Beverage dispensing

摘要

A beverage dispenser for dispensing a carbonated beverage includes a housing defining an interior volume and having a first surface proximal to the beverage source and a second surface distal to the beverage source. The beverage dispenser includes a conduit in fluid communication with the beverage source entering the first surface of the housing and terminating proximate the second surface of the housing. The dispenser includes a flow rate controller including a processor disposed within the interior volume of said housing and a subsurface dispensing nozzle in fluid communication with the terminal end of the conduit. The dispenser also includes a user interface including user-selectable indicia for providing data to the processor. The flow through the conduit to the subsurface dispensing nozzle is compensated to maintain substantially hydraulic beverage flow within the conduit, and is based on data provided to the processor by a user operation of the user interface.

主权项

1. A beverage dispenser for dispensing a carbonated beverage from a beverage source into a receptacle, the dispenser comprising:
a housing defining an interior volume and having a first surface proximal to the beverage source and a second surface distal to the beverage source; a conduit in fluid communication with the beverage source entering the first surface of the housing and terminating proximate the second surface of the housing; a flow meter in fluid communication with the conduit; a flow rate controller disposed within the interior volume of said housing, the flow rate controller including a processor; a user interface including a user-selectable indicia for providing data to the processor; a subsurface dispensing nozzle in fluid communication with the terminal end of the conduit, wherein flow through the conduit to the subsurface dispensing nozzle is compensated by the flow rate controller to maintain substantially hydraulic beverage flow within the conduit; and wherein at least one of the beverage flow and aggregate volume of beverage dispensed is controlled by the flow rate controller based on data provided to the processor by a user operation of the user interface.