Distillation: processes – separatory – With measuring – testing or inspecting
Patent
1995-02-23
1998-02-24
Manoharan, Virginia
Distillation: processes, separatory
With measuring, testing or inspecting
159 44, 202160, 202202, 202203, 203 2, 203 10, 203DIG9, 203DIG18, 210149, 210774, 426 74, 426591, B01D 342, C02F 104
Patent
active
057208565
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for the production, particularly domestic production, of beverages, particularly mineral water of desired characteristics.
BACKGROUND ART
Certain beverages are known to be produced industrially from appropriately conditioned mineral water to which natural and/or synthetic flavourings are added, and also domestically using drinking water from the public mains.
The drinking water supplied by the water mains normally presents a disagreeable taste due to the conditioning substances added to it, and not infrequently is also dangerous to the health by virtue of containing pollutant substances such as atrazine.
The above problems are only partly solved by home-made drink making apparatuses, which are normally based on ion-exchange resins and filters. These, however, eventually lose their effectiveness, and may indeed harbour bacteria in the form of pollutants accumulated in the filters and resulting in the formation of stagnant pockets.
Such problems are also not fully solved by apparatus shown in FR-A-1389616, wherein the polluted water is firstly distilled, then condensed and remineralized by percolating the distillate onto a block of mineral salts. In fact, the majority of the pollutants, such as atrazine, pass into the distillate and, consequently, are not eliminated. GB-A-118482 and CA-A-1214746 show standard distilation techniques, which, however, are not of use, because the distilled water cannot be used as such for drinking.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a process and apparatus for the production, particularly domestic production, of beverages, designed to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks, and which provides for both long-term reliability and troublefree, low-cost production.
According to the present invention, there is provided a process for the production, particularly domestic production, of beverages from an aqueous influent of any composition, comprising stages consisting in: mineral additive of a predetermined composition; characterized in that said distillate is formed by removing respective overhead and bottom products of said distillation.
According to the present invention, there is also provided an apparatus for the production, particularly domestic production, of beverages from an aqueous influent.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
A non-limiting embodiment of the present invention will be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of an apparatus for producing beverages in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of a second embodiment of an apparatus for producing beverages in accordance with the present invention.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Number 1 in FIG. 1 indicates, schematically, an apparatus for the production, particularly domestic production, of beverages 2 from an aqueous influent 3.
According to the present invention, apparatus 1 comprises an influent storage tank 4 connected by an on-off valve 5 to a water supply 6, e.g. the public water mains.
Via a circulating pump 9 and a device 11 for cooling beverage 2, a first pipe 7 connects storage tank 4 hydraulically to a boiler 8, and is controlled by a first one-off valve 12. A second branch pipe 13 upstream from valve 12 connects first pipe 7 hydraulically to the cooling circuit 14 of a condenser 15.
Downstream from boiler 8, a third pipe 16 with a second on-off valve 18 connects boiler 8 hydraulically to condenser 15.
According to the present invention, downstream from condenser 15, a fourth pipe 21 is provided with a three-way valve 22 for selectively feeding the condensate 23 from condenser 15 to a storage vessel 24 and from there to a drain tank 25, and to a mixer 26 via a filter 27, in this case an active-carbon type.
Downstream from mixer 26, a collecting tank 28 with a tap 29 is provided for collecting and dispensing beverage 2, and is cooled by device 11, in this case a Peltier-effect
REFERENCES:
patent: 3785492 (1974-01-01), Mazza
patent: 3933639 (1976-01-01), Pollastri et al.
patent: 4272016 (1981-06-01), Nealy
patent: 4830862 (1989-05-01), Braun et al.
patent: 4891140 (1990-01-01), Burke, Jr.
patent: 4978547 (1990-12-01), Petershans
LandOfFree
Process and apparatus for the production, particularly domestic does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Process and apparatus for the production, particularly domestic , we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Process and apparatus for the production, particularly domestic will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1872895