US 11,938,453 B2
Water dispensers for dispensing carbonized water and method
Jasper Jacobus Van De Sluis, Le Utrecht (NL); and Mattheus Pieter Both, Ee Apeldoorn (NL)
Assigned to Apiqe Holdings, LLC, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Apiqe Holdings, LLC, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,111.
Application 17/875,111 is a continuation of application No. 16/466,960, granted, now 11,413,587, previously published as PCT/NL2017/050813, filed on Dec. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2017940 (NL), filed on Dec. 6, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355255 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B01F 3/04 (2006.01); B01F 23/236 (2022.01); B01F 33/82 (2022.01); B01F 25/25 (2022.01); B01F 33/80 (2022.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01F 23/2362 (2022.01) [B01F 33/821 (2022.01); B01F 23/2364 (2022.01); B01F 25/25 (2022.01); B01F 33/834 (2022.01); B67D 1/0058 (2013.01); B67D 1/0071 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carbonized water dispensing device comprising:
a carbonized water dispensing outlet, for dispensing carbonized water into a beverage container;
a cold water source;
a CO2 source;
a water line, the water line extending between the cold water source and a dispensing outlet;
a water carbonation system comprising an in-line carbonator for adding CO2 from the CO2 source to the water flowing through the water line from the cold water source to the dispensing outlet,
wherein the in-line carbonator comprises:
a tubular conduit disposed about a longitudinal axis, extending from an input end to and output end, and defining a fluid flow path from the input end to the output end;
an inlet manifold comprising a first inlet for water, a second inlet for carbon dioxide, and an outlet in fluid communication with the input end of the conduit;
wherein the conduit comprises a first treatment trajectory directly followed by a conditioning trajectory directly followed by a second treatment trajectory, such that the water subsequently flows from the first treatment trajectory into the conditioning trajectory into the second treatment trajectory;
wherein each treatment trajectory comprises:
a helical dispersion element disposed in the conduit and having an axis aligned with the longitudinal axis of the conduit;
a passive accelerator located immediately downstream of the helical dispersion element, wherein the passive accelerator comprises a restriction portion of the conduit having a reduced cross sectional area relative to portions of the conduit immediately upstream and downstream of the restriction portion;
a rigid impact surface immediately downstream of the passive accelerator, which rigid impact surface is disposed perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the conduit; and
wherein the conditioning trajectory comprises:
a conditioning conduit extending between the first and second treatment trajectories, the conditioning conduit having an axis aligned with the longitudinal axis of the conduit.