Carbonation tower for beverage dispensing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10105661-B2
Application number	US-201515324311-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2015
Priority date	Jul 28, 2014
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

A carbonation tower for containers of household appliances, more specifically for appliances for the automatic preparation of instant drinks, which has been developed to provide more optimized operation and use and efficient than those achieved with the known similar. Said carbonation tower including a substantially elongated body included of at least one pipe provided with at least two holes and said pipe secured to a base including at least a nozzle, said cooperating base further including a lid of a lower compartment; said lid further including at least one toroidal contoured rib cooperating with at least one lower nozzle of the container, and wherein the water and the carbon dioxide are sucked by the upper edge of the pipe and/or the holes and expelled in a path orthogonal to the suction axis through the at least one nozzle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Improvement introduced in carbonation tower for appliances beverage dispenser, more specifically for preparing and delivering appliances of carbonated instant drinks comprising at least one container cooperating with at least one evaporator and with cooling coils, wherein the container also cooperates with at least one carbonation tower and a power supply of carbon dioxide/CO 2 , characterized in that said carbonation tower comprises:
a substantially elongated body comprised of at least one pipe provided with at least two holes and said pipe secured to a base comprising at least one nozzle, said base further comprising a lid of a lower compartment;
said lid further comprising at least one toroidal contoured rib cooperating with at least one lower nozzle of the container,
wherein the water and carbon dioxide/CO 2 are sucked by the upper edge of the pipe and/or the holes and expelled in a path orthogonal to the suction axis through the at least one nozzle.

2. Improvement according to claim 1 , characterized by the fact that all the at least one cylinder pipe of the carbonation tower comprises at least two height levels containing holes water inlet.

3. Improvement according to claim 1 , characterized by the fact that the orifices also comprise holes for CO 2 captation when the container water level is low.

4. Improvement according to claim 1 , characterized by the fact that said lower compartment comprises at least one electric engine cooperating with at least one propeller which acts as a centrifuge to suck CO 2 and water from the interior of the cylindrical pipe and dispensing the water+CO 2 mixture into the container by means of the at least one nozzle.

Assignees

• Whirlpool Sa

Inventors

• Bona Gustavo Lazzaris De
• Silva Alisson Costa Da

Classifications

• B67D1/0054

  Recirculation means · CPC title

• A47J31/44

  Parts or details {or accessories} of beverage-making apparatus (filters or strainers A47J31/06) · CPC title

• B67D1/0858

  using compression systems · CPC title

• B67D1/0067

  Cooling coil · CPC title

• B67D1/0057

  Carbonators · CPC title