Portable beverage dispensing system
OwnerJames T. Crunkleton, III, David W. Dupreeinventors
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Abstract
A portable beverage dispensing system includes a supply of flat water and a supply of pressurized gaseous carbon dioxide. A first motorless carbonator is configured to receive a portion of the flat water and a portion of the carbon dioxide and to cause a portion of the carbon dioxide to dissolve in the flat water to produce partially carbonated soda. A second motorless carbonator is configured to receive a portion of the partially carbonated soda and a portion of the carbon dioxide and to cause a portion of the carbon dioxide to dissolve in the partially carbonated soda and to produce fully carbonated soda. The system also includes a dispenser for selectively dispensing the fully carbonated soda.
Claims56
A portable beverage dispensing system comprising:
- (a) a supply of flat water:
- (b) a supply of pressurized gaseous carbon dioxide;
- (c) a first motorless carbonator configured to receive a portion of the flat water and a portion of the carbon dioxide and to cause a portion of the carbon dioxide to dissolve in the flat water to produce partially carbonated soda;
- (d) a second motorless carbonator configured to receive a portion of the partially carbonated soda and a portion of the carbon dioxide and to cause a portion of the carbon dioxide to dissolve in the partially carbonated soda and to produce fully carbonated soda;
- (e) a dispenser for selectively dispensing the fully carbonated soda;
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- (f) a flavored syrup supply and at least one pneumatic pump powered by the pressurized carbon dioxide, the pump being configured to cause flavored syrup to pass from the syrup supply to the dispenser, and wherein the dispenser mixes syrup with the fully carbonated soda in a desired proportion.
A portable beverage dispensing system comprising:
- (a) a supply of flat water;
- (b) a high pressure cylinder containing pressurized carbon dioxide and including a neck having a throat and a selectively piercable membrane sealing the throat;
- (b) at least one motorless carbonator configured to receive a portion of the flat water and a portion of the carbon dioxide and to cause a portion of the carbon dioxide to dissolve in the flat water to produce carbonated soda;
- (c) a dispenser for selectively dispensing carbonated soda and (d) a flavored syrup supply and at least one pneumatic pump powered by the pressurized carbon dioxide the pump being configured to cause flavored syrup to pass from the syrup supply to the dispenser, and wherein the dispenser mixes syrup with the carbonated soda in a desired proportion.
A portable beverage dispensing module, the module comprising:
- (a) a housing;
- (b) a supply of pressurized gaseous carbon dioxide
- (c) a first motorless carbonator in the housing, the first carbonator being configured to receive flat water from a flat water supply and to receive a portion of the carbon dioxide, and to cause a portion of the carbon dioxide to dissolve in the flat water to produce partially carbonated soda;
- (d) a second motorless carbonator in the housing, the second carbonator being configured to receive the partially carbonated soda and a portion of the carbon dioxide and to cause a portion of the carbon dioxide to dissolve in the partially carbonated soda and to produce fully carbonated soda;
- (e) a dispenser for selectively dispensing the fully carbonated soda;
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- (d) at least one pneumatic pump powered by the pressurized carbon dioxide, the pump being configured to cause flavored syrup to pass from a syrup supply to the dispenser, and wherein the dispenser mixes syrup with the fully carbonated soda in a desired proportion.
A portable beverage dispensing module, the module comprising:
- (a) a housing;
- (b) a high pressure cylinder in the housing, the cylinder containing pressurized carbon dioxide and including a neck having a throat and a selectively piercable membrane sealing the throat;
- (c) at least one motorless carbonator in the housing, the carbonator being configured to receive flat water from a flat water supply and a portion of the carbon dioxide and to cause a portion of the carbon dioxide to dissolve in the flat water to produce carbonated soda;
- (e) a dispenser for selectively dispensing the carbonated soda, and;
- (f) a flavored syrup supply and at least one pneumatic pump powered by the pressurized carbon dioxide, the pump being configured to cause flavored syrup to pass from the syrup supply to the dispenser and wherein the dispenser mixes syrup with the carbonated soda in a desired proportion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.