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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1984
Ashis S Gupta, Marietta, GA (US);
Richard H Heenan, Atlanta, GA (US);
William S Credle, Jr, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Robert W Burke, II, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Albert J Cahen, Jr, Roswell, GA (US);
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A post-mix beverage dispenser comprising: a sub-system for making and dispensing a chilled, carbonated beverage from syrup concentrate; a sub-system for making and dispensing a chilled, still beverage from flavor concentrate; and a sub-system for making and dispensing a hot beverage from either concentrate or powder. Each of the concentrates for the respective sub-systems are provided in bag-in-box supply packages of a conventional type. Also included are two carbonator designs for operating under zero gravity conditions without forming a gaseous phase within the carbonator tanks thereof. The first of these unique carbonators is a batch carbonator and the second is a continuous carbonator. The batch carbonator includes an outer rigid shell and an accordian-type inner container which contracts or expands when fluids are dispensed or introduced. The continuous carbonator has a rotary agitator including a plurality of radial vanes in a carbonation chamber which includes an outer toroidal-shaped chamber and an inner cylindrical chamber.