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US 6,669,053 B1Granted
Beverage dispenser
OwnerBrent Garson, Aviel Dafna +1inventors
InventorsBrent Garson, Aviel Dafna, Fabrizio Pin
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OwnerBrent Garson, Aviel Dafna +1inventors
InventorsBrent Garson, Aviel Dafna, Fabrizio Pin
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A beverage dispenser for blending a mix and a beverage concentrate to dispense a blended beverage formed from the mix and the concentrate includes a supply of mix, a supply of at least a single type of concentrate, a manifold, a first conduit connecting the supply of concentrate to the manifold, a first valve for controlling fluid flow through the first conduit, a vacuum source operatively connected to the manifold to establish a vacuum in the manifold to draw the concentrate from the supply of concentrate through the first conduit and into the manifold when the first valve is in its open position, a second conduit for directing the mix to the manifold and a dispensing station for dispensing a blended beverage formed from a predetermined amount of mix and predetermined amount of concentrate.
A beverage dispenser for mixing water and a beverage concentrate to dispense a mixed beverage formed from mixing a predetermined amount of beverage concentrate with a predetermined amount of water comprising a water supply, a supply of at least a single type of beverage concentrate, a manifold, a first conduit connecting said supply of beverage concentrate to said manifold, a first valve in said first conduit having an open position in which said manifold is in fluid communication with said supply of beverage concentrate and a closed position in which said supply of beverage concentrate is isolated from said manifold, a pump having an inlet at which a negative pressure is established and an outlet, said inlet of said pump being operatively connected to said manifold to establish a negative pressure in said manifold when said pump is energized to draw said beverage concentrate from said supply of beverage concentrate through said first conduit and into said manifold when said first valve is in said open position to provide a predetermined amount of beverage concentrate in said manifold, a second conduit for directing said water supply to said manifold to mix the beverage concentrate in said manifold with a predetermined amount of water to make a mixed beverage from a predetermined amount of water and a predetermined amount of beverage concentrate and a dispensing station at which said mixed beverage may be dispensed.
A beverage dispenser for blending a mix and a concentrate to dispense a blended beverage formed from mixing a predetermined amount of the concentrate with a predetermined amount of the mix comprising a mix supply, a supply of at least a single type of concentrate, a manifold, a first conduit connecting said supply of concentrate to said manifold, a first valve for controlling fluid flow through said first conduit having an open position in which said manifold is in fluid communication with said supply of concentrate and a closed position in which said supply of concentrate is isolated from said manifold, a vacuum source operatively connected to said manifold to establish a negative pressure in said manifold to draw said concentrate from said supply of concentrate through said first conduit and into said manifold when said first valve is in said open position to provide a predetermined amount of concentrate in said manifold, a second conduit for directing said mix to said manifold to blend the concentrate in said manifold with a predetermined amount of mix to make a blended beverage formed from a predetermined amount of mix and a predetermined amount of concentrate and a dispensing station for dispensing said blended beverage.
A beverage dispenser for blending a mix and a concentrate to dispense a blended beverage formed from blending a predetermined amount of concentrate with a predetermined amount of mix comprising a supply of mix, a plurality of supplies of concentrate, a manifold, a plurality of conduits each of which connects one of said plurality of supplies of concentrate to said manifold, a plurality of first valves one of which is disposed in each of said plurality of conduits to control the flow of concentrate through said associated conduit to said manifold from an associated supply of concentrate, each of said first valves having an open position in which said manifold is in fluid communication with said valves associated supply of concentrate and a closed position in which said valves associated supply of concentrate is isolated from said manifold, a vacuum source operatively connected to said manifold to establish a negative pressure in said manifold to draw said concentrate from one of said supplies of concentrate through one of said plurality of conduits and into said manifold when one of said plurality of first valves is in said open position to provide a predetermined amount of a predetermined concentrate in said manifold, a second conduit for directing said mix said manifold to blend the concentrate in said manifold with a predetermined amount of mix to make a blended beverage formed from a predetermined amount of mix and a predetermined amount of concentrate and a dispensing station for dispensing said blended beverage.
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