
- a first valve distributing a mixture of the hot water from said hot water source and the beverage concentrate from said beverage concentrate source into said batch vessel;
- a second valve for distributing the cold water from said cold water source into said batch vessel;
- and
- a controller controlling said first valve to intermittently distribute the mixture of the hot water and the beverage concentrate and said second valve to intermittently distribute the cold water in forming a batch of the beverage mixture.
A beverage mixture forming apparatus comprising:
- receiving means for receiving fluids;
- a source of hot water;
- a source of cold water;
- source of beverage concentrate;
- first distributing means for distributing a mixture of the hot water from said hot water source and the beverage concentrate from said beverage concentrate source into said receiving means;
- second distributing means for distributing the cold water from said cold water source into said receiving means;
- and
- control means controlling said first distributing means to intermittently distribute the mixture of the hot water and the beverage concentrate and controlling said second distributing means to intermittently distribute the cold water in forming a batch of the beverage mixture.
A method of forming a beverage mixture comprising the steps of:
- forming a mixture of hot water and beverage concentrate;
- distributing the mixture of the hot water and the beverage concentrate into a batch vessel in a first distributing step;
- distributing cold water into the batch vessel in a second distributing step;
- and
- controlling said first distributing step to intermittently distribute the mixture of the hot water and the beverage concentrate and controlling said second distributing step to intermittently distribute the cold water in forming a batch of the beverage mixture.
An apparatus for forming a batch of a beverage mixture, said apparatus comprising:
- receiving means for receiving the beverage mixture;
- means for supplying hot water;
- means for supplying cold water;
- means for supplying a beverage concentrate;
- and
- means for intermittently distributing a quantity of a mixture of the hot water from said hot water supplying means and the beverage concentrate from said beverage concentrate supplying means and intermittently distributing a quantity of the cold water from said cold water supplying means into said receiving means to form the batch of the beverage mixture.
A method for forming a batch of a beverage mixture, said method comprising the steps of:
- supplying hot water, cold water and a beverage concentrate;
- forming a mixture of the hot water and the beverage concentrate;
- and
- intermittently distributing a quantity of the mixture of the hot water and the beverage concentrate and intermittently distributing a quantity of the cold water into a batch vessel to form the batch of the beverage mixture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.