Apparatus for making or dispensing drinks
US5499741A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 9, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB67D1/129
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for producing carbonation flavoured drinks has a number of features. Water introduced to a water break from the mains supply holds a value open whilst the carbonation chamber is being filled. A concentrate supply includes a metering chamber into which concentrate flows under gravity and from which concentrate is discharged by gas pressure. The concentrate containers include means to indicate the type of concentrate therein and the degree of carbonation of water is controlled by detecting this indication. Change-over from one gas supply bottle to another is achieved utilising the pressure of the gas in the bottle to displace an element which effects the change-over. Concentrate in supply containers thereof is cooled by coolant used from cooling the carbonation chamber.
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