Beverage dispenser for high hygienic requirements

US11230466B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RIPRUP Company S.A. · GG

Inventors

• Monique Bissen · Pforzheim, DE
• Josef Schucker · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 2019
• Grant date: Jan 25, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 26, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C02F2307/14
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A beverage dispenser includes an inlet for drawing a liquid from a source and an outlet for outputting a beverage to a portable user vessel. A demineralization device demineralizes the liquid from the source and has an input and an output. The input of the demineralization device is coupled with the inlet. A beverage preparation device has an input and an output. The input of the beverage preparation device is coupled with the output of the demineralization device and the output of the beverage preparation device is coupled with the outlet. The beverage preparation device, the outlet, all active components and all passive components downstream of the demineralization device contacting the beverage are made of a biological inert material, particularly a biological inert metal, on any surface contacting the water. All couplings of the beverage dispenser are manufactured such that stagnation even of small quantities of beverage is avoided.