System and method for deaerating beverages

    公开(公告)号:US11785968B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-17

    申请号:US16884348

    申请日:2020-05-27

    申请人: BEVCORP LLC

    发明人: Lawrence M. Lucas

    摘要: A method of producing a carbonated beverage comprising a blend of water and syrup having a predetermined final carbonation level. The method includes the steps of: introducing CO2 into a flowing stream of a product blend comprising water, syrup and dissolved oxygen, such that CO2 is dissolved in the product blend; deaerating the CO2-containing product blend by introducing the blend into a vented atmospheric vessel, the interior of which is at ambient pressure with a headspace maintained above the surface of the liquid within the vessel, whereby dissolved oxygen is released from the product blend and vented from the vessel; pumping the deaerated product blend from the vessel, wherein the deaerated blend includes dissolved CO2 at an intermediate carbonation level less than the final carbonation level; and carbonating the deaerated product blend to the final carbonation level downstream of the vented vessel to produce a carbonated beverage for subsequent packaging. A system for performing the method is also provided, as well as a method of producing a beverage using nitrogen deaeration.

    SELECTIVELY RELEASING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM A GAS SOURCE IN A CARBONATION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240246040A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18099712

    申请日:2023-01-20

    发明人: Jack Richardson

    摘要: Various systems, devices, and methods of selectively releasing carbon dioxide from a gas source in a carbonation system are provided. A carbonation system is one example of a treatment system to which the systems, devices, and methods described herein apply. In some embodiments, a motor of a carbonation system is configured to drive a cam in a first drive motion that moves the cam to push on a pin of a gas source. The cam pushing on the gas source's pin causes the gas source to open and thereby release gas. The motor is configured to drive the cam in a second drive motion that moves the cam back to its initial position, which removes force on the pin so that the pin can return to its initial position. The gas source thus closes such that gas cannot be released from the gas source until the cam moves again.

    MODULE FOR CONTINUOUSLY GENERATING HIGH-LEVEL CARBONATED WATER AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY DISPENSING HIGH-LEVEL CARBONATED WATER USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240207796A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18240437

    申请日:2023-08-31

    摘要: A module for continuously generating high-level carbonated water according to an embodiment relates to a module for continuously generating high-level carbonated water for continuously dispensing high-level water in a direct water type. The module includes: a mixing container part in which water W and carbon dioxide are mixed to generate the carbonated water; a micro water jet unit that generates a plunging jet in a direction of gravity with respect to a surface of water filled in the mixing container part; a carbonic acid gas supply unit that injects carbon dioxide gas from a lower side of the mixing container part to form a high-pressure carbonic acid gas layer in an opposite direction of gravity by buoyancy; and a carbonated water outlet unit that increases a dispersion of carbonic acid gas bubbles due to a turbulent flow formed by the micro water jet unit and the carbonic acid gas supply unit in the mixing container part to dispense the carbonated water to a lower portion of the mixing container part while the carbonated water dissolved instantaneously keeps a carbonation pressure of 3.5 or more, in which the micro water jet unit or the carbonic acid gas supply unit includes a member for an inner diameter shaft pipe for reducing an inner diameter of a first pipe part so that a microinjection port is formed in the first pipe part.