Beverage dispensing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8833405
APP PUB NO 20070204930A1
SERIAL NO

11611835

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A beverage dispenser for dispensing a carbonated beverage from a beverage source into a receptacle 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 further 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 also includes a multi-nodal flow rate controller disposed within the interior volume of said housing in contact with said conduit and a subsurface dispensing nozzle in fluid communication with the terminal end of the conduit. The flow through the conduit to the subsurface dispensing nozzle is compensated to maintain substantially hydraulic beverage flow within the conduit by adjusting the contact between the multi-nodal flow rate controller and the conduit.

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DD OPERATIONS LTD (UK COMPANY # 8149351)16 CHARLES STREET 4TH FLOOR LONDON W1J 5DS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gagliano, Thomas Marciana Marina, IT 21 474
Phallen, Iver J Youngstown, US 16 817
Vogt, Douglas Grand Island, US 7 197

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