SPHERIFICATION/REVERSE SPHERIFICATION AUTOMATED AND INTEGRATED APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

An apparatus for producing gelled pearls includes: a housing with at least one opening into which a flavored liquid is provided; external components; and internal components. The external components include: a first ingress port through which a first refill pack is coupled; and a dispenser with tubing through which a processed solution is expelled into a gelling bath. The internal components include: a mixing tank for blending the flavored liquid with the first solution; a first flow valve fluidly coupled with the mixing tank and directing the flavored liquid into and out of the mixing tank; a second flow valve fluidly coupled with the mixing tank and directing flow of a proportional amount of the first solution into the mixing tank; and a microcontroller device.

主权项

1. An apparatus for producing gelled pearls, comprising:
a mixing tank comprising a volume of a flavored liquid, said flavored liquid having a pH value; a first pack comprising a first solution attached to a first ingress port in said mixing tank; a second pack comprising a buffer solution attached to a second ingress port in said mixing tank; a mixing mechanism in said mixing tank; a dispenser coupled to said mixing tank, said dispenser expelling a processed solution from said mixing tank into a gelling bath in the form of droplets; and a microcontroller:
dispensing from said second pack an amount of said buffer solution based on said pH value of said flavored liquid, and from said first pack an amount of said first solution based on said volume of said flavored liquid into said mixing tank;activating said mixing mechanism to form a processed solution in said mixing tank; andactivating said dispenser to dispense said processed solution as droplets into said gelling bath to gellify said droplets into gelled pearls.