CN103857617A

CN103857617A - Method and apparatus for cartridge-based carbonation of beverages

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Publication number: CN103857617A
Application number: CN201280048594.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: T·J·诺瓦克; R·帕卡德; P·彼得森; S·古拉; J·C·于奥特卡尔森; C·施密特; J·休伊特; M·安戈蒂; R·卡罗尔; R·埃斯塔布鲁克; K·哈特利; F·孔索利; M·科恩; R·琼斯; N·A·马丁内斯; M·W·N·亨布尔; F·Y·施密特; N·A·莫特拉姆; C·奥普雷; N·D·罗琳斯
Original assignee: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc
Current assignee: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc
Priority date: 2011-08-03
Filing date: 2012-08-02
Publication date: 2014-06-11
Anticipated expiration: 2032-08-02
Also published as: CL2014000263A1; IL230739A0; WO2013019963A2; EP2739559B1; ZA201401046B; TW201320910A; AU2018220086A1; IL230739B; KR101750003B1; RU2600721C2; BR112014002592A2; RU2014107780A; CN103857617B; JP6129834B2; HK1198155A1; MX2014001332A; CN104938758A; CA2843889C; HK1215519A1; KR20170053729A

Abstract

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

Description

Be used for the method and apparatus of the carbonating based on cylinder of beverage

The application requires the U.S. Provisional Application the 61/514th of submitting on August 3rd, 2011, the rights and interests of No. 676, its full content with referring to mode include in herein.The application is in the part continuation application of the U. S. application 13/017,459 of submission on January 31st, 2011, and it requires in the rights and interests of the U.S. Provisional Application 61/337,184 of submission on February 1st, 2010.

Background technology

Described invention herein relate to by gas dissolution in liquid for the preparation of beverage, for example: carbonating.The system that is used for making liquid carbon acidifying and/or liquid is mixed with beverage medium form beverage, in open description to some extent widely, comprises US Patent 4,025,655,4,040,342; 4,636,337; 6,712,342 and 5,182,084; And the open WO2008/124851 of PCT.

Summary of the invention

Each aspect of the present invention relates to be made such as the precursor liquids carbonating of water or dissolved gas otherwise, to form beverage.In certain embodiments, carbon dioxide source or other gas source can be arranged in cylinder, and this carbon dioxide source or other gas source are for generation of the carbon dioxide or other gas that are dissolved in precursor liquids.Can be arranged in cylinder identical with gas source or that separate and mix (before carbonatation or afterwards) with precursor liquids to form beverage such as the beverage medium of powdered beverage compound or liquid fruit juice.The use of one or more of gas source and/or beverage medium for example can make the not chaotic system at customer's the family beverage for the manufacture of carbonated or other foaming easy to use.(term used herein: " carbonating " or " carbonating " generally refers to the beverage with dissolved gases, and therefore refer to the beverage foaming, no matter dissolved gases is carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen, air or other gas.Therefore, each aspect of the present invention is not limited to form the beverage of the carbon dioxide content with dissolving, but can comprise any dissolved gases.）

In one aspect of the invention, drink manufacturing system comprises that setting is in order to provide the beverage precursor liquid supplying apparatus of precursor liquids.This precursor liquids feeding mechanism can comprise holder, pump, one or more conduit, one or more valve, one or more sensor (for example: to survey the water level in holder), and/or any other applicable parts of water or other precursor liquids are provided to be suitable for forming the mode of beverage.This system also can comprise the single cylinder with first and/or second part.This first part can comprise is arranged to emit the gas for being dissolved to precursor liquids, for example: for by this precursor liquids carbonating, and second part can comprise the beverage medium of being arranged to mix to form with Liquid precursor beverage.This system comprise such as receive and at least in part the chamber of sealing cylinder cylinder junction surface, be arranged to the connectivity port or other structure that connect with this fluid.Gas dissolution apparatus can be arranged to dissolve the gas that is discarded to precursor liquids from first part, and can comprise, for example: membrane contactor, be suitable for keeping under pressure liquid contributing to by gas dissolution the chamber in liquid, spray thrower, be arranged to water to be introduced into sparger or other structure of gas-pressurized environment.This system can be arranged to no matter gas before being dissolved in liquid or after, precursor liquids is mixed with this beverage medium, to form beverage.This beverage medium can the cup in cylinder, in the other part of the system such as the mixing chamber introducing from the beverage medium of cylinder, user in or other locally mix with liquid.

In one aspect of the invention, drink manufacturing system comprises and is arranged to provide the beverage precursor fluid Supplying apparatus of precursor liquids and is arranged to keep the cylinder chamber of first and/or second part.Cylinder chamber can have the single cylinder receptacle for receiving one or more, or can comprise multiple receptacles that are separated from each other, for example, to receive two or more cylinders.If multiple receptacles are set, they can open and close simultaneously or independently of one another.First part can be arranged in a chamber, wherein, first part air inclusion source, this gas source is arranged to emit carbon dioxide or other gas, for making precursor liquids carbonating.In certain embodiments, gas source can comprise the molecular sieve of loading, and for example, such as being solid-state form (, particle) and having the carbon dioxide of absorption or the zeolite of other gas, carbon dioxide source discharges gas in the situation that there is water.Second part can be arranged in a chamber, and wherein, this second part comprises beverage medium, and this beverage medium is arranged to mix to form beverage with Liquid precursor.System can be arranged to use the gas of being emitted by first part to make precursor liquids carbonating and the beverage medium of second part is mixed with precursor liquids.This precursor liquids can be in first part or in one or more other regions (such as holder or film carbonator) carbonating, gas is transported to this one or more other regions.Can and can in second part or such as the another location of the blending box separating with second part, precursor liquids be mixed with beverage medium before or after carbonating.

This system can comprise that gas source activates fluid supply apparatus, and this gas source activates fluid supply apparatus and is arranged to provide fluid to cylinder chamber, to contact with gas source, thereby causes gas source to emit gas.For example, gas activates fluid supply apparatus can be arranged to control the Fluid Volume (such as being in a liquid state or the water of gaseous form) that is provided to a chamber, to control the gas flow being produced by gas source.This can allow system control for making the gaseous tension of precursor liquids carbonating.Therefore, cylinder chamber can be arranged to make at least the first part in a chamber to remain under the pressure that is greater than ambient pressure.Or this first part can be arranged to bear the pressure being produced by the gas of emitting by gas source, and there is no supporting structure or other closure member.Gas supply device can be arranged under the pressure that is greater than ambient pressure the gas of being emitted by gas source is transported to beverage precursor liquid, so that precursor liquids carbonating.Gas can be conducted to carbonation tank, membrane contactor or other the applicable structure for carbonating.For example, this system can comprise carbonator, this carbonator comprises makes its hydraulic fluid side and the separated film of gas side, gas is provided to gas side, and precursor liquids is provided to hydraulic fluid side by beverage precursor fluid Supplying apparatus, thereby, in the precursor liquids of the gas dissolution on gas side on hydraulic fluid side.Pump can make precursor liquids move through carbonator from holder, and to discharge as beverage subsequently, or precursor liquids can be circulated back to holder, with one or more additional inferior the carbonator that passes through.

In certain embodiments, system can be mixed beverage medium to form with precursor liquids beverage, thereby, do not have beverage to contact with gas source.But in other embodiments, this precursor liquids can contact this gas source, for example liquid through first part to carry out the situation of carbonating.First and second parts can be respectively first of the correspondence that differ from one another and second parts, or cylinder part can be a part for single cylinder.An if part for single cylinder, first and second parts can for example be separated from each other by the porous member such as filtration members or such as the impermeable element of barrel, barrel can or can not be cracky, easily break (such as by suitable pressure), can pierce through or otherwise split to allow first and second parts to communicate with each other.The cylinder being associated with first and second parts can be pierced or otherwise be arranged in fluid while being arranged in a tin chamber and be communicated with to allow sensible the first and second parts.For example, if cylinder part is in the cylinder separating, two cylinders can be pierced by closing a chamber, to allow fluid to be provided to first part and/or gas is separately opened from first portion, and allow beverage medium and leave second part individually or together with the precursor liquids of mixing.

