Carbonation reduction systems and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10328362
APP PUB NO 20180282143A1
SERIAL NO

15476537

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A beverage dispensing valve may include an inlet to receive carbonated water, a nozzle shell, and an outlet downstream of the nozzle shell configured to dispense a finished beverage. The nozzle shell may include an aperture open to ambient pressure environment. A method for dispensing a beverage may include flowing carbonated water through an inlet of a beverage dispensing valve, lowering the pressure of the carbonated water sufficient to promote carbon dioxide nucleation, flowing the carbonated water through a chamber vented to environment such that a portion of carbon dioxide nucleated is off-gassed, and introducing a beverage ingredient when the carbonated water reaches a sufficiently low carbonation level. A beverage dispensing nozzle may include an inlet configured to receive carbonated water from a beverage dispensing valve, a nozzle shell including an aperture open to ambient pressure environment, and an outlet downstream of the nozzle shell configured to dispense a finished beverage.

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  • PEPSICO INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Abashkin, Vasily Saint Petersburg, RU 2 5
Balanev, Andrey Saint Petersburg, RU 9 391
Chang, Samuel Hawthorne, US 22 190
Eaton, John Purchase, US 20 262
Egoyants, Petr Saint Petersburg, RU 8 99
Nachawati, Maher Stamford, US 9 42
Segiet, William Bethel, US 9 112
Verbitsky, Mikhail Stoughton, US 35 1638

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