Method for producing a carbonated beverage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9302229-B2
Application number	US-201414514430-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2014
Priority date	Oct 11, 2011
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

A carbonated beverage appliance in accordance with the present invention includes a housing and a carbonating head assembly configured to releasably engage a top end of a bottle containing a liquid to be carbonated. The bottle is engaged with the head assembly in a manner so as to provide a liquid and gas-tight seal. A tube is arranged in the housing for directing a flow of pressurized gas from a gas cylinder to the liquid within the bottle to produce a carbonated beverage. The carbonated beverage appliance includes a quick-connect mechanism for attaching a gas cylinder to the appliance, and a dispensing mechanism for the on-demand dispensing of a carbonated beverage from the bottle while it is attached to the appliance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing a carbonated beverage, said method comprising the steps of:
providing a carbonated beverage appliance having a carbonating head assembly and a gas cylinder head assembly in selective fluid communication with said carbonating head assembly;
releasably attaching a bottle containing a liquid to be carbonated to said carbonating head assembly;
releasably attaching a canister of pressurized gas to said gas cylinder head assembly;
initiating a flow of pressurized gas from said canister to said bottle to produce said carbonated beverage; and
dispensing said carbonated beverage from said bottle while said bottle is attached to said carbonating head assembly, said step of dispensing said carbonated beverage including selectively positioning an outlet of a rotatable dispensing arm to direct a flow of said carbonated beverage and depressing a button to actuate a valve assembly to permit said carbonated beverage to exit said bottle, flow through said dispensing arm and exit said outlet of said dispensing arm.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
said step of releasably attaching said canister of pressurized gas to said gas cylinder head assembly includes pushing said canister into engagement with said gas cylinder head assembly without substantially rotating said canister.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
said step of dispensing is effectuated by displacement.

Assignees

• Leung Anthony Kit Lun
• Zakowski Joseph W
• Conair

Inventors

• Leung Anthony Kit Lun
• Zakowski Joseph W

Classifications

• A23L2/54 Primary

  Mixing with gases · CPC title

• B01F3/04801

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F3/04794

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F2215/0022

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• A23V2002/00

  Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs · CPC title