An appliance for the production and dispensing of malt based fermented beverage has a malt based fermented beverage concentrated inlet, a water inlet, a pressurized gas inlet, an in-line carbonation unit having a water inlet and a pressurized gas inlet, and a mixing unit in which the carbonated water and malt based fermented beverage concentrate are mixed.

A beverage dispensing system including a control unit and a touch screen. Inputs are made to the touch screen to dispense beverages and apply system adjustments. The control unit controls a plurality of beverage dispensing valves according to inputs made to the touch screen.

A spirit dispenser that includes a back panel, and at least one pump residing on the back panel and arranged to receive spirit from a container containing spirit and residing on a shelf via a tap and a tap connector, and arranged to deliver the received spirit to a spirit dispenser gun.

An indicator may include a body comprising a sensor and a recess configured to receive a pump head of a corresponding container. An indicator may include a light coupled to the body, wherein the light is configured to light up to indicate when a component in the corresponding container is part of a beverage order, and the sensor is configured to determine when a user dispenses an amount of the component into a beverage container. One or more indicators may communicate with a dock device to coordinate dispensing of beverage orders

A beverage maker may include a water tank storing water; a water supply pump provided below the water tank to receive water from the water tank, a water supply channel connected to the water supply pump to guide water discharged from the water supply pump, an air removing channel connected to the water supply channel, an air removing valve or cap connected to the air removing channel, and a controller maintaining the water supply pump in an off state when the air removing valve is opened.

A liquid dispenser comprise a nozzle comprising an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet to form a flow path, a thermistor in fluid communication with the inlet, an actuator rod comprising a gasket rod tip viton, at least one centering pin to center the actuator rod in at least a portion of the flow path, a flowmeter in fluid communication with the inlet, a double acting pneumatic cylinder comprising a first pneumatic inlet and a second pneumatic inlet operatively connected to the actuator rod, and a switch lever operatively coupled to a micro switch, wherein the nozzle opens when gas enters the first pneumatic inlet when the switch lever is activated by pressing on the micro switch and closes when gas enters the second pneumatic inlet when the switch lever is deactivated. Portable and non-portable liquid dispensing systems comprising the liquid dispenser are also described.

A refrigerator appliance having a quick fill dispenser to rapidly fill a container. The refrigerator may include a water storage receptacle. The water storage receptacle may be in fluid communication with a water filter. The water storage receptacle may dispense water at a flow rate greater than the flow rate entering the water storage receptacle. A valve may be downstream of the water storage receptacle.

A dispensing device for dispensing a beverage/slush. The dispensing device is configured to automatically dose a beverage/slush over time with respect to the capacity of a cup to be filled with said beverage/slush and to the weight of the cup which changes over time, due to the quantity of beverage/slush that is received by the cup over time with respect to a predetermined weight associated with a predetermined beverage/slush, corresponding to the beverage/slush dispensed by the dispensing device, and a predetermined capacity of a cup, corresponding to the capacity of the cup that receives said beverage/slush, where, in the predetermined beverage, the predetermined weight and the predetermined capacity are data stored in the dispensing device. Embodiments also relate to a method for dispensing through the dispensing device.

The present invention relates to a cleaning and sanitizing system for a dispensing installation that uses a single pump to pull in non-caustic, non-abrasive, and non-corrosive cleaning solution, which in turn draws in ambient air. The mixture of air and liquid is discharged into a cylindrical flow controller that discharges a flow of alternating liquid cylinders and air cylinders. The air cylinders eliminate the boundary layer and laminar sublayer, which in turn allows the liquid cylinders to apply a maximum shear force associated with the hydrodynamic entry region consistently cleaning the length of the beverage or product line with mechanical cleaning and sanitizing action, which is subsequently carried away within the liquid cylinder.

A water-dispensing device includes a cold water tank and a fill valve. The tank is in selective fluid communication with a water intake via the fill valve. The device further includes a cold dispensing valve, a spigot in selective fluid communication with the tank via the cold dispensing valve, an ozone generator in fluid communication with the tank, and a drip tray positioned beneath the spigot. The drip tray is in fluid communication with a drain via a drain hose. A controller is configured to perform a cleaning operation by: (i) activating the ozone generator to ozonate water stored in the tank, (ii) opening the cold dispensing valve to empty the tank by dispensing the ozonated water from the tank through the spigot and into the drip tray, and (iii) upon determining the tank is empty, opening the fill valve to refill the tank.