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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 1980
Filed:
May. 30, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred E Zygiel, deceased, late of Dallas, TX (US);
by Mary Zygiel, executrix, Port Orange, FL (US);
Assignee:
The Cornelius Company, Anoka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D / ; G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
222-1 ; 2221292 ; 222373 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for mixing and dispensing a beverage has a mixing head, a water line having a partially restricted outlet for backing up water pressure, a concentrate chamber having a diaphragm, a bypass line from the water line to the chamber for bypassing water from the water line against the diaphragm and forcing concentrate to the mixing head, and an open drain in the bypass line for exhausting water from the concentrate chamber; also disclosed is a method of mixing and dispensing a beverage in which pressurized water is first used to propel concentrate and then exhausted out a drain.