Beverage dispense
AssigneeCoors Worldwide Inc.
InventorsStephen Paul Smith, Stuart William Molzahn
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Abstract
Apparatus for dispensing beverage, such as beer, which forms a head, comprises a rotatable table on which a drinking vessel is supported, and a nozzle which is arranged to direct a stream of beverage against the side of the vessel as it rotates. This provides good control over the size of the head produced. Various parameters, such as the temperature of the beverage can be monitored during the dispense, and the apparatus controlled, by adjusting the rate of rotation of the table, the rate of dispense of the beverage, or the angle at which the beverage impacts the side of the vessel, so as to produce a desired amount of head on the dispensed beverage.
Claims46
A method of dispensing a beverage into a drinking vessel having a base and a side wall and being of circular section, the vessel having a central axis, the method comprising the steps of supporting the vessel, rotating the vessel about the central axis, and directing a stream of the beverage against the side wall of the vessel while the vessel is rotating.
A beverage dispensing apparatus for dispensing a beverage into a drinking vessel having a base and a side wall and being of circular section, the vessel having a central axis, the apparatus comprising a support for supporting the vessel, and a nozzle for dispensing a stream of the beverage into the vessel, wherein the support is arranged to rotate the vessel about the central axis and the nozzle is arranged to direct said stream. against the side wall of the vessel while the vessel is rotating whereby the beverage will impact the side of the vessel and run down the side of the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.