In certain examples, a beverage dispenser includes a gas system configured to collect ambient air, pressurize the ambient air, and dispense the pressurized ambient air, a valve configured to dispense a base fluid, and a concentrate system configured to dispense a concentrate. A manifold is configured to form a gas-injected mixed beverage comprising the base fluid, the concentrate, and the pressurized ambient air, and a nozzle is configured to apply a back-pressure upstream on the gas-injected mixed beverage and dispense the gas-injected mixed beverage.

A liquid dispensing system for dispensing two or more liquids of different composition, viscosity, solubility and/or miscibility at high filling speeds into a container through a unitary dispensing nozzle to improve homogeneous mixing of such liquids, while said nozzle is an integral piece free of any movable parts.

Among other things, beverages are dispensed from one or more beverage dispensers based on selections made by users. Information about the dispensing of the beverages is sent to a central server where it is used to manage a variety of functions including replacement of depleted supplies of components. Various features of the beverage dispensers enable the beverages that are dispensed to be uniform and appealing to users.

A device for storing and circulating drinking water with vortex flow includes a base, a tank and an actuator housed in the base and configured to circulate the drinking water stored in the tank with vortex flow. The base includes an inlet port through which the drinking water is received and an outlet port through which the drinking water is dispensed. The tank is mounted on the base with a sealed engagement and is configured to store the drinking water. The tank has spherical or egg shape and includes an air inlet on an upper portion of the tank through which air can flow in and out of the tank.

Extraction valve 100 includes main body section 10, first inflow port portion 11a, second inflow port portion 12a, extraction section 12, first flow path 11b, second flow path 12b, first valve body 13 and second valve body 14, push-in bar 15, and cock 18 connected to an end of push-in bar 15 and used to rotate push-in bar 15. One or both of first valve body 13 and second valve body 14 are moved back and forth on the basis of the rotation of push-in bar 15, and first flow path 11b is opened and closed by the back-and-forth movement of first valve body 13 and second flow path 12b is opened and closed by the back-and-forth movement of second valve body 14.

A system for dispensing one or more beverages is disclosed. The system may include a nozzle, one or more macro-ingredients in fluid communication with the nozzle, and a number of micro-ingredients in fluid communication with the nozzle. The nozzle is configured to dispense a beverage formed by the one or more macro-ingredients and one or more of the micro-ingredients.

The present application describes a product dispenser. The product dispenser may include at least one macro-ingredient source, at least one micro-ingredient source positioned about the dispenser, a diluent source, a dispensing valve, a number of pumps or metering devices, and a user interface. The user interface receives a request for a product type and instructs the pumps or metering devices to dispense a predetermined type and ratio of macro-ingredients, micro-ingredients, and diluent to the dispensing valve for a predetermined flow rate.

The heterogeneous contents mixing container includes a first container formed therein with a content storage space and a container coupling space separated from each other; a second container coupled to the first container and formed with an inlet and a coupling portion; a first discharge unit installed in the first container to discharge stored contents; a second discharge unit installed in the second container to discharge stored contents; and a push button configured to operate the first and second discharge units and formed with first and second discharge passages and first and second outlets which are connected to the first and second discharge units, respectively, wherein the container coupling space of the first container and the inlet and the coupling portion of the second container deviate to one side from a center between the first and second containers, and the second discharge is connected to the second discharge passage.

The present invention concerns a kit of parts for the in situ production of a fermented target beverage by addition of a liquid diluent (3), said kit of parts comprising: (c) A first chamber (1) containing concentrated beverage extracts, and (d) A second chamber (2), fluidly separated from the first chamber, containing ethanol of at least 80 vol. % purity, Characterized in that, the ethanol of the second chamber contains CO.sub.2 or N.sub.2 at saturation concentration at a temperature of 25 C. and at a pressure of at least 2 bar (=1 bar over atmospheric pressure). The present invention also concerns a dispensing apparatus and a method for the in situ preparation and dispensing of a fermented target beverage, using the foregoing kit of parts.

The present invention refers to a machine (1) for preparing beverages and presenting a plurality of beverage concentrate cartridges (2) provided so that can collect a respective beverage concentrate (3), and a concentrate discharge device (4) adapted so that can interact with each one of said beverage concentrate cartridges (2), without using fluid connections between the exit parts (22) of said beverage concentrate cartridges (2) and a service disposition (11) of the machine that comprises a discharge zone where there can be placed a beverage recipient. The present invention further refers to a process for preparing beverages based upon a machine (1) for preparing beverages of the type of the present invention.