Carbonation chamber with sparger for beverage carbonation
US4466342A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 1983 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S261/07
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An improvement in a pressurizable container used to prepare a carbonated beverage from a water-based liquid and carbon dioxide generating chemical reactants comprises the use of a carbonation chamber having an upper compartment for holding the chemical couple and a lower compartment with a bottom sparger surface for releasing, as uniformly small bubbles, the generated carbon dioxide into a beverage to be carbonated. The bottom sparger surface permits the rapid carbonation of a beverage without agitation and also minimizes the transfer of the resultant products of the chemical reaction to the beverage.
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