Beverage dispenser
AssigneeFBD Partnership, LP
InventorMatthew Gates
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A beverage dispensing system includes a nozzle body with a plurality of ingredient inlets and a water inlet disposed in the nozzle body. A diffuser is connected to the nozzle body and has floor with a plurality of holes therethrough. A nozzle cap is connected to the diffuser and has an outlet. A first mixing chamber is formed between the ingredient inlets and the diffuser floor, and a second mixing chamber is formed between the diffuser and the outlet, with the second mixing chamber being configured to receive fluid from the first mixing chamber via the holes in the diffuser floor. A first water flow path is situated between the water inlet and the first mixing chamber, and a second water flow path is situated between the water inlet and the second mixing chamber, wherein the second water flow path bypasses the first mixing chamber.
Claims14
A method, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of ingredients into ingredient inlets in a nozzle body, wherein the ingredients inlets are disposed in a top surface of the nozzle body such that a selected ingredient is received into the nozzle body from the top surface of the nozzle body through a generally vertical flow path;
- receiving water into a first water flow path in the nozzle body, wherein the water is received into the side surface of the nozzle body through a generally horizontal flow path;
- flowing the selected ingredient through a plurality of vertical holes in the nozzle body;
- flowing the water through a channel formed between an outer surface of an insolation barrier and an inner surface of the nozzle body, wherein the isolation barrier is a sheath that is removably coupled to a portion of the nozzle body;
- dispensing the selected ingredient from an outlet;
- and
- dispensing the water through the channel.
A dispensing device, comprising:
- a nozzle body having a top surface and side surfaces perpendicular to the top surface;
- a plurality of ingredient inlets vertically disposed in the top surface of the nozzle body;
- a horizontally disposed water inlet disposed in the side surface of the nozzle body;
- and
- removable isolation barrier, wherein an outer surface of the isolation barrier and an inner surface of the nozzle body form at least one channel;
- wherein the at least one channel is adapted to receive water disposed in the nozzle body from the water inlet;
- further wherein the isolation barrier is adapted to prevent mixing of water and ingredients within the nozzle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.