Gas metering device for a home soda machine
AssigneeSodastream Industries Ltd.
InventorsAmir Schori, Alon Gendel, Allan Ring, Antony Frank Pateman, David O'Neill
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Abstract
A home soda machine includes a cylinder of gas suitable for carbonation, an attachment mechanism to attach a bottle of water, a valve opening mechanism to open a gas release valve on the gas cylinder and introduce the gas to the bottle of water, a gas release sensor to sense at least events indicating the opening and closing of the gas release valve, and an indirect gas meter to at least determine an amount of the gas released from the cylinder based at least on a cumulative length of time the gas release valve was open as per data received from the gas release sensor.
Claims23
A home soda machine comprising:
- a cylinder of gas suitable for carbonation;
- an attachment mechanism to attach a bottle of water;
- a valve opening mechanism to open a gas release valve on said gas cylinder and introduce said gas to said bottle of water;
- a gas release sensor to sense at least events indicating the opening and closing of said gas release valve;
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- an indirect gas meter to at least determine an amount of said gas released from said cylinder based at least on a cumulative length of time said gas release valve was open as per data received from said gas release sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.