In certain embodiments, the volume of first and second parts can be less than respectively the volume of the soda forming by cylinder part.This can be by allowing user to provide sizable advantage with the beverage that the cylinder of small size relatively forms relatively large volume.For example, system can be arranged in the carbonic liquids that forms the carbonating degree with the volume of about 100-1000 milliliter and approximately 1 to 5 volumes in the time period that is less than approximately 120 seconds by first and second parts.Can the in the situation that of about 20-50psi or larger pressure, carry out carbonating.In this embodiment this part can have about 50ml or volume still less, the convenience of the amount cutting the waste and/or increase system.

In another aspect of this invention, the method that is used to form beverage comprises to be provided to drink manufacturing machine first and second, wherein, first part air inclusion source, this gas source is arranged to emit gas for making liquid carbon acidifying, and second part comprises beverage medium, this beverage medium is arranged to mix to form beverage with Liquid precursor.Such as being in a liquid state or the fluid of gaseous form can be provided to a chamber, to cause gas source to emit carbon dioxide, and precursor liquids can be carried out carbonating by least a portion of the gas of emitting from gas source is dissolved in precursor liquids.Precursor liquids can be mixed with beverage medium before carrying out carbonating or afterwards, to produce beverage.

As mentioned above, gas source can be solid-state form in first part, for example, comprise the zeolite of loading.The Fluid Volume that is provided to first part can be controlled, to control the gas producing by gas source, for example so that the gaseous tension being produced by gas source maintain in the expected range higher than ambient pressure.In one embodiment, gas source comprises the zeolite of loading, and the Fluid Volume that provides to cylinder chamber is provided, and emits gas with the zeolite that causes loading within least 30 seconds or longer time period.

The step of carbonating can comprise to the holder that comprises precursor liquids provides gas, gas is provided to the gas side of film, thereby, in the precursor liquids of gas dissolution on gas side on the hydraulic fluid side of described film, to being filled with in the space of gas, make precursor liquids under pressure, pass through first part etc. precursor liquids splash.

As mentioned above, first and second parts can be respectively first of the correspondence that differ from one another and second parts, or cylinder part can be a part for single cylinder.If a part for single cylinder, first and second parts can for example be separated from each other by barrel.Can and can in second part or such as the another location of the blending box separating with second part, precursor liquids be mixed before or after carbonating.

In one embodiment, provide fluid and carbonating step can be less than approximately 120 seconds time period (for example, approximately 60 seconds) in and use 20-50psi(for example, higher than environment) gaseous tension carry out, with form there is about 100-1000 milliliter volume (for example, approximately 50 milliliters) and the carbonic liquids of the carbonating degree of approximately 2 to 4 volumes (or still less or more, such as 1 to 5 volume).Therefore, can within the relatively short time period, produce the beverage of relative height carbonating according to the system and method for this aspect, and pressure that need not be higher.

In another aspect of this invention, drink manufacturing system comprise be arranged to provide precursor liquids beverage precursor fluid Supplying apparatus, be arranged to keep cylinder chamber or other junction surface of cylinder, and comprise the cylinder of the inner space of containing gas source.For example, with the liquid contact in response to such as water or other activating agent, gas source can be arranged to emit the gas for making precursor liquids carbonating.Gas activates fluid supply apparatus and can be arranged to provide fluid to cylinder chamber, to contact with gas source, thereby make gas source emit gas, and this gas activates fluid supply apparatus can be arranged to control the Fluid Volume providing to cylinder chamber, to control the gas flow of being emitted by gas source, for example, with the pressure in application cylinder chamber or in other region.Gas supply device can be arranged under the pressure that is greater than ambient pressure the gas of being emitted by gas source is transported to the precursor liquids providing by beverage precursor fluid Supplying apparatus, so that precursor liquids carbonating.Flow into the relatively simple mode control γ-ray emission of cylinder chamber and the advantage that the ability of control presssure can provide simple control and system to operate thus to control fluid.

Beverage precursor feedway can comprise holder, carbonator, pump, one or more filtration members or other liquid handling device etc. that contain precursor liquids, carbonator comprises the hydraulic fluid side and the separated film of gas side that make carbonator, and pump makes precursor liquids move through the other parts of carbonator or system from holder.Cylinder chamber can be arranged to the cylinder in chamber to remain under the pressure higher than ambient pressure, for example, being suitable for making in the range of pressure of precursor liquids carbonating.In certain embodiments, although higher (with lower) pressure is possible, for the gaseous tension of carbonating can approximately 20 and 50psi between.

In still another aspect of the invention, the method that is used to form beverage comprises provides the cylinder with inner space, this cylinder is sealed to gas source is encapsulated in this inner space, fluid is provided to cylinder to cause gas source to emit gas, the Fluid Volume providing to cylinder is provided within a period of time, to be controlled at the gas flow of being emitted by gas source in this period, and be dissolved in and in precursor liquids, make precursor liquids carbonating by least a portion of the gas that makes to emit from gas source.Before precursor liquids can be carried out carbonating in cylinder or in other region or mix with beverage medium afterwards, to produce beverage.In one embodiment, cylinder can use drink manufacturing machine to pierce through that fluid is provided to cylinder, and in other embodiments, can liquid carrying be supplied to cylinder by the port or other structure that limit.The same with above-described embodiment, liquid can be in cylinder or such as in other region of carbonator or holder by carbonating, this cylinder can comprise Part II, this Part II comprises beverage medium (or second can use together with beverage medium) etc.

In another aspect of this invention, a kind of method that is used to form soda comprises provides the cylinder with inner space, this cylinder is sealed to gas source is encapsulated in this inner space, gas source is solid-state form, open cylinder (such as by piercing through) and cause gas source to emit gas, and in liquid, making liquid carbon acidifying by least a portion gas dissolution that makes to emit from gas source.By liquid being carried the cylinder chamber through comprising beverage medium this liquid is mixed with beverage medium, to produce beverage.By liquid being mixed with beverage medium in cylinder, can avoid for the needs that separate mixing chamber, and can reduce the flavor contamination (because this plays effect of mixing chamber and only uses once) between the beverage of making continuously.

In one embodiment, seal gas source cylinder also comprise contain beverage medium cylinder chamber.For example, liquid can be introduced in the gas source place Part I for carbonating of cylinder, and is transported to the Part II at beverage medium place from Part I.In another embodiment, the cylinder chamber that liquid mixes with beverage medium can be and the part of second chamber separating of cylinder chamber of sealing gas source.

Can advance to the location of gas dissolution in liquid from the gas of cylinder, for example: to membrane contactor, keep holder or other structure of main portion of liquid.The pressure of gas can be controlled by the Fluid Volume providing to cylinder is provided.The same with other side of the present invention, the various embodiment described in literary composition and optional feature can be used for this aspect of the present invention.

In another aspect of this invention, the external member that is used to form beverage comprises having first of inner space, this first sealed and in inner space air inclusion source.Gas source can be solid-state form or be stored in inner space under the pressure lower than 100psi, and is arranged to emit gas, for making precursor liquids carbonating.Can be arranged to have entrance and exit for first, provide fluid via this entrance, to activate gas source, gas leaves first via this outlet.For example, first can be pierced to form entrance and exit, or first inlet/outlet can with restriction.Second of external member comprises inner space, and this inner space is sealed and comprise the beverage medium for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids.Can be arranged to make precursor liquids to mix with the beverage medium in second for second, and the liquid/beverage medium that therefore can be pierced or otherwise be arranged to allow liquid to flow into and mix flow out.First and second volume can be less than respectively the beverage volume forming with first and second, and for example volume of cylinder can be approximately 50 milliliters and for making the beverage with approximately 500 ml volumes.First and second can link together, for example thereby, cylinder in the case of not using instrument, do not destroy at least a portion of first or second and can not be separated from each other.In one embodiment, first and second links together by welded joint or by interlocked mechanical fastener.

In another aspect of this invention, the cylinder that is used to form beverage comprises the container with inner space, and this container is sealed and in inner space, comprise carbon dioxide source.Gas source can be solid-state form (such as the zeolite or other molecular sieve that load) and be arranged to emit gas, for making precursor liquids carbonating.In a kind of structure, gas or gas source, before seal cavity is opened, can store very over a long time by the seal cavity in cylinder under the pressure that is less than about 100psi.Thus, this cylinder is without bearing high pressure with stored-gas source.Container can be arranged to have entrance and exit, provides fluid via this entrance, and to activate gas source, gas leaves container via this outlet, for making precursor liquids carbonating.In one embodiment, container can be made machine by beverage and pierce through, and forms entrance and forms outlet with for example top at cylinder, bottom, side and/or other position.In one arranges, container can comprise the lid that can be pierced through to form by beverage machine entrance and exit.Container can have at least one semi-rigid or flexible part, be for example suitable for bearing in bucket, exceed about 80psi pressure and without physical support.Container can comprise the second chamber, this second chamber comprise for to the beverage medium of precursor beverage seasoning to form beverage, and the second chamber can divide and keep apart with the first Room that includes gas source.Volume of a container can be less than the volume of the soda forming with cylinder.

