公开(公告)号：US10328362B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US15476537

申请日：2017-03-31

Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.

Inventor： Samuel Chang ,  John Eaton ,  Maher Nachawati ,  William Segiet ,  Vasily Abashkin ,  Andrey Balanev ,  Petr Egoyants ,  Mikhail Verbitsky

IPC: B67D1/00 ,  B01D19/00 ,  A23L2/76 ,  B67D1/12

Abstract: A beverage dispensing valve may include an inlet to receive carbonated water, a nozzle shell, and an outlet downstream of the nozzle shell configured to dispense a finished beverage. The nozzle shell may include an aperture open to ambient pressure environment. A method for dispensing a beverage may include flowing carbonated water through an inlet of a beverage dispensing valve, lowering the pressure of the carbonated water sufficient to promote carbon dioxide nucleation, flowing the carbonated water through a chamber vented to environment such that a portion of carbon dioxide nucleated is off-gassed, and introducing a beverage ingredient when the carbonated water reaches a sufficiently low carbonation level. A beverage dispensing nozzle may include an inlet configured to receive carbonated water from a beverage dispensing valve, a nozzle shell including an aperture open to ambient pressure environment, and an outlet downstream of the nozzle shell configured to dispense a finished beverage.

公开(公告)号：US11173422B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US16499107

申请日：2018-03-16

Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.

Inventor： Samuel Chang ,  John Eaton ,  Maher Nachawati ,  William Segiet ,  Vasily Abashkin ,  Andrey Balanev ,  Petr Egoyants ,  Mikhail Verbitsky

IPC: B01D19/00 ,  B67D1/00 ,  A23L2/76 ,  B67D1/12

Abstract: A beverage dispensing valve may include an inlet to receive carbonated water, a nozzle shell, and an outlet downstream of the nozzle shell configured to dispense a finished beverage. The nozzle shell may include an aperture open to ambient pressure environment. A method for dispensing a beverage may include flowing carbonated water through an inlet of a beverage dispensing valve, lowering the pressure of the carbonated water sufficient to promote carbon dioxide nucleation, flowing the carbonated water through a chamber vented to environment such that a portion of carbon dioxide nucleated is off-gassed, and introducing a beverage ingredient when the carbonated water reaches a sufficiently low carbonation level. A beverage dispensing nozzle may include an inlet configured to receive carbonated water from a beverage dispensing valve, a nozzle shell including an aperture open to ambient pressure environment, and an outlet downstream of the nozzle shell configured to dispense a finished beverage.