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Tri-mix sugar based dispensing system

  • US 4,753,370 A
  • Filed: 03/11/1987
  • Issued: 06/28/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a post-mix beverage dispenser including a water supply assembly, a sweetener syrup supply assembly, a concentrate supply assembly and a mixing assembly for mixing water from the water supply assembly and concentrate from the concentrate supply assembly together to form the post-mix beverage, the improvement comprising:

  • (a) peristaltic pump means having a rotary pumping member;

    (b) the concentrate supply assembly being disposable and including,1. a disposable concentrate container; and

    2. disposable flexible conduit means connecting said concentrate container to said mixing assembly and being disposed in operative engagement with said rotary pump member to cause concentrate in the container to be pumped through the conduit means to the mixing assembly; and

    (c) nozzle means within the mixing assembly coupled to the water supply assembly and the sweetener syrup supply assembly for directing the water to an isolated mixing area out of contact with any surfaces of the dispenser, said nozzle means including,1. a housing having an input end for receiving the water, sweetener syrup and concentrate, and a discharge opening at an output end thereof, said housing having an axial bore extending from the input end to the discharge opening,2. a first toroidal chamber at said input end of the housing having an inlet conduit for said water tangentially disposed with respect thereto to create a swirling of the water in said chamber,3. a second toroidal chamber at the input end of said housing concentric with said second toroidal chamber having a syrup inlet conduit for receiving sweetener syrup from said sweetener syrup supply assembly,

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