In another aspect of this invention, drink manufacturing system comprises a chamber and cylinder, and this chamber is arranged to cylinder to remain under the pressure that is greater than ambient pressure, and this comprises the inner space of containing gas source, this gas source is arranged to emit gas, for making liquid carbon acidifying.The volume of cylinder can be less than a beverage volume that uses cylinder to produce, and for example, 50 milliliters or volume still less, for making the liquid volume carbonating of about 100-1000 milliliter to the carbonating degree at least about 1 to 4 volume.Beverage precursor fluid Supplying apparatus can be provided to precursor liquids in the inner space of cylinder, to cause gas source to emit gas and to cause at least some in gas to be dissolved in described liquid in the time being positioned at inner space.Carbonating can for example by eliminating the needs of carbonation tank or other carbonator, simplification system operates in cylinder to make liquid.On the contrary, cylinder can play the effect of carbonator at least in part.In one embodiment, cylinder comprises the second chamber, and this second chamber comprises beverage medium, and this beverage medium is for mixing with precursor liquids, to form beverage.The second chamber can be separated with the first chamber that contains gas source, or the first and second chambers can be communicated with, and for example, liquid can be introduced the first chamber to carry out carbonating, and is transported to second chamber at beverage medium place from the first chamber.

In another aspect of this invention, a kind of method that is used to form beverage comprises that providing the cylinder with inner space, this cylinder to be sealed to is encapsulated in gas source in inner space, and this volume is less than the beverage volume producing with described cylinder.Liquid can be provided to cylinder, and to cause gas source to emit gas, and liquid can carry out carbonating by least a portion of the gas of emitting from gas source is dissolved in to liquid in the time that liquid is positioned at cylinder.Before liquid can carry out carbonating in cylinder or mix with beverage medium afterwards, to produce beverage.In fact, cylinder can comprise the second chamber, and this second chamber comprises beverage medium, and this beverage medium is for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids, and the volume of cylinder can be less than the beverage volume made from this.Cylinder can use drink manufacturing machine to pierce through, to form entrance and exit.

In another aspect of this invention, drink manufacturing system comprises beverage precursor fluid Supplying apparatus, is arranged to cylinder to remain on cylinder chamber or other junction surface in chamber, and cylinder, described cylinder comprises the inner space of containing gas source, described gas source is solid-state form and is arranged to emit gas, for making liquid carbon acidifying.Gas activates fluid supply apparatus and fluid can be provided to cylinder, for contacting with gas source, so that gas source is emitted gas.This system also comprises carbonator, this carbonator comprises makes hydraulic fluid side and the separated film of gas side, the gas of being emitted by cylinder is provided to gas side, and precursor liquids is provided to hydraulic fluid side by beverage precursor fluid Supplying apparatus, thereby, in the precursor liquids of the gas dissolution on gas side on hydraulic fluid side.Cylinder junction surface can be arranged to the cylinder in chamber to remain under the pressure higher than ambient pressure, for example, in the range of pressure for making the liquid carbon acidifying in carbonator.Gas supply device can be arranged in the gas side that in the situation that pressure is greater than ambient pressure, the gas of being emitted by gas source is transported to carbonator from cylinder chamber.The film of carbonator can comprise multiple hollow fibers, and the inside of described hollow fiber is a part for hydraulic fluid side, and the outside of hollow fiber is a part for described gas side.

In another aspect of this invention, a kind of method that is used to form beverage comprises provides the cylinder with inner space, this cylinder is sealed to gas source is encapsulated in this inner space, gas source is solid-state form and is arranged to emit gas, open or otherwise enter cylinder (such as by piercing through) and cause cylinder to emit gas, and be dissolved in and in liquid, make liquid carbon acidifying by least a portion that makes to emit from gas source.Gas can be positioned on the gas side of film, and liquid can be positioned on the hydraulic fluid side of film.Film can form by multiple hollow fibers, and wherein, hydraulic fluid side is positioned at the inside of fiber, and gas side is in the outside of fiber.Pressure at the gas of gas side can be controlled based on the Fluid Volume that provide to cylinder is provided.

In another embodiment, the cylinder that forms beverage for drink manufacturing machine comprises the first and second parts, and this first and second part is attached together, and by impermeable barrier separately, such as lid or first and/or other container part of Part II.This Part I can comprise the gas source for discharging the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, and Part II can comprise the beverage medium for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids.The first and second parts can relative to each other be arranged so that this cylinder has a plane, and this Part I is positioned at this below, plane place, and Part II is positioned at this plane top.For example, this Part II can be stacked on the top of this Part I, for example: the lid location adjacent one another are of this first and second part.

In an illustrated embodiment, comprise container for the cylinder that is formed beverage by drink manufacturing machine, this container has the first and second parts, and this first and second part is attached together, and by the barrier of not moisture-inhibiting gas, such as for seal first and/or the paper tinsel lid of Part II separately.This Part I can comprise the gas source for discharging the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, and Part II can comprise the beverage medium for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids.Part II can comprise removable in order to force the wall of beverage medium away from second portion to mix with precursor liquids, such as the sidewall of lid, container part, bottom, the wall of bag etc. of container part.Wall can be removable in any suitable manner, such as object by air or other gaseous tension, plunger, piston or other contact mobile this wall etc.

In the above-described embodiments, Part I can have entrance and exit, for example be provided liquid, to activate gas source (: the lid of Part I or other parts can be pierced to form entrance opening) by this entrance, gas leaves Part I by this outlet, for example, in order to be dissolved in (: the lid of Part I or other parts can be pierced to form exit opening) in precursor liquids.Entrance and exit can be positioned in the same side of Part I, such as the top of Part I.In a kind of structure, Part I can comprise the surface of being arranged to be suitable for piercing through to form entrance, provide fluid to activate gas source, and this Part I may be attached to Part II, thereby do not expose this surface by this entrance.For example, Part II may be attached to Part I, thereby the pierced through part of Part I is covered by Part II.This structure can contribute to reduce the possibility that surface is pierced prematurely, was for example surprisingly pierced before cylinder is associated with drink manufacturing machine.Part II can have outlet, beverage medium is left container by this outlet, for mixing with precursor liquids, a part for for example Part II can be pierced to be formed for the opening that beverage medium is left, and Part II can have frangible seal or other element of opening to discharge beverage medium etc.

In one embodiment, removable wall limits the Part I of cylinder at least in part.For example: Part I can be limited by the first chamber wall at least in part, and Part II limits by the second chamber wall at least in part, and this second chamber wall limits second space.The first chamber wall can be received within second space, for example: as plunger, and removable with respect to the second chamber wall, discharge beverage medium with the Part II from cylinder.In certain embodiments, this wall can comprise barrier material layer, such as metallic paper, metallic paper/polymeric layer overlapping piece, plastic material layer etc.For example, the air bag that this Part II can be formed by the metal foil bed of material by such as aluminium flake limits.Barrier material layer can be arranged in when power is applied to barrier material and opens (for example: by explosion or pierce through) and allow beverage medium away from second portion.For example: this cylinder can comprise and pierce through element, this pierces through element and in the time that power is applied to barrier material, opens Part II.In another embodiment, this wall comprises corrugated part and frangible outlet, and the pressure that this cracky exports based in Part II can be opened.Can press this wall, thus ripple for example collapse stage by stage or continuously, with force beverage medium pass through outlet, this can comprise formed by the weakened part of this wall can explosion sealing member (for example: by delineation, partial penetration etc.).As Part II, Part I can be limited by the air bag being formed by barrier material layer, and this first and second part is together attachable, for example, by the edge of barrier material or edge are crimped on together.

