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Carbonated beverage mixing nozzle for a dispenser

  • US 4,509,690 A
  • Filed: 12/06/1982
  • Issued: 04/09/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An improved carbonated beverage mixing nozzle in a post-mix carbonated beverage dispenser, said nozzle having a carbonated water supply chamber co-axially surrounding a syrup supply port, said nozzle comprising:

  • (a) a syrup diffuser having an elongate tubular body and a spray head in a lower end for spraying syrup outwardly from the diffuser and into a water stream around the diffuser;

    (b) an upper carbonated water distribution disc, said disc having an outer diameter loosely fitted into the water supply chamber, and a plurality of water apertures in a circular pattern between the syrup diffuser and the disc outer diameter;

    (c) a generally frusto-conical carbonated water spreader underneath the upper disc water apertures, said spreader tapering outwardly and downwardly to an outer diameter that is larger than the upper disc and longer than the largest diameter of the circular pattern of the upper disc water apertures;

    there being a larger clearance between the spreader and a carbonated water outlet around the spreader, than between the upper disc and the supply chamber;

    (d) a lower carbonated water distribution disc immediately above the syrup spray head, said lower disc having an outer diameter with a greater clearance with the water outlet than a clearance between the upper disc and the supply chamber said lower disc having a plurality of water apertures in a circular pattern between the syrup diffuser and the disc outer diameter, said lower disc apertures having a greater cumulative area than the upper disc apertures.

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