Apparatus for the dispensing of liquids in measured amounts

US5154319A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• THE COCA-COLA COMPANY · US
• Bosch-Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH

Inventors

• Anton Deininger · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
• Karlheinz Farber · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
• Heinz-Werner Giefer · Sontheim, DE
• George Plester · Brussels, BE
• Frederick D. Schorr · Decatur, US
• Georg Troska · Herten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 1990
• Grant date: Oct 13, 1992
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/1828
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A beverage concentrate container includes an integrally connected piston pump as a concentrate dosing unit. The container and piston pump are insertable into rigid support within a beverage dispenser cabinet for mechanical interconnection with a drive mechanism for the pump. The container and pump combination (syrup package) are fabricated from materials which are disposable.