The first and second parts can seal with respect to external environment condition, and Part I can comprise and is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix the carbon dioxide source of the solid-state form that forms beverage (such as the zeolite loading) with beverage precursor liquid.In one embodiment, at the sealing member of breaking Part I, with before exposing gas source, the pressure in Part I can be relatively low, for example: be less than 100psi.But this gas source can be arranged to emit the gas that is applicable to the beverage that forms carbonating, the beverage of this carbonating has volume between 100-1000ml and about 1 to 5 carbonating degree.

These and other aspect of the present invention will display from following specification sheets and claims.

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Describe each aspect of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein identical Reference numeral represents identical parts, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 illustrates the illustrative embodiment of the drink manufacturing system with removable holder;

Fig. 2 illustrates the illustrative embodiment with the drink manufacturing system of being arranged to the contactless switch that makes precursor liquids circulation;

Fig. 3 illustrates the illustrative embodiment of drink manufacturing system, wherein, liquid single when the carbonator by carbonating;

Fig. 4 illustrates the illustrative embodiment of drink manufacturing system, and wherein, gas cartridge is positioned at carbonating holder;

Fig. 5 illustrates the illustrative embodiment of a chamber;

Fig. 6 illustrates the gas that links together and the illustrative embodiment of beverage medium cylinder;

Fig. 7 and 8 illustrates respectively block diagram and the birds-eye view of gas and beverage medium cylinder;

Fig. 9 illustrates the illustrative embodiment of being arranged to the cylinder that makes the liquid carbon acidifying in cylinder;

Figure 10 illustrates the illustrative embodiment of being arranged to make along another orientation the cylinder of the liquid carbon acidifying in cylinder;

Figure 11 illustrates the illustrative embodiment of cylinder, and this has the isolated chamber of air inclusion source and beverage medium;

Figure 12 illustrates the cutaway view of cylinder, and this cylinder has moveable part so that cylinder is configured for forming beverage;

Figure 13 is illustrated in the cutaway view of the cylinder of moveable part Figure 12 after moving;

Figure 14 shows the exploded drawings of the cylinder of Figure 12;

Figure 15 is the exploded drawings with the cylinder of the Part I being positioned on Part II;

Figure 16 illustrates the cutaway view of Figure 15 cylinder;

Figure 17 illustrates the block diagram of the cylinder with smooth supporting member;

Figure 18 shows the exploded drawings of the cylinder of Figure 17;

Figure 19 illustrates the cutaway view of Figure 17 cylinder;

Figure 20 illustrates the cutaway view of the cylinder of Figure 17, and wherein beverage medium is just discharged from the Part II of cylinder;

Figure 21 is illustrated in the birds-eye view of a part for the supporting member of the cylinder of the Figure 17 under Part II;

Figure 22 is illustrated in wherein precursor liquids and beverage medium and has the schematic diagram of the layout of coaxial flow;

Figure 23 illustrates the modification of the cylinder of Figure 17, and wherein Part II is positioned on Part I;

Figure 24 illustrates the exploded drawings of the cylinder with mixing chamber's part;

Figure 25 shows the assembling stereogram of the cylinder of Figure 24;

Figure 26 illustrates the cutaway view of Figure 24 cylinder;

Figure 27 illustrates the cutaway view of the cylinder of Figure 24, and wherein beverage medium is discharged from Part II;

Figure 28 illustrates the block diagram of cylinder, and this comprises gas source and beverage medium part side by side;

Figure 29 shows the exploded drawings of the cylinder of Figure 28;

Figure 30 illustrates the cutaway view of Figure 28 cylinder;

Figure 31 illustrates the schematic diagram of drink manufacturing system, and this drink manufacturing system adopts gravity and/or the pressure feed of precursor liquids;

Figure 32 illustrates the schematic diagram with the drink manufacturing system of ice distribution function;

Figure 33 illustrates the schematic diagram that adopts the heat of gas source or the drink manufacturing system of other actuating;

Figure 34 illustrates and adopts the schematic diagram of plunger with the drink manufacturing system of supply precursor flow;

Figure 35 illustrates the schematic diagram of drink manufacturing system, and this drink manufacturing system is arranged to precursor liquids to cycle through gas dissolution apparatus;

Figure 36 illustrates the schematic diagram with the cylinder that activates fluid stream controller;

Figure 37 and 38 illustrates the schematic diagram with the cylinder that activates fluid stream controller, and this activation fluid stream controller and drink manufacturing machine interact;

The pressure that Figure 39 and 40 is illustrated in wherein in cylinder makes cylinder mobile to control a structure that activates fluid stream;

Figure 41 and 42 illustrates the enlarged drawing for the activation fluid supply pin of the cylinder of the embodiment of Figure 39 and 40 and actuating agent entrance;

Figure 43 and 44 is illustrated in the illustrative embodiment of wherein being surveyed the pressure in cylinder by drink manufacturing machine;

Figure 45 illustrates the cutaway view that similarly arranges with Figure 28-30 and be arranged to the cylinder of the contraction control that allows the fluid stream in cylinder;

Figure 46 is illustrated in another embodiment that is wherein surveyed the pressure in cylinder by drink manufacturing machine;

Figure 47 and 48 is illustrated in the embodiment that wherein surveys the pressure in cylinder by drink manufacturing machine and activated fluid stream by the valve actuator control of machine;

Figure 49 and 50 illustrates the schematic diagram for the flow control structure of the cylinder of automatic air pressure control;

Figure 51 illustrates the cutaway view of the cylinder with filter;

Figure 52 illustrates the exploded drawings of another embodiment of the cylinder with filter;

Figure 53 and 54 illustrates respectively the Part II of embodiment and the cutaway view of Part I of Figure 52;

Figure 55 illustrate the cylinder of Figure 52 insertion end dissect block diagram;

Figure 56 illustrate be arranged to allow user by with the interact cutaway view of cylinder of the beverage that limits feature of cylinder;

Figure 57 illustrates the block diagram of Figure 56 cylinder;

Figure 58 illustrates the assembled view of the cylinder with the first and second parts, and this first and second part links, thereby cover part is adjacent one another are;

Figure 59 illustrates the lateral plan that the first and second parts of Figure 58 embodiment are thrown off;

Figure 60 illustrates the birds-eye view of the structure of Figure 59;

Figure 61 illustrates that the first and second parts are linked together by lid section and cylinder in folded structure;

The embodiment that Figure 62 illustrates Figure 61 is in folded structure not;

Figure 63 illustrates the cutaway view that pierces through the illustrative cylinder of element with inside;

Figure 64 illustrates the exploded drawings of cylinder, and this has the part forming as buckle bag and is received in the another part in buckle bag cavity; And

Figure 65 illustrates and includes beverage medium and the cylinder for the Part II of gas-pressurized that this beverage medium is discharged.

The specific embodiment

Should be understood to accompanying drawing with reference to showing property embodiment at this and describe each aspect of the present invention.Illustrative embodiment described herein not necessarily will show according to all embodiment of the present invention, but for describing several illustrative embodiment.Therefore, can not with illustrative embodiment narrow explain each aspect of the present invention.In addition, should be understood to that each aspect of the present invention can be used alone or use with any suitable combination and other side of the present invention.

According to an aspect of the present invention, fluid (such as water, steam or other) can provide to carbon dioxide source or other gas source in cylinder, to cause gas source to be emitted for making liquid carbon acidifying or dissolved gases otherwise.In one embodiment, drink manufacturing machine can comprise that gas activates fluid supply apparatus, and this gas activates fluid supply apparatus and is arranged to provide fluid to contact with gas source to cylinder chamber, thereby causes gas source to emit gas.In other structure, can otherwise make this gas source discharge gas, such as by heating, make this source be exposed to microwave or other electromagnetic radiation etc.The gas supply device of drink manufacturing machine can be arranged under the pressure that is greater than ambient pressure the gas of being emitted by gas source is transported to precursor liquids, so that precursor liquids carbonating.In certain embodiments, gas source can be solid-state form, there is the molecular sieve of carbon dioxide or other gas such as zeolite, activated carbon or other filler, and the use of cylinder can not only make gas source and activating agent (such as, in the case of the zeolite of filler, be steam) separate, and eliminate potentially user contact or the demand of direct control carbon dioxide source otherwise.

