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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7669838 | Air handling heat exchanger humidifying apparatus An air handling heat exchanger humidifying apparatus (1) is provided with a humidifying cell (13) of a self supporting sheet like body with closely spaced air openings therein. Air is moved through the apparatus (1) so it passes through the open... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7320458 | Heating tower apparatus and method with isolation of outlet and inlet air A method for heating a fluid using a heating tower. The method includes the steps of drawing an air stream into the heating tower through an inlet and passing the air stream over a series of coils. The method for heating a fluid also includes discharging the air str... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7305848 | Cooling fan apparatus A cooling fan apparatus includes a main housing assembly which includes a front housing end, a rear housing end, and a plurality of housing air channels located at the rear housing end. A fan assembly is supported in the main housing assembly near the front housing ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7146818 | Cooling bank control assembly for a beverage dispensing system A beverage dispensing system includes a cooling chamber filled with a bath of cooling fluid for cooling beverage fluids. A cooling unit, including an evaporator coil extending from the cooling unit into the cooling chamber, freezes the cooling fluid into a frozen co... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7083510 | Water reuse in food processing Methods and systems enable reuse of water in processing of animals into food. In one method, water used in processing of animals into food is received. The water is treated so as to convert the water into a treated from capable of being reused in the processing of t... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080525 | Drink dispensing system A drink dispensing system having sets of faucet dispensers, ice storage bins adjacent to the sets of faucet dispensers, respectively, a common carbonator and circulation pumps associated with fluid circuits provide circulating flow through cold plates defining botto... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077293 | Drink dispensing system A drink dispensing system for at least one dispenser valve. The system includes a carbonator, an ice storage bin having heat transfer coils therein, a two-position valve, a carbonated water circuit, a source of water and a pump circuit. The two-position control valv... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7021077 | Beverage dispensing with cold carbonation Methods and apparatus for cold carbonation are provided in which a carbonator (13) having one or more segments is provided. A sensor (14) is provided that can be accessed from a side of a dispenser (10). ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6951660 | Confectionery coatings A process for producing an aerated confectionery coating comprises supplying a liquid confectionery material to a coating head, maintaining the material under substantial super-atmospheric pressure up to the vicinity of the coating head, and forming, by gas injectio... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945521 | Fluid mixing device and cutting device A fluid mixing device (30) used for processing fluid, including a first fluid feed passage (34) for feeding first fluid, a second fluid feed passage (43) for feeding second fluid, and a mixing part (41) for generating mixed fluid by mixin... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6936179 | Method and apparatus for adding oxygen to drinking water A method and apparatus for producing super-oxygenated water for human consumption including forcing atmospheric air through a filter to remove impurities, exposing the filtered air to ultra violet light to cleanse the air, and to form ozone and oxygen in the air, fo... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6921858 | Method and apparatus for pressurizing a liquefied gas Apparatus providing at least one thermoelectric device for pressurizing a liquefied gas container and methods employing same are disclosed. A thermoelectric device including a heating surface and a cooling surface is used for pressurizing a container by vaporizing l... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915926 | Beverage dispenser A cold beverage dispenser for beverages such as iced tea where the supplied water used for the preparation of the beverage is effectively controlled to a desired temperature depending on the beverage to be prepared. A source of water is split into two separate strea... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6540840 | Vaporizer for MOCVD and method of vaporizing raw material solutions for MOCVD Disclosed is a vaporizer constituted of a dispersing section 8 and a vaporizing section 22. The dispersing section 8 comprises a gas introduction port 4 for introducing a carrier gas 3 under pressure into a gas passage, means for feeding raw material solu... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6250609 | Method of making supersaturated oxygenated liquid This invention is directed to a method of making supersaturated oxygenated liquid by introducing a high oxygen content gas to an ozone generator to produce ozone, passing the ozone to a contact tank at atmospheric pressure to produce an oxygenated and ozo... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5996977 | Temperature adjusted water aerator and circulation system The present invention provides for an aquatic environment an aerator having a temperature adjusted air inlet for aerating a quantity of water in a container, where the temperature of air pumped through an aerator may be cooled or heated, the temperature a... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5758571 | Method and apparatus for producing and dispensing aerated or blended fluid products Apparatus for producing and dispensing an aerated product comprises a mixer which has a first inlet for receiving a fluid, a second inlet for receiving a gas, and an outlet. A relatively long continuous turbulence passage of relatively small cross section... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5565149 | Control of dissolved gases in liquids The present invention provides a gas/liquid contactor module having hollow fiber membranes and a process for controlling dissolved gases in liquids such as water, beer and the like, by passing the liquid through the shell side of the contactor module to a... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5474717 | Apparatus including means for controlling the formation of an ice bank in a carbonator tank Apparatus for mixing fresh water with CO2 gas to produce carbonated water in a cooled storage tank, includes a space located along the wall of the storage tank adjacent the cooling coils of a cooling system where water flow is partially or full... