US 12,221,333 B2
Beverage dispenser, kit for assembling the same, and corresponding methods of manufacturing, assembling and operating associated thereto
Tariq Arafeh, Montreal (CA); and Abdulrahman Saimeh, Oakville (CA)
Assigned to 2689287 ONTARIO INC., Oakville, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/602,623
Filed by 2689287 ONTARIO INC., Oakville (CA)
PCT Filed Apr. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/050461
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/206535, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/831,420, filed on Apr. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185647 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0058 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0862 (2013.01); B67D 1/0867 (2013.01); B67D 1/0895 (2013.01); B67D 1/1416 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage dispenser for dispensing a consumable beverage, the beverage dispenser comprising:
a processing line having a fluid path with an input end being fluidly connectable to a source container of liquid for receiving liquid from said source container via a driving force, and for processing the liquid into the consumable beverage to be dispensed;
a Venturi injector being provided along a fluid segment of the fluid path of the processing line, the Venturi injector being configured for selectively and adjustably injecting gas bubbles into the consumable beverage in order to alter at least one resulting parameter of the consumable beverage to be dispensed; and
a tap being fluidly connectable to an output end of the fluid path of the processing line for receiving the consumable beverage with at least one resulting parameter having been altered, and for selectively dispensing said consumable beverage via an activation of the tap;
wherein the fluid path of the processing line includes tubing operatively extending between the source container of liquid, and the tap of the beverage dispenser for dispensing the consumable beverage;
wherein the beverage dispenser comprises a heat-exchanging assembly operatively connectable to the processing line upstream of the Venturi injector for exchanging heat with liquid flowing through the fluid path of said processing line;
wherein the beverage dispenser comprises a refrigerating assembly having a refrigerating circuit operatively connected to the fluid circuit of the heat-exchanging assembly for refrigerating liquid flowing through said fluid circuit of the heat-exchanging assembly, in order to further alter the at least one resulting parameter of the consumable beverage to be dispensed by the tap;
wherein the Venturi injector is operatively connectable to the fluid path of the processing line, prior to the tap, and includes a gas intake for receiving gas to be injected into liquid flowing through the Venturi injector in order to alter the at least one resulting parameter of the consumable beverage to be dispensed by the tap;
wherein the Venturi injector is provided with a regulator for selectively and adjustably regulating an injection rate of gas into the gas intake of the Venturi injector, and a surgical filter provided upstream of the regulator for filtering the gas to be injected into liquid flowing through the Venturi injector; and
wherein the Venturi injector is configured to inject gas bubbles into the consumable beverage, when refrigerated, in order to generate a texture motion of the consumable beverage when the consumable beverage is dispensed in a drinking container.