Foods and beverages: apparatus – Beverage – With gas treating means
Patent
1989-02-17
1990-08-14
Jenkins, Robert W.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Beverage
With gas treating means
141 14, 141 18, 141 98, 222132, 261DIG7, 261 641, 2611211, A23F 300, B67D 560
Patent
active
049477390
ABSTRACT:
A home carbonation system for producing soft drinks. A high pressure CO.sub.2 vessel comprises a regulator valve assembly which provides fail safe venting, a refill capability, and a low pressure output. It may be interconnected via a fill hose to a seltzer dispenser comprising a multifunction discharge valve secured to a plastic bottle. A plurality of syrup bottles, each filled with a different flavor of concentrate, enable the mixing of desired soda flavors. A storage rack efficiently houses the pressure vessel, the seltzer bottle, and the individual syrup containers. A pressure vessel housing box includes an offset nest which conveniently stores the fill tube. The seltzer bottle is reinforced by a two-piece, vented, anti-fragmentation shroud equipped with inspection slots for enabling proper mixing. The discharge valve is threadably coupled to the bottle, and it includes a gas inlet orifice for receiving low pressure gas from the regulator assembly. Charging gas admitted into the discharge valve is conducted beneath the liquid level by an internal siphon tube, and the vigorous bubbling which results in visible through the inspection slots. The discharge valve, which need not be removed from the bottle for subsequent dispensing of charged water, includes a manually operated lever adapted to trigger its internal valve elements for dispensing fluid from the seltzer bottle through an adjacent output tube, which vigorously squirts charged water into the awaiting users' glass.
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Carver Stephen D.
Charlie O Company, Inc.
Jenkins Robert W.
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