There is gas activation fluid supply apparatus and can make another aspect of the present invention be used, that is, can control volume or other tolerance of the fluid providing to cylinder, to control speed or the amount of the gas being produced by gas source.This feature can be used some gas sources such as the zeolitic material loading, may be without gas storage or high voltage component.For example, the zeolite that is loaded with carbon dioxide is often very rapidly and for example, with relatively large amount (produce 1-2 the water that, the zeolite of the loading of 30 gram masses is less than 30-50 milliliter in existence in can easily under atmospheric pressure several seconds and rise carbon dioxide) release of carbon dioxide.The liquid that this quick release can make to adopt zeolite to carry out production relative height carbonating is in some cases unactual, and all carbonatings in this way of liquid of relative height carbonating are to 2 volumes or the carbonated water of multipass degree more.(carbonating " volume " refers to the volume tolerance number of the carbon dioxide in the liquid that is dissolved in given volume tolerance.For example, " 2 volume " carbonated water of 1 liter of amount comprises the water that has 2 liters of carbon dioxides and be dissolved in 1 liter of volume wherein.Similarly, " 4 volume " carbonated water of 1 liter of amount comprises the water that has 4 liters of carbon dioxides and be dissolved in 1 liter of volume wherein.Gas volume tolerance is the gas volume that can discharge from carbonic liquids under barometric pressure or ambient pressure and room temperature.), carbon dioxide or the dissolving of other gas in liquid need to be spent a certain amount of time conventionally, and dissolve speed in the situation that being less than limiting conditions, only can increase limited amount, such as ambient pressure in about 150psi and indoor temperature in 40 to 50 degrees Celsius of about +/-.By controlling carbon dioxide (or other gas) throughput rate in carbon dioxide (or other gas) source, the total time that carbon dioxide (or other gas) source emits carbon dioxide (or other gas) can extend, thereby allows carbon dioxide (gas) time that relatively high pressure ground dissolves.For example, in the time that employing comprises an illustrative embodiment of one or more aspects of the present invention, contriver being less than in 60 seconds, produced and had the liquid that at least reaches approximately 3.5 volume carbonating degree at the temperature of the pressure of about 40psi and approximately 0 degree Celsius.This ability allows carbonated beverages machine to operate under relatively appropriate temperature and pressure, eliminate potentially the needs of relatively costly bomb, pipeline and other parts, and eliminate other security feature that a large amount of earth pressure release parts, contained structure and other reason need, be specifically used for the machine using in customer's family.Certainly, as above and herein other parts are discussed, and each aspect of the present invention is not limited to for carbon dioxide, and can suitable can be dissolved in the gas instead in liquid with any according to all aspects of the present invention.

In another aspect of this invention, a part that is used to form beverage for precursor liquids can be used for activating gas source.The operation that this feature can contribute to simplify beverage makes machine, for example, by eliminating the demand to special active substance.Thus, the method for beverage that beverage is made machine or formed foaming can become more at a low price and/or need not specific purpose composition.For example, in the situation that machine is made carbonated water, activate a part of water that carbon dioxide source only needs to be used to form beverage.But, it will be appreciated that other side of the present invention does not need to activate carbon dioxide source by a part for precursor liquids, but can use any suitable activating agent, such as adding citric acid hydrocarbonate material, that be aqueous form to, heat, microwave or other is for activating electromagnetic radiation or the alternate manner in zeolite source.For example, comprise that the cylinder of carbon dioxide source can comprise (as the part in source) activating agent, this activating agent is controlled to the interpolation of another component of carbon dioxide source, to control the production of carbon dioxide.

Fig. 1 illustrates an illustrative embodiment, this embodiment at least comprises to cylinder and/or cylinder chamber provides fluid to activate the each side of gas source, and controls fluid stream and control gas generation and activate the each side of gas source by a part for beverage precursor liquid.The drink manufacturing system of Fig. 1 comprises the beverage precursor liquid 2 being included in holder 11.Beverage precursor liquid 2 can be any suitable liquid, comprise that water (for example, seasoning is crossed or treated water otherwise, such as sweetening, filtration, deionization, softening, carbonating etc.), or be used to form any other suitable liquid such as the beverage of milk, fruit juice, coffee, tea etc. (with respect to room temperature heating or cooling or do not heat or cooling).Holder 11 is parts of beverage precursor feedway 10, this beverage precursor feedway also comprise coordinate the lid 12 of the case that forms sealing with holder 11, for making pump 13 that precursor liquids 2 circulates and nozzle, shower head or other parts 14 for making to scatter in the head room of precursor liquids 2 in holder 11.Certainly, front body feeding 10 can otherwise arrange, and for example, comprises additional or different parts.For example, holder 11 and lid 12 can replace with closed case, and this closure case has suitable inlet/outlet, can cancel pump 13 and/or nozzle 14 and/or do other change.

In this embodiment, originally holder 11 provides precursor liquids 2 by user, and this user is for example provided to liquid 2 in holder 11 from water cock or other source.User also can be provided to ice or other cooling media in holder 11 as required, so that the final beverage of making is cooling.In other embodiments, system 1 can comprise refrigeration system or other cooling system (such as at refrigerator, air-conditioning unit, thermoelectric cooling unit or for cooling system of other device that heat is removed from material), thus cooling liquid 2 before carbonating, in process and/or afterwards.In some arrange, make the cooling carbonation that contributes to of precursor liquids 2, for example, because often dissolved carbon dioxide or other gas and/or can dissolve the more gas of volume more quickly of colder liquid.For example, but in one aspect of the invention, carbonating liquid can be cooled completing after carbonation: just used fluid to pass through cooling vessel before discharge.This feature can allow only cooled beverage of system 1, rather than the other parts of system, such as holder 11, carbonator, pump etc., thus reduce the heat of being exported by system 1.Although originally user provides beverage precursor liquid 2 in holder 11, but this precursor feeding mechanism 10 can comprise that other parts are to provide liquid 2 to holder 11, for example, such as Pipeline Water pipeline, controlled valve and automatically fill holder 11 to level sensor, the fluid of desired water level and be connected to the second water holder of holder 11 or other tank (: make removable water pot in machine and pump and pipeline so that water is marched to holder 11 from removable tank such as some coffees), and other structure.

Beverage is made machine 1 and is also comprised that carbon dioxide activates fluid supply apparatus 20, and this carbon dioxide activates fluid supply apparatus and provides fluid to cylinder 4, to activate carbon dioxide source 41, thus carbon dioxide gas.In this embodiment, carbon dioxide source 41 is positioned at a part for cylinder 4 and comprises adsorbent or the molecular sieve of loading, for example, be adsorbed on the zeolitic material no matter existence is the carbon dioxide of the tittle that discharges in the situation of water of vapor form or liquid form.Certainly, can use other carbon dioxide source material, such as charcoal or other molecular screen material, CNT, metal organic frame, covalency organic frame, porous polymer or produce the source material of carbon dioxide by chemical means, such as sodium bicarbonate and citric acid (if originally hydrocarbonate and acid are dried forms, adding water) or other.In addition, each aspect of the present invention is not necessarily limited to for carbon dioxide, but can with use together with the suitable gas such as nitrogen, oxygen, air or other gas such as being dissolved in some beer or other beverage.Thus, mention " carbonating ", " carbon dioxide source ", " carbon dioxide activation fluid supply apparatus " etc. and should not be interpreted as limiting each aspect of the present invention and/or any embodiment only for carbon dioxide.But each aspect of the present invention can be used for any suitable gas.In one embodiment, the adsorbent of loading is zeolite, such as analcime, chabazite, clinoptilolite, heulandite, natrolite, phillipsite or stilbite.Zeolite can be that exist or suitable certainly, and can have and reach the carbon dioxide of approximately 20 % by weight or more.Zeolitic material can any suitable form arrange, such as solid block (for example, being the form of dish), spherical, cube, the particle of irregular or other suitable shape and other.The permission zeolite of for example round particle flows or flowable structure may be helpful for zeolite being contained in corresponding cylinder.This set can allow zeolite to flow in a container from hopper, for example, simplify manufacturing process.The face area of zeolite granular also can be arranged to contribute to control the speed of zeolite carbon dioxide gas, because higher amount of surface area increases gas production rates conventionally.Conventionally, zeolitic material will discharge adsorbed carbon dioxide in the case of the water that has liquid state or vapor form, thereby allows zeolite to be activated to carry out release of carbon dioxide by adding aqueous water to zeolite.

