Abstract:
Apparatus for furnishing carbonated water of either high or low carbonation. A liquid container is immersed in the liquid content of a supply tank and a tubular turbulator is interposed in a carbonated liquid-dispensing line leading from the container. Carbon dioxide supply and control structure includes mechanism for directing carbon dioxide under pressure into the container to force liquid therein to the dispensing line and through the turbulator. The liquid in the container absorbs some of the carbon dioxide to provide a liquid outflow of low carbonation. Additional, selectively operable mechanism permits carbon dioxide to also be injected into the turbulator to further carbonate the liquid flowing therethrough and thus permit delivery of a highly carbonated liquid from the dispensing line.
Abstract:
Coffee or tea brewing and dispensing apparatus wherein hot water and fresh beverage grounds are delivered into an open top receptacle and the brewed beverage drawn from the bottom thereof through a filter comprising wet coffee grounds supported on a foraminous screen by a suction pump in a recirculation and delivery line coupled to the bottom of the receptacle. A discharge spout connected to the line downstream of the pump is mounted for shifting movement from a position for returning brewed beverage back into the receptacle to an alternate position for delivering the beverage to a dispensing station. The receptacle is selectively movable away from the screen through a displacement to permit removal of grounds therefrom by a scraper blade shiftable across the upper face of the screen. A series of cams and associated followers driven by a single motor sequentially operate the components of the apparatus by controlling introduction of water and fresh grounds into the receptacle, effecting predetermined recirculation of the brewed beverage, then diverting the spout to the delivery position thereof and finally elevating the receptacle and causing the scraper to remove grounds from the screen.
Abstract:
1,239,793. Preparing gasified slush ice beverages. VENDO CO. 7 Aug., 1968 [1 May, 1968], No. 37616/68. Heading B1C. A gasified slush ice beverage is prepared by placing lumps of ice together with a liquid flavoring agent in a receptacle 58, closing the top of the receptacle with a plug 30, introducing a gas via lines 52, 46 into the receptacle, and crushing the ice by means of a rotatable bladed structure 40 to form a slush which absorbs gas in the receptacle. The gas introduced may be air, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or octafluorocyclobutane. The flavoring agent may be a syrup. Emulsifiers, stabilisers, and gelatin may be added with the flavoring agent. The receptacle may be raised and lowered by means of a pneumatically actuated, double acting piston and cylinder assembly 26. During the raising of the receptacle, gas in the receptacle is vented via lines 46, 50. A disposable cup may be placed inside the receptacle to contain the beverage ingredients.
Abstract:
A disposable cup containing beverage ingredients including ice is placed within a rigid receptacle. A closure is moved into the open top of the cup sealing its interior from the ambient atmosphere. A cutter carried by the closure is rotated within the cup to agitate the ingredients while carbon dioxide is forced into the cup through the closure at a pressure which would normally deform the cup walls. Following the agitation, the closure lifts out of the cup under the influence of the pressurized carbon dioxide. Means are disclosed to cleanse the closure and cutter.