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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Sodastream Industries Ltd., Ben Gurion Airport, IL;
Inventors:
Avi Cohen, Jerusalem, IL;
Guy Danieli, Jerusalem, IL;
Assignee:
SodaStream Industries Ltd., Air Port City, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 17/16 (2006.01); F16K 17/40 (2006.01); F16K 17/04 (2006.01); B01F 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 17/403 (2013.01); F16K 17/048 (2013.01); F16K 17/16 (2013.01); B01F 2003/04822 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0385 (2015.04); Y10T 137/1714 (2015.04);
Abstract
A safety unit for a home carbonation machine that includes a valve to release gas from a sealed state at a first pressure and a backup element set to rupture at a second higher pressure when the valve malfunctions. The valve also includes a backup element housing which moves to vent the gas via an outlet during carbonation and which has a conduit to direct the gas to the backup element.