US 11,679,397 B2
Beverage dispensing nozzle
Evans Eboigbodin, White Plains, NY (US); Steven T. Jersey, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); Fernando A. Ubidia, Ludlow, MA (US); Aaron Stein, Middletown, CT (US); and Jose-Luis Arroyo, Springfield, MA (US)
Assigned to PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US)
Filed by PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/792,016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0252534 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B05B 7/04 (2006.01); B01F 25/00 (2022.01); B01F 101/14 (2022.01)
CPC B05B 7/0408 (2013.01) [B01F 25/00 (2022.01); B01F 2101/14 (2022.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nozzle for dispensing a beverage, comprising:
a nozzle head, comprising:
a base liquid inlet configured to receive a base liquid from a base liquid source, and
a flavoring inlet configured to receive a flavoring from a flavoring source;
a diffuser assembly in fluid communication with the base liquid inlet, wherein the diffuser assembly comprises at least one diffuser plate having an annular region with a plurality of peripheral openings through which the base liquid flows; and
a receptacle in fluid communication with the diffuser assembly and the flavoring inlet, comprising:
an inner wall,
an outlet through which the base liquid and the flavoring are dispensed, and
an upper end and a lower end, wherein the nozzle head and the diffuser assembly are arranged at the upper end of the receptacle, and wherein the outlet is disposed at the lower end of the receptacle,
wherein the peripheral openings of the diffuser assembly are arranged so as to direct a flow of the base liquid along the inner wall of the receptacle, and wherein the flavoring inlet directs a flow of the flavoring through the receptacle in a longitudinal direction of the nozzle.