Abstract:
A beverage supply system includes a beverage container having an outlet. A first reservoir is connected to the beverage container outlet to receive beverage from the beverage container under force of gravity. A pump is connected to the first reservoir, and a second reservoir is connected to the pump, the second reservoir defining an expandable beverage chamber. The pump is activated to pump beverage from the first reservoir to the second reservoir only when a first quantity of beverage in the first reservoir is within a first quantity range and a second quantity of beverage in the second reservoir is below a second quantity range. The system also includes a beverage dispenser connected to the second reservoir. A method of supplying beverage from a beverage container to a beverage dispenser is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A beverage supply system includes a beverage container having an outlet. A first reservoir is connected to the beverage container outlet to receive beverage from the beverage container under force of gravity. A pump is connected to the first reservoir, and a second reservoir is connected to the pump, the second reservoir defining an expandable beverage chamber. The pump is activated to pump beverage from the first reservoir to the second reservoir only when a first quantity of beverage in the first reservoir is within a first quantity range and a second quantity of beverage in the second reservoir is below a second quantity range. The system also includes a beverage dispenser connected to the second reservoir. A method of supplying beverage from a beverage container to a beverage dispenser includes supplying beverage from a beverage container to a first reservoir under force of gravity. The method also includes pumping the beverage from the first reservoir to an expandable pressurized chamber of a second reservoir when a first quantity of beverage in the first reservoir is within a first quantity range and a second quantity of beverage in the second reservoir is below a second quantity range. The method additionally includes intermittently connecting the pressurized chamber to an outlet of a beverage dispenser to supply beverage from the second reservoir to the beverage dispenser without pumping the beverage from the second reservoir to the beverage dispenser.
Abstract:
The embodiment relates to the dispensing of beer from a fluid reservoir, providing a portion of the beer as foam atop it. To avoid the reduction of absorbed carbon dioxide in dispensed beer, a fluid control mechanism provides increased atmospheric pressure to dispense the beer from the reservoir. A temperature-control means is in fluid communication with the beer. An oscillator, coupled with a voltage controller, is associated with the fluid control mechanism and in fluid communication with the beer. Control of the voltage to the oscillator and control of the fluid control mechanism supports a method for dispensing the beer according to a recipe for beverage temperature, proportion of liquid beverage to foam and density of the foam. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium designed to recognize the properties of beer in a beer-container and to provide an associated recipe for dispensing the beer.
Abstract:
Dispositivo para servir líquido gaseificado com válvula para introdução de CO2, que foi desenvolvido para proporcionar um melhor aproveitamento, uma melhor forma de servir e um controlador de fluxo para bebidas carbonatadas, em particular, um dispositivo controlador de fluxo para minimizar a dissipação do gás contido na bebida, seja da parte que repousa dentro do recipiente ou ao da servida.
Abstract:
Dispensing assembly (10) comprising a container (1), containing a pressurized beverage, connected to or provided with a dispense assembly, wherein the dispense assembly comprises an outlet channel (12) closable by a valve body (16) and a chamber (14) between the container (1) and the valve body (16), which chamber (14) is at least partly closed by a movable and/or deformable wall part (28) connected to the valve body (16) or a valve seat, such that pressurized beverage from the container filling the chamber forces the wall part (28), into a position biasing the valve body (16) or the valve seat in a position closing the outlet channel (12) and by pushing the wall part the valve body (16) or the valve seat can be forced into a position opening the outlet channel (12), wherein preferably at least during use there is an open connection between said chamber (14) and a beverage compartment of the container (1).
Abstract:
A beverage dispenser (10) has a housing (12) provided with a beverage storage space (14) capable of storing a volume of beverage to be subsequently dispensed. The storage space (14) is transparent or translucent to enable the beverage in the storage space to be visualised. The housing also includes a heat exchanger subsystem (16) which is operable to control the temperature of the beverage stored in or passing through the beverage storage space (14).
Abstract:
A method of controlling a drinking water supply device is disclosed. The method includes allowing a user to input a water discharge signal through an input unit, opening a first valve such that drinking water flows through a first channel and measuring the amount of drinking water flowing through the first channel using a flow rate sensor, when the amount of drinking water measured by the flow rate sensor reaches a first predetermined amount, opening a second valve for a predetermined time to discharge minerals, when a water discharge end signal is not input by the user, remeasuring the flow rate of drinking water using the flow rate sensor and determining whether the remeasured flow rate of drinking water has reached a second predetermined amount, and, upon determining that the remeasured flow rate of drinking water has reached the second predetermined amount, opening the second valve again for the predetermined time to further discharge minerals.
Abstract:
A fluid container system comprises a bottle having bellows and being moveable from an extended position to dispense the fluid to a compressed position with a smaller internal volume than when in the extended position. The fluid container may also include a bladder housed within the bottle for storing the fluid; a valve demountably engageable to the bottle and the bladder, and the valve is capable of being closed to prevent the flow of the fluid and gas, or opened to dispense the fluid and gas. The fluid container may also comprise top and bottom endplates that support the bottle.
Abstract:
Beverage dispensing assembly 1 comprising a tapping column 2 and a tap 3 connected to the tapping column at a first end 4 thereof, wherein the tapping column 2 comprises a first 5 and a second 6 channel, in fluid communication near the tap, and a beverage line 8 extending through one of the first 5 and second 6 channels and connected to the tap 3, wherein the assembly 1 comprises a first part 9 and a second part 10 for connecting the tap 3 to the column 2, the second part 10 at least partly surrounding the first part 9, wherein the first part 9 is made of a first material and the second part is made of a second material, the second material having a heat conductivity which is higher than the heat conductivity of the first material, wherein the beverage line 8 is connected to the first part 9 and the second part 10 extends into and/or forms part of a wall of a chamber 7 into which the first 5 and second 6 channel open, forming the fluid connection.