Carbon dioxide in this embodiment activates fluid supply apparatus 20 and comprises that fluid is connected to the conduit of pump 13 and can controls the valve 21 that carrys out opening/closing or otherwise control precursor liquids 2 to flow into cylinder 4.As visible, make liquid 2 circulation can be for example allow to activate fluid supply apparatus 20 precursor liquids 2 some (for example, Part I) are redirect to a chamber 3 by opening valve 21 by pump 13, thereby produce carbon dioxide.Other setting or auxiliary part can be used for carbon dioxide and activate fluid supply apparatus 20, reduce current limiter in element, conduit, be used to indicate liquid and flow into the amount of cylinder 4 and/or flow counter of flow velocity etc. such as guide pressure in hole, the conduit of the suitable dimension in cylinder 4 conduit into from pump 13.In addition, fluid supply 20 not necessarily activates carbon dioxide source 41 by precursor liquids 2, but can activate with special fluid source.For example, carbon dioxide activates its effective discharge device that fluid supply apparatus 20 can comprise the liquid (no matter being water, citric acid or other material) of syringe, piston pump or the measurable desired amount that is transported to cylinder 4.In another embodiment, activate fluid supply apparatus 20 and can comprise gravity feed liquid feedway, this gravity feed liquid feedway has controollable delivery rate, for example, as the type that the splashes into liquid-supplying system with the patient transfusion to hospital for intravenous pipeline, or can jet atomization water or other liquid to provide steam or other gas phase to activate fluid to cylinder 4.In addition, provide liquid although Fig. 1 proposes to activate fluid supply apparatus 20 to the top of cylinder 4, fluid supply 20 can provide fluid to the bottom of cylinder 4, for example, pour in the bottom of cylinder, or other correct position.Also can expect, for example activate, in the cylinder that fluid can be provided at carbon dioxide source 42: be provided in the chamber contacting that is pierced to allow liquid and source 42.

According to an embodiment, cylinder 4(has one or more parts) can in carbon dioxide production process, be positioned at a chamber 3.Thus, cylinder 4 can be made or otherwise be configured to cylinder 4 by the material of relative flexibility and can not bear pressure gradient relatively large between cylinder 4 inside and outside., cylinder chamber 3 can comprise any pressure of being produced by carbon dioxide source 41 and carrying cylinder 4 as required.In this illustrative embodiment, cylinder 4 is comprised in the chamber 3 of closed and sealing, and this chamber has all or most space or the gap that surround cylinder 4.Allow to be equilibrated at the pressure between the inner space of cylinder 4 and the space outerpace of cylinder 4, for example: some gases " leakage " of being emitted by carbon dioxide source 41 by permission are to cylinder 4 space around, even and therefore this cylinder 4 is by relatively semi-rigid, flexible or weaken material and make, and this cylinder 4 can explosion yet or is caved in.Arranging of substituting, cylinder 4 can be made the receiving spaces in adaptive cylinder chamber 3, thereby, when in cylinder 4 interior accumulated pressure, chamber 3 carrying cylinders 4.This supporting can be suitable for preventing cylinder 4 explosions or otherwise prevent as required that cylinder 4 from working.In other embodiments, cylinder 4 can be suitably firmly (in whole or in part) for example, to bear the relatively large pressure (, 1 barometric pressure or larger) in an inner space.Under these circumstances, cylinder chamber 3 only needs the work of praying physical support part in order to cylinder 4 is held in place or otherwise sets up and 4 is connected for the extremely cylinder 4 of gas output and/or for liquid being supplied to cylinder 4.For example: have the cylinder chamber 3 of this spline structure can only comprise for fluidly or physically cylinder 4 is attached to the connectivity port of system 1.Thus, in certain embodiments, this can be mechanically enough firmly to bear the pressure that reaches 90psig, for example, as traditional carbonated soft drinks batch can, and fluid is attached to system 1, and for example do not need to accept, from the physical support of system 1 (: cylinder can expose and can't help each wall of chamber and surround), to prevent cylinder 4 in use explosions.

Carbon dioxide gas body feeding 30 can be arranged to be supplied to gas from the carbon dioxide of cylinder chamber 3 for making the region of liquid 2 carbonatings.Gas supply device 30 can arrange in any suitable manner, and in this illustrative embodiment, is included in the conduit 30 that between a chamber 3 and holder 11, fluid is connected and contributes to remove the filter 32 of the material (all in this way from the particle of carbon dioxide source 41) that can pollute precursor liquids 2.Gas supply device 30 can comprise other parts, such as pressure regulator, safety valve, control cock, compressor or pump (for example, to increase the pressure of gas), stockpile device (for example, contributing to maintain relatively constant gaseous tension and/or stored-gas) etc.(use of stockpile device or similar gas storage device can be eliminated the needs of controlling by cylinder output gas velocity.But, can allow this gas source to emit gas in uncontrolled mode, in this gas accumulation device of emitting to carry subsequently and for the production of fizz.The gas discharging from stockpile device can discharge in a controlled manner, for example: under controlled pressure and/or flow rate).In this embodiment, conduit 31 extends to the lower face of the precursor liquids 2 in holder 11, thereby carbon dioxide is injected in liquid 2 to dissolve.Conduit 31 can comprise that splash nozzle or other arrange to contribute to dissolve, for example, by increasing rate of dissolution at the relatively little bubble of the interior generation of liquid 2.Alternatively, conduit 31 can deliver gas to the head room (if existence) in holder 11, rather than the lower face of liquid 2.

Can carry out via one or more mechanisms or process the carbonating of precursor liquids 2, and therefore carbonating is not limited to a specific process.For example, contribute to make the effect of carbon dioxide in liquid 2 interior dissolvings although the carbon dioxide that is delivered to holder 11 by conduit 31 can play, other system unit can further contribute to carbonation.In this illustrative embodiment, front body feeding 10 can be by making liquid-circulating contribute to make liquid carbon acidifying via pump 13 and nozzle 14., liquid 2 can be drawn and is filled with in the head room of carbon dioxide in holder 11 by nozzle 14 splashes via splashing into pipe 15 from holder 13.As known in the art, the face area that this process can be for example exposed to the liquid 2 of gas by increase contributes to liquid 2 dissolved carbon dioxide gases.Although splash into pipe 15 separates and extend to precursor liquids 2 in this embodiment lower face with holder 11, splashing into pipe 15 can otherwise arrange, such as being made into integration with the wall of holder 11.Be made into integration with the wall of holder 11 if splash into pipe 15, holder 11 be connected to lid 12 and can set up the fluid splashing between pipe 15 and pump 13 and be connected.Form and manage 15 with splashing into of holder 11 one and can allow system 1 to adapt to size different (ands' therefore volume difference) holder 11.In addition, the holder 11(that this setting can contribute to guarantee only to adopt appropriate structuring for example, is arranged to bear the container of system pressure).Alternatively, splash into pipe 15 and can be made into holder 11 flexible or that otherwise adapt to have differing heights.No matter whether with holder 11 one, splash into pipe 15 and all can comprise that filter, filter screen or other arrange to contribute to prevent the granule drawing pump 13 such as borneol.In certain embodiments, holder 11 can play the effect of glass in system 1 and holder 11.That is, user can for example be provided to system 1(by holder/glass 11, comprises water, ice and/or the beverage medium of desired amount) and after completing carbonating, enjoy beverage with holder/glass 11.Holder 11 can be heat insulation, for example, to contribute to keeping beverage cooling, and makes the suitable pressure experiencing while bearing for system 1.

