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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
May. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philip Andrew Simmons, Alcester, GB;
Assignee:
IMI Cornelius Inc., Anoka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 2/700 ; A02C 1/302 ; A02C 3/100 ; B05B 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 2/700 ; A02C 1/302 ; A02C 3/100 ; B05B 7/10 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for mixing two fluids has separate supply lines for delivering the fluids to a mixing head. Flow rate of fluid in one supply line is monitored by arranging a pressure transducer to measure a pressure drop across an orifice in an orifice plate arranged in the supply line and a controller is responsive to the detected flow rate to control flow rate of fluid in the other supply line to achieve a desired flow ratio of both fluids at the mixing head for producing a mixed fluid having the correct proportions of both fluids. The fluids may be a concentrate syrup and a plain or carbonated water to produce a beverage.