Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Beverage dispenser head for mixing concentrate, diluent and additive
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Application No.: US17273289Application Date: 2019-09-03
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Publication No.: US11542142B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Richard Paul Hayes-Pankhurst , Jonathan Edward Ford
- Applicant: QUANTEX ARC LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: QUANTEX ARC LIMITED
- Current Assignee: QUANTEX ARC LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: GB1814262 20180903
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/073495 WO 20190903
- International Announcement: WO2020/049005 WO 20200312
- Main IPC: B67D1/00
- IPC: B67D1/00 ; A23L2/40 ; A23L2/54 ; B01F23/236 ; B01F23/40 ; B01F25/30 ; B67D1/07 ; B01F23/237 ; B01F101/14

Abstract:
A dispenser head for in-line mixing and dispensing of beverages, which may be carbonated or nitrogenated. The dispenser head comprising a pump, a dilution mechanism, an additive mechanism, and outlet nozzle and optionally a regulation system. In use, the pump can pump concentrate liquid for the liquid product from a concentrate source to the dilution mechanism; the dilution mechanism can receive diluent liquid suitable for the liquid product from a diluent source, operable to mix the diluent liquid and the concentrate liquid and provide diluted concentrate liquid; and the additive mechanism can receive additive fluid for the liquid product from an additive source, to combine the diluted concentrate liquid and the additive fluid. The regulation system comprises a pump regulator means for regulating the quantity of concentrate liquid pumped into the dilution mechanism within the dispense period; a diluent quantity regulator means for regulating the flow of diluent liquid into the dilution mechanism; and an additive quantity regulator means for regulating the flow of additive fluid into the additive mechanism. Preferably, the dispenser head is a unitary device, which may be supplied attached to a vessel containing the concentrate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210316979A1 BEVERAGE DISPENSER HEAD FOR MIXING CONCENTRATE, DILUENT AND ADDITIVE Public/Granted day:2021-10-14
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