The various parts of system 1 can be controlled by controller 5, this controller can comprise together with the programmed general purpose computer of appropriate software or other operating order and/or other data processing equipment, one or more memory devices (comprising can storing software and/or the non-Scratch Media of other operating order), for the power supply of controller 5 and/or other system unit, temperature and level sensor, pressure sensor, RFID inquiry unit, input/output interface (for example, to show information to user and/or to receive the input from user), communication bus or other link, telltale, switch, relay, trigger triode, motor, mechanical fastener and/or actuator or carry out needed I/O or necessary other parts of other function.In this illustrative embodiment, controller 5 is controlled the operation of valve 21 and the pump 13 of precursor liquids feedway 10 that activate fluid supply apparatus 20.Also sensor 51 shown in Figure 1, this sensor can represent the one or more sensors that used by controller 5.For example, sensor 51 can comprise the temperature sensor of the temperature that detects the precursor liquids in holder 11.This Information Availability operates in control system, and for example, hotter precursor liquids temperature can cause controller 5 to increase permission carbon dioxide and be dissolved in the time quantum in precursor liquids 2.In other arranges, the temperature of precursor liquids 2 can be used for determining whether system 1 makes liquid 2 carbonatings by operation.For example, in some arrange, before system 1 will operate, need user suitably to add colder liquid (and/or ice).(as mentioned above, relatively hot precursor liquids 2 temperature can cause liquid carbonating deficiently under some situations.) in another embodiment, sensor 51 can comprise the pressure sensor for detection of the pressure in holder 11.Whether this Information Availability is sealed to inadequately lid 12 or has other pressure leakages in definite holder 11, and/or to determine whether that enough carbon dioxides are just produced by cylinder 4.For example, the less pressure detecting can cause controller 5 to allow more liquid to be transported to cylinder 4 or to point out user to check whether holder 11 suitably coordinates with lid 12 by activating fluid supply apparatus 20.Same, high pressure can make the liquid stream of self-activation fluid supply apparatus 20 slow down or stop.Therefore the amount of liquid that, controller 5 can be transported to cylinder 4 and/or cylinder chamber 3 by control is controlled the gaseous tension in holder 11 and/or in other region of system.Sensor 51 alternately or additionally detects whether the in place and/or holder 11 of holder 11 suitably coordinates with lid 12.For example, in the time that holder 11 is suitably placed on the sealing member of lid 12, switch can cut out, thereby indicates suitable cooperation.In other structure, holder 11 can comprise that RFID mark maybe can transfer to the further feature of its mark or holder 11 other electronics package of controller 5.This Information Availability is in confirming whether holder 11 is suitable for use in system 1, for example, (to control some operating conditions, can the holder type based on used limit operating pressure, precursor liquids can carbonating to water level corresponding to holder 11 etc.) and/or for other purposes.Sensor 51 also can for example be surveyed the existence of the cylinder 4 in chamber 3 by RFID mark, optical identification, physical sensing etc.If do not detect that cylinder 4 or controller 5 detect that cylinder 4 can not use again, controller 5 can point out user to insert new or different cylinders 4.For example, in certain embodiments, single cylinder 4 can be used for making precursor liquids 2 carbonatings of multiple volumes.The traceable cylinder of controller 54 number of times that used, once and arrive limit value (for example, 10 times), user pointed out more creeling.Can detect other parameter by sensor 51, such as the carbonating degree (for controlling carbonation) of precursor liquids 2, the beverage that exists suitable vessel to receive to discharge from system 1 (for example, to prevent that beverage from overflowing), there is water or other precursor liquids 2 in other place in holder 11 or in front body feeding 10, flow rate of liquid in pump 13 or the conduit that is associated, exist head room (for example holder 11 is interior, if do not expect to have head room, valve can activated to discharge the gas of head room, if or only expect to have carbon dioxide in head room, air suction valve can activated to discharge air in head room and replace air by carbon dioxide) etc.

Degree that this controller 5 also can be arranged to allow user to limit carbonating (that is: no matter the amount of dissolved gas in beverage is carbon dioxide or other).For example: controller 5 can comprise touch-screen display or allow user to limit other user interface of desired carbonating degree, such as by allowing user to select 1,2,3,4 or 5 volume carbonating degree, or select low, in or in high-carbon acidizing degree one.All cylinders can comprise enough gaseous source materials that system 1 is used to be to make optionally to select high-carbon acidizing degree, but controller 5 can control system as one man to dissolve a certain amount of gas with selected degree in beverage.For example, in the time that all cylinders can be arranged for generations " height " carbonated beverages, this controller 5 can operating system 1 with making obtainable gas still less of use in beverage carbonation (or gas source is emitted than gas that may be still less).Can carbonating degree, the pressure detecting, the gas flow of being exported by cylinder 4 or further feature based on being detected by sensor 51 control carbonating degree in holder or other place.In a further embodiment, cylinder 4 can comprise the mark readable by controller, for example: the mark such as RFID mark, bar code, alphanumeric character string is for the carbonating degree of beverage.Determining that from cylinder 4 carbonating degree, controller 5 is control system 1 correspondingly.Thus, user does not need by interacting and select carbonating degree with system 1, but carbonating degree can automatically regulate based on selected beverage.Also having in another embodiment, the gas source cylinder 4 that user can select the carbonating degree desired with user to mate.(can in different cylinders, provide different carbonating degree by the gas source in cylinder 4 with different amounts).For example: can provide low, in and the cylinder of high-carbon acidizing degree select for user, and this user can select the cylinder matching with desired carbonating degree, and selected cylinder is provided to system 1.Thus, can select to be marked with the gas source cylinder of " low " and use to produce low degree carbonated beverages together with system.

Alternately allow user with certain mode and the feature for the treatment of to be limited by cylinder 4 interactions of system 1 use beverage to be made.For example: label, notch or other physical features of cylinder can be changed or form by user the feature to represent desired beverage.For example: amount of the beverage medium that fracture label that formed by user, in a part for cylinder, slide block indicating device, covering or the perforation that do not cover etc. can indicate desired carbonating degree, use in forming beverage (wherein system 1 can be controlled in order to use than the few beverage medium of all beverage medium in cylinder to form beverage) etc.Feature on cylinder 4 also can be used for surveying the feature of cylinder, the beverage that forms or other parts of system 1 by controller 5.For example: the photoconduction in cylinder 4 can provide path with allow controller 5 survey optically the flow of the water level of the beverage medium in cylinder 4, precursor liquids in cylinder 4, pressure in cylinder (for example: in the case of the skew of cylinder part can be detected and indicated pressure), position, valve or other cartridge unit of piston, in cylinder without beverage medium (with completing of representing that beverage forms) etc.Other sensor characteristics can be bonded in cylinder, such as electric transducer contact point (for example: so that the conductivity tolerance of other character that represents carbonating degree or precursor liquids to be provided).

Produce soda in order to make beverage make machine 1, first user can be provided to the precursor liquids of desired amount in holder 11 together with optional ice and/or beverage medium.Alternatively, carbonic liquids can carry out seasoning by the device by automatic or manual after carbonating completes.Then, holder 11 is coordinated with lid 12, such as by the screw thread on holder 11 is engaged with lid 12, enable clamping device and activate or other.For example comprise carbon dioxide source 41(, be solid form, such as the zeolite loading) cylinder 4 can be positioned in a chamber 3 and chamber 3 closures.In other embodiments, cylinder 4 otherwise fluid is attached to system 1, such as passing through, the threaded portion of cylinder 4 is coordinated with the corresponding port of system.Cylinder chamber 3 can operate in any suitable manner, such as: as in much wound packages coffee or in other beverage machine.For example: manual lever can be by operation in order to lift the lid of chamber 3, expose the cylinder receiving portion of chamber 3.In the situation that cylinder 4 is positioned at chamber 3, bar can be activated again with closed lid, thus the chamber of seal closure 3.In the situation that cylinder 4 is associated with system 1, liquid is transported to chamber 3 by controller 5 then actuatable system 1, for example, to cause carbon dioxide generating.Controller 5 automatically mode starts operation, for example: based on surveying closing of cylinder 4 the existence in chamber 3, the liquid 2 in holder 11 and chamber 3.Alternatively, controller 5 can be pressed the operation of start button or beginning system in response to user otherwise provides input (for example, activating by sound) to prepare to start beverage.Controller 5 can start the operation of pump 13, from splashing into pipe 15 imbititions and liquid being discharged at nozzle 14.Valve 21 can open that the suitable part of precursor liquids 2 is transported to chamber 3, and the carbon dioxide producing can be provided to holder 11 by gas supply device 30.Operate the time of sustainable scheduled volume or based on other situation, such as detected carbonating degree, by cylinder 4 reductions at γ-ray emission or other parameter.In operating process, the amount of liquid providing to chamber 3 can be controlled, to control the gas of being exported by cylinder 4.Can be based on timing order (for example, valve 21 can be opened a period of time, then valve cuts out a period of time etc.), pressure based on detecting (for example, in the time that the pressure in chamber 3 and/or holder 11 exceedes threshold value, fluid Supplying apparatus can stop, and when pressure drop is below threshold value or other value, restart), for example, control based on the liquid that the volume (, the liquid of designated volume can be transported to cylinder 4) of activation liquid of chamber 3 or other arrange subtend cylinder 4 and provide is provided.In the time completing, user can remove beverage and holder 11 from lid 12.

