摘要:
A method of and apparatus for making and dispensing carbonated water; the method has the steps of using carbon dioxide propellant gas at a predetermined propellant pressure for propelling flat water through cooling coils and into a carbonator, pressurizing the carbonator at a predetermined storage pressure which is less than the propellant pressure, exhausting used propellant gas into cooled propellant water, commonly admitting water and exhausted gas into the carbonator while restricting and backing up the flowing propelled water and gas and mixing them together under a pressure above the storage pressure, and storing and dispensing under the storage pressure; flat water may also be selectively diverted and dispensed after cooling and before contact with exhausted propellant gas, and the propellant pressure may be boosted with municipal water pressure; the apparatus has a pneumatically powerable water pump, a carbonator, a propelled water conduit connecting a pump outlet to a carbonator inlet, a fill valve in the water conduit and under control of a carbonator water level sensor, a cooling coil in the water conduit, a carbon dioxide gas conduit having a propellant gas pressure regulator and outlet connected to the pump and a storage pressure regulator and outlet connected to the carbonator, an automatic vent valve for venting carbon dioxide from the carbonator, and a propellant gas exhaust conduit connecting a pump gas outlet to the propelled water conduit downstream of the cooling coil and upstream of a turbulator leading into a restrictor spray nozzle in the carbonator.
摘要:
A double acting positive displacement pump has first and second opposed cylinders, an elongate piston rod connected to cylinder pistons, a plurality of tie rods fastening the cylinders together, spacers on the tie rods and between the cylinders, a control cradle mounted on the tie rods and fixed in position by slots in the spacers, a propellant gas control valve on the cradle, and a valve actuator on the cradle and operatively connected to the piston rod.
摘要:
A pneumatically powerable single action fluid pump has a housing, an improved diaphragm assembly dividing the housing into fluidly discrete propellant and pumping chambers, a fluid inlet and outlet in the pumping chamber, a fluid port to the propellant chamber and a spring motor biasing the diaphragm assembly in a direction away from the pumping chamber side of the housing; the diaphragm assembly includes a perforate rigid diaphragm plate, an elongate motor stem connected to the plate, a contiguous elastomeric diaphragm having an imperforate front layer covering a front side of the plate and stem, a rear layer on a rear side of the plate, pins in the plate perforations and between and adjoining the diaphragm layers, and a bellows section to the outside of the plate. The spring motor biases the diaphragm to a position in close proximity to the fluid port of the propellant chamber in the absence of propellant therein against a plurality of spacer ribs. The spacer ribs permit an even and rapid distribution of propellant into the propellant chamber to drive the diaphragm assembly against the biasing action of the spring motor toward the pumping chamber.
摘要:
Methods and assemblies are described for displaying interchangeable graphics sheets on a display face of a merchandise cabinet such as a vending machine. The interchangeable sheets are stored on spool assemblies disposed within the cabinet and may be either manually or automatically manipulated in order to selectively register different graphics sheets within the display face of the vending machine. In a first embodiment, the graphics sheets have adhesive areas thereon in order to attach an old graphic sheet to a new graphic sheet to unwind the new graphic sheet from the spool assembly and position it into the display field on the face of the vending machine. The old graphics sheet functions as a leader for the new graphics sheet. In a second embodiment, the graphics sheets are provided with tear-off flexible leaders which are utilized to unwind the sheets from the storage spool assemblies and to position the graphics sheet into registry with the display fields on the face of the vending machine. In a third embodiment, an elongated graphics sheet having groups of graphic regions spaced thereon is wound onto a pair of spaced spool assemblies on opposite sides of the display field. A drive mechanism for rotating the spools is provided to selectively position selected ones of the groups of graphics into registry with the display field. A controller for selectively activating the drive mechanism to position the selected groups of graphics in the display field is provided and may include a timer for automatically activating the drive mechanism to change the groups of graphics or a suitable remote control and detector combination in order to selectively change the graphics by remote command signals.
摘要:
A low cost, manually operated, postmix juice dispenser including a water tank manually filled with water and ice, a removable concentrate container, and a water pump and a concentrate pump connected to a manually operated pump handle.
摘要:
A post-mix dispensing valve for a beverage dispenser, including a self-contained volumetric ratio control device incorporated therein to provide positive ratio control. The device includes a single piston in a single cylinder, syrup and soda chambers, and self-contained direct acting electrical solenoid valve means for controlling the flow through the volumetric ratio control device and the reciprocating action of the piston. The soda pressure drives the piston. This post-mix dispensing valve can be used with any of a figal, a bag-in-box, a gravity tank, or a non-returnable container under no pressure or under a low pressure of 5 to 10 psig. This invention also includes a non-returnable, pressurizable syrup container.
摘要:
A premix dispenser system including a housing for holding three replaceable four-liter PET beverage bottles, a refrigeration system, a CO.sub.2 cylinder, three adapters for connecting the CO.sub.2 cylinder to the bottles for pressurizing the bottles to dispense therefrom and to maintain the carbonation thereof, and three beverage dispensing valves, for dispensing a desired quantity of cold beverage from a selected one of the bottles. The refrigeration system can be easily switched between an electrical system and a cold plate system.