US 12,338,117 B2
Beverage dispenser water supply connector
Giancarlo Fantappie, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); Steven Jersey, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); Thomas Parker, London (GB); Jafarr Adam, Cambridge (GB); and Andrew Taylor, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US)
Filed by PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/314,545.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/364,369, filed on May 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356993 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B67D 1/12 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01); F16K 15/18 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/1281 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0014 (2013.01); F16K 15/184 (2021.08); B67D 2210/0001 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00062 (2013.01); F16K 2200/204 (2021.08)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A water supply connector for a beverage dispenser, comprising:
a cylindrical housing;
a first end housing disposed at a first end of the cylindrical housing;
a second end housing disposed at a second end of the cylindrical housing;
first and second fluid connections configured to fluidly connect an interior of the cylindrical housing with external plumbing, the first fluid connection disposed at a distal end of the first end housing and the second fluid connection disposed at a distal end of the second end housing;
a backflow preventer comprising a check valve disposed in the cylindrical housing, the backflow preventer configured to only permit water flow from the first end housing to the second end housing; and
a pressure regulator valve disposed in the cylindrical housing, the pressure regulator valve configured to reduce a pressure of water passing through the connector to a desired pressure.