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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1989
Lawrence B Ziesel, Marietta, GA (US);
Robert D Hughes, Atlanta, GA (US);
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A motorless carbonator including a single acting pneumatic water pump connected between a carbonator tank and an uncarbonated water supply with the pump having a gas return spring integral therewith. The pump is driven by the carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) fed to the carbonator tank. A CO.sub.2 saving device is coupled between the water pump and the carbonator tank and includes a spring biased diaphragm connected to a piston rod and an O-ring support member which operates to control the venting of CO.sub.2 to the atmosphere so as to reduce the amount of CO.sub.2 required to operate the pump during both a pumping stroke and a return stroke.