Rotary cabonator
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsVictor Henry Quittner, William J. Moore, Jonathan Kirschner, Ian Stewart Fitzpatrick
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Abstract
The present application provides a rotary carbonator for use with a beverage dispensing system. The rotary carbonator may include an off-center carbonator chamber, a rotor positioned within the off-center carbonator chamber, and a number of vanes extending from the rotor. The vanes may define within the off-center carbonator chamber a first number of vane cavities with an increasing area and a second number of vane cavities with a decreasing area. A water inlet and a gas inlet may be positioned about the first vane cavities and a carbonated water outlet may be positioned about the second vane cavities.
Claims15
A rotary carbonator for use with a beverage dispensing system, comprising:
- an off-center carbonator chamber;
- a rotor positioned within the off-center carbonator chamber;
- a plurality of vanes extending from the rotor;
- the plurality of vanes defining within the off-center carbonator chamber a first plurality of vane cavities with an increasing area and a second plurality of vane cavities with a decreasing area;
- a water inlet and a gas inlet positioned about the first plurality of vane cavities;
- and
- a carbonated water outlet positioned about the second plurality of vane cavities.
A method of carbonating water on demand, comprising:
- rotating a plurality of sliding vanes in an off-center carbonator chamber;
- wherein the plurality of sliding vanes defines a first plurality of vane cavities with an increasing area and a second plurality of vane cavities with a decreasing area;
- flowing water into the first plurality of vane cavities;
- flowing carbon dioxide into the first plurality of vane cavities;
- mixing the water and the carbon dioxide in the second plurality of vane cavities;
- and
- flowing carbonated water out of the second plurality of vane cavities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.