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5443763 | Apparatus for mixing water with CO2 gas to produce carbonated water Apparatus including a circulating pump inside a carbonator tank which blends CO2 with still water and which is started and stopped for predetermined time periods in repetitive cycles having an on/off ratio ranging between 1:10 and 1:20. A timin... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5433084 | Aerator for viscous materials An in-line mixer for mixing gas and liquid.... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433967 | Method for producing and dispensing aerated or blended food products Apparatus for producing and dispensing an aerated product comprises a mixer which has a first inlet for receiving a fluid, a second inlet for receiving a gas, and an outlet. A relatively long continuous turbulence passage of relatively small cross section... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5431861 | Method of and apparatus for producing a high concentration ozone water solution An ejector-type gas nozzle 17 including a liquid nozzle and a gas nozzle is used. Raw material water A in ozone reaction tank 1 is pumped and pressurized by pump 19 to use it circulatingly as water jet A of the ejector gas nozzle 17. The liquid nozzle of ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5422045 | Apparatus for producing carbonated water Apparatus which accelerates the cooling of the stored water cooled in the storage tank after a refilling operation so that it corresponds to the temperature that is normally reached after a relatively long water storage period. The apparatus includes a ca... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5413742 | Post-mix beverage apparatus including heat exchanger for non-carbonated water A post-mix beverage preparation and dispensing unit includes a carbonator tank coupled to a feed water branching circuit. The branching circuit selectively feeds fresh water from a pressurized fresh water source to the storage tank where the water is mixe... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5399300 | Storage tank for a carbonator including cooling system control means therefor A carbonator having a cooling system which is controlled by a controller responsive to input signals generated by an ambient temperature sensor, an ice thickness sensor and a water level sensor. After an initial ice build up following first turn-on of the... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5336399 | Apparatus for purifying and activating water An apparatus for purifying and activating water is provided. The apparatus comprises a drive shaft having a hollow inside, a capsule secured to a lower end of the drive shaft, a device for supporting the drive shaft for rotation so that an upper opening o... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5292030 | Method and apparatus for producing and dispensing aerated products Apparatus for producing and dispensing an aerated product comprises a mixer which has a first inlet for receiving a fluid to be atomized, a second inlet for receiving a gas, and an outlet. A relatively long continuous turbulence passage of relatively smal... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5184942 | Storage container with an electrically operable circulating pump A carbonator tank in a post-mix beverage dispenser is provided with an electrically powered circulating pump. The pump is mounted in an opening in the bottom of the tank and includes a flow-through channel for dispensing carbonated liquid from the tank th... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5160461 | Chilled beverage system An improved system is provided for thoroughly chilling a beverage such as water flowing into a refrigerated reservoir. The system includes an injector nozzle disposed generally at an upper end of the reservoir, together with a dispense valve for drawing t... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5152935 | Carbonation system Provided is a carbonation system which does not require repetitive steps of manually refilling a water container thereof. The system sets forth a combination of a pre-cooled water source, a carbonation vessel, a assembly for regulating an inflow of pre-co... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5085810 | Water carbonator system An improved water carbonator system is provided for thoroughly mixing a carbonating gas with a water supply flowing through a refrigerated reservoir of the type used in soft drink dispenser stations and the like. The carbonator system includes water and g... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5073312 | Water carbonator system An improved water carbonator system is provided for thoroughly mixing a carbonating gas with a water supply flowing through a refrigerated reservoir of the type used in soft drink dispenser stations and the like. The carbonator system includes water and g... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5071595 | Water carbonator system An improved water carbonator system is provided for thoroughly mixing a carbonating gas with a water supply flowing through a refrigerated reservoir of the type used in soft drink dispenser stations and the like. The carbonator system includes water and g... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4950431 | Motorless batch carbonator A motorless batch carbonator for a carbonated drink dispenser is located in a chilled water bath including a set of evaporator coils located on the outside of the water bath with the ice build up on the inside thereof being controlled by an ice bank detec... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4859376 | Gas-driven carbonator and method An improved carbonator and method is disclosed which delivers water under pressure to a carbonator from a pump driven by the carbonating gas under pressure, the exhaust from which is mixed with the water being carbonated. Alternative embodiments are discl... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4850269 | Low pressure, high efficiency carbonator and method An improved method and means for carbonating water includes an inexpensive pressure vessel that operates at low fluid pressures, and that is selectively vented of accumulated atmospheric gases to maintain high carbonating efficiency. Supplemental gasifica... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4798060 | Evaporative cooler apparatus An improved portable evaporative cooler utilizes a motor-driven rotatable impeller assembly comprising an evaporator pad mounted on a support as the sole means for driving air to be cooled through the apparatus.... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4764315 | Water cooler and carbonator A water cooler and carbonator consisting of a water reservoir, apparatus for cooling the reservoir, and a carbonation chamber disposed within the reservoir. Cooled water is transferred to the chamber from the reservoir and a pressure regulated container i... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4697435 | Apparatus for humidifying, cleaning and cooling of gases Apparatus for humidifying, cleaning and cooling of gases, especially air, with a filter layer disposed in the gas stream and a device for supplying it with liquid. The apparatus has a cuboid housing with upper inlets for outside and/or ambient air. In the... | 10/06/1987 |
