Beverage dispenser

US10486953B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A. · BE

Inventors

• Jerome Pellaud · New Rochelle, US
• Daniel Peirsman · Leuven, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 26, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67D1/127
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A beverage dispenser has a housing in which a first liquid inlet is connectable to a base liquid source. The housing also contains a second liquid inlet connectable to a base liquid source or to a pressurized gas source and a pair of jet mixers. First and second liquid lines connect the respective first and second liquid inlets and jet mixers. A first ingredient container contains a first beverage ingredient, the pod or capsule provided in a first ingredient container receiving means, and a second ingredient container containing a second beverage ingredient, the ingredient container provided in a second ingredient container receiving means. The first and second ingredient containers are configured such that upon providing a liquid stream in the respective liquid lines, the beverage ingredient is discharged from the ingredient container into the liquid stream. A beverage outlet is in liquid communication with the jet mixer.