Conopco, Inc.

Jonkheer Theodoor Hendrik Van De Poll

Anthony Edward Quinn

Bartholomeus Johannes Antonius Van Haperen

Posan Pang

Miles Richard Macintosh Pennington

James Matthew Slater

Johannes Krieg

Paul Edward Cheney

Stephen John Dyks

Leonie Martine Diks-Warmerdam

Özgür Günyol

Paul Michael Doehren

Leon Bernard Oudehand

A beverage dispenser () is disclosed for use in combination with a water cooler, wherein the water cooler comprises a water bottle () and a cooler housing () comprising an outlet () for dispensing water, and wherein the beverage dispenser is intended to be positioned between the cooler housing and the water bottle. The beverage dispenser comprises: a dispensing station (), a conduit () for supply of water from the water cooler to the dispensing station, a connector () for attachment to a container () comprising concentrate, a conduit () for supply of concentrate from the container to the dispensing station, and a passage () to allow the water bottle () to remain in fluid communication with the outlet () of the cooler housing () when the dispenser () is positioned between the cooler housing and the water bottle.

Beverage dispenser with water cooler

The invention relates to a method of removing headspace () from a filled container (). The method comprises providing a container that is filled with a product () and that further holds a gas containing headspace. The container comprises a valve () that allows gas to be expelled from the container. The method further comprises applying a pressure difference over the one-way valve to remove gas contained in the headspace through the valve to reduce the headspace.

Method of removing headspace from a filled container and container comprising a valve

A beverage dispenser () is disclosed for use in combination with a water cooler, wherein the water cooler comprises a cooling device () and a water bottle () and the beverage dispenser is intended to be positioned between the cooling device and the water bottle. The beverage dispenser comprises: a dispensing station (), a dedicated water nozzle () for dispensing water at the dispensing station, a conduit () for supply of water from the water cooler to the water nozzle, a connector () for attachment to a container () comprising concentrate, a dedicated concentrate nozzle () for dispensing concentrate to the dispensing station, a conduit () for supply of concentrate from the container to the concentrate nozzle, and wherein the water nozzle and the concentrate nozzle are arranged such that water dispensed from the water nozzle and concentrate dispensed from the concentrate nozzle intersect, and wherein the angle (&#x3b2;) of the concentrate nozzle relative to the horizontal is from 25&#xb0; to 90&#xb0;, and the angle (&#x3b1;) of the water nozzle relative to the horizontal is from 45&#xb0; to 90&#xb0;.

Beverage dispenser with water cooler and concentrate adding device

A dispenser cap () for a liquid container having an opening, the cap () comprising a means for attachment () to the container, a housing () inserted into the opening and comprising a liquid inlet (), a channel and a liquid outlet (), the channel comprising a moveable seal () defining an outlet-side liquid volume () and an inlet-side liquid volume (), the moveable seal () is moveable from a first position to a second position towards the liquid outlet () by increasing the inlet-side liquid pressure, thereby causing a dispensable volume of liquid flow out of the outlet (), the moveable seal () also comprising a liquid outlet seal means () to seal the liquid outlet when the moveable seal () is in its second position, thereby preventing further flow of liquid out of the outlet (), the cap () also comprising a dispensable liquid volume adjustment means () to adjust the fixed volume of dispensable liquid.

Dosing cap for container

Frozen aerated products are produced by providing two forming elements, providing at least one open cavity on a surface of each forming element, providing filling means for filling said cavities with a frozen aerated material at a temperature higher than the temperature of the forming elements, filling two cavities, one on each forming element, with a frozen aerated material having an overrun of between 10% and 130%, allowing the frozen aerated material to expand outside its cavity and moving the two cavities opposite one another so that the frozen aerated material in each cavity is pressed against the frozen aerated material in the other cavity. A stick is placed between the two filled cavities before the frozen aerated material in each cavity is pressed against the frozen aerated material in the other cavity.

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Vlaardingen, Netherlands

Jonkheer Theodoor Hendrik Van De Poll