METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARTRIDGE-BASED CARBONATION OF BEVERAGES

• Main Authors: JACKSON, THOMAS BATES, CARROLL, RAY, KILBY, CHARLES FRAZER, CAMPBELL, NEIL LESTER, NOVAK, THOMAS J, ROACH, CHRIS, SCHMITT, CAMILLA, CONSOLI, FRANK, SCHMITT, FABIEN YANNICK, MOTTRAM, NIAL ALLAN, CHAN, WAI, ROLLINGS, NICHOLAS DAVID, CAUWOOD, PETER, GRUBB, SCOTT, HEMBER, MILES WILLIAM NOEL, HUOT CARLSON, JENNIFER CAITLIN, GULLA, SHAWN, DOBSON, BARRY, THOMPSON, KEITH, STACEY, GARY, PACKARD, ROSS, O'PREY, CORMAC, HEWITT, JIM, PETERSON, PETER, ESTABROOK, RICHARD, JONES, ROSS, COHEN, MARK, MARTINEZ, NICOLAS ALEJANDRO, WILKINS, PAUL, HARTLEY, KEVIN, COVEY, CHRIS, ANGOTTI, MARC, RICHARDSON, CHRISTOPHER PAUL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 07.02.2013
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING

Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage. A gas source (41) can be provided in a cartridge (4) which is used to generate gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid. A beverage medium (42), such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in the same, or a separate cartridge as the gas source (4) and mixed with the precursor liquid to form a beverage. The use of one or more cartridges for the gas source (4) and/or beverage medium (42) may make for an easy to use and mess-free system for making sparkling beverages, e.g., in the consumer's home.