Fig. 1 only illustrates that beverage makes an illustrative embodiment of machine 1, but other setting is fine, and comprises the system that comprises other side of the present invention.For example, in one aspect of the invention, the seasoning of fizz can complete and can in cylinder, carry out by automated manner.This feature can make beverage forming process simpler and easier for the user, and contributes to reduce the possibility of the cross pollution between beverage and/or the demand to flushing blending box.,, by beverage medium being mixed with precursor liquids in cylinder (can be disposable), every kind of beverage being made up of system 1 can be made with the blending box of himself effectively.For example, if make carbonic acid cherry beverage by system 1, be then lemon beverage, have the cherry taste being retained in blending box by the possibility of transferring in follow-up lemon beverage.Mixing chamber rinse or other clean can contribute to eliminate or reduce such fragrance intersect, but in cylinder, mix every kind of beverage and can eliminate completely the needs of irrigation chamber or other system unit.Beverage medium is mixed with precursor liquids can be in the special mixing chamber of cylinder, maintaining in the cylinder part of beverage medium and/or maintaining in the cylinder part of gas source and carrying out.But, it should be understood that beverage medium can otherwise mix with precursor flow, such as by beverage medium is directly discharged and entered user's cup or other container or enter in the mixing chamber of drink manufacturing machine from cylinder.Thus, beverage medium can directly be mixed with foaming water or other liquid in user's cup.

In another aspect of the present invention, precursor liquids can be used contactless switch (a kind of contactless switch or gas dissolution apparatus) carbonating, and this contactless switch comprises the porous membrane (for example: at least can penetrate into gas) with gas side and hydraulic fluid side.Precursor liquids on the hydraulic fluid side of carbonator can be exposed to the gas on the gas side of film, and because film can be arranged to make liquid exposure and increase in the face area of gas, can than use other technology more quickly by carbon dioxide or other gas dissolution in precursor liquids.In one embodiment, carbonator can comprise the contactless switch with hollow fiber structure, in this hollow fiber structure, by the hollow fiber carrying precursor liquids of making such as polyacrylic hydrophobic material.Fiber is porous, has hole and is combined with the hydrophobic of material, in preventing that liquid from leaving fibrous inside, allows the gas on the outside of fiber to contact with liquid.The membrane contactor that is applicable to use is like this manufactured by North Carolina Xia Luote film (Membrana of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA).Certainly, can use other " film " structure, such as preventing the structure of liquid across the bulk flow of barrier, but allow gas to pass barrier in order to dissolve in liquid.For example: can replace hollow fiber structure by film smooth with having, screw winding and/or smooth, alternate staggered structure.Meanwhile, in some structures, can be generally relative with the liquid stream through contactless switch by the gas flow of contactless switch, for example, to help gas exchange.But other mobile setting is also fine.

Also have on the other hand of the present invention, the cylinder chamber of drink manufacturing system can be arranged to hold first and second parts, wherein, first part comprises carbon dioxide source, this carbon dioxide source is arranged to emit carbon dioxide for making precursor liquids carbonating, and second part comprise beverage medium, this beverage medium is arranged to mix to form beverage with Liquid precursor.Cylinder chamber can have the single cylinder receptacle for receiving two cylinder parts, or can comprise multiple receptacles that are separated from each other, and for example, to receive two or more cylinders, this each and first or second part of two or more is associated.Such structure can contribute to make the use of system to simplify, and particularly, therein, cylinder part is set and only uses for single, for example, form the beverage of single dose and abandon subsequently.For example user can comprise one or two that cylinder of first and second parts is placed in the receiving portion of a chamber, and does not need other connection that build-up pressure is airtight, leakage-preventing or system proper handling is required.But this part can be placed in receptacle simply, and close this chamber, make system prepare to produce for beverage.

Fig. 2 illustrates another illustrative embodiment that comprises following aspect,, use the gas that provides of cylinder to make precursor liquids carbonating with membrane contactor, in cylinder, make beverage medium mix with liquid, and using the cylinder chamber of receiving first part and second part, these are difference air inclusion source and beverage medium partly.This embodiment is similar to the embodiment in Fig. 1 in many aspects, and can be retrofited to have one or more parts as in Figure 1.But some alternative structure shown in Fig. 2 illustrates other several aspect, wherein drink manufacturing system 1 can be retrofited according to each aspect of the present invention.In this embodiment, holder 11 is the closed casees without removable lid.Precursor liquids 2 can provide in any suitable manner to holder 11, such as connecting (not shown) by Pipeline Water, by liquid is pumped to pump 13(or other pump holder 11 from the holding vessel (not shown) separating), by being fed to and alternate manner through liquid gravity that can Controlled valve (not shown) from holding vessel separately.Holder 11 can have any suitable volume, and fluid is attached to pump 13, and this pump 13 can make precursor liquids 2 circulations through contactless switchs 6 and be back to holder 11 by nozzle 14.(such cycle specificity can contribute to gas dissolution in precursor liquids 2, and uses in any drink manufacturing system 1 described in can be used on herein or that other can be imagined within the scope of the invention.As mentioned above, precursor liquids 2 can be passed in the hollow fiber in contactless switch 6, and to pick up carbon dioxide or to be centered around fiber other gas around, but this structure can be contrary, and gas flows in fiber and precursor liquids 2 is positioned at the outside of fiber.Filter 16 can be set to remove the interior material that may stop up fiber, intrastitial hole or otherwise disturb contactless switch 6 to operate of precursor liquids 2.Alternatively, or additionally, the adjustable liquid 2 of filter 16, for example by softening, by alkali or other element of the pH value of the liquid 2 that is tending towards raising remove, remove by the element that may hinder nectar formation, etc.For example, other parts that filter 16 can comprise active carbon and/or find in water filter conventionally used.Contactless switch 6 can be arranged to have the multiple hollow fibers that extend in closure tube or other chamber, thereby the inner passage of fiber makes the fluid intake of contactless switch 6 be connected with fluid egress point fluid.The fiber gas compartment around can be communicated with appliance for applying carbon dioxide 30 via the one or more ports on the gas side of contactless switch 6.But, it should be understood that contactless switch 6 can otherwise arrange, such as thering is one or more films of flat type or other form except tubulose, to limit hydraulic fluid side and the gas side of contactless switch 6.

Activation fluid supply apparatus 20 is similar in Fig. 1 and arranges like that, and controollable valve 21 fluids are connected in the output of pump 13.But, in this embodiment, activate fluid supply apparatus 20 and introduce liquid near the bottom of cylinder chamber 3 and cylinder 4.This set can contribute to activate fluid supply apparatus 20 and control better the gas discharging from carbon dioxide source 41.For example water is dropped in and carbon dioxide source 41, can allows water to be dispersed in widely on region from top, allow the zeolite that loads or other source material to be dispersed in widely on region, to discharge gas.By liquid is provided from below, activation fluid supply apparatus 20 can be filled and be made cylinder 4 and/or chamber 3, allows thus water upwards to start to contact source material 41 from bottom.This can allow the control more accurately of the volume that is activated the source material 41 that discharges gas.In the situation that carbon dioxide source 41 can wicking or otherwise made water upward movement (such as passing through capillarity), the each several part in source 41 can be separated from each other by non-wicking agent.For example source 41 can comprise one group of stacked zeolitic material dish, and it is separated by non-wick material, such as metal or solid plastic separate pieces.This can allow fluid supply apparatus 20 during a time period, to be progressively increased in the fluid level in cylinder 4, one after the other to activate corresponding dish.

The gas being produced by cylinder 4 by gas supply device 30(via optional filtration members 32 and conduit 31) be directed to the gas side of contactless switch 6.Conduit 31 can comprise water buoyancy boiler check valve or allow gas pass into contactless switch 6 but prevent that liquid from leaving other structure of a chamber 3.For example in cylinder chamber 3, ball float can leave the opening of the free-pouring conduit 31 of gas conventionally, but for example provides excessive activation fluid in the case of activating fluid supply apparatus 20, on the surface of the liquid that ball float can be in cylinder 4, upwards raises to close this opening.Controller 5 can be monitored in chamber 3, gaseous tension in conduit 31 and/or on the gas side of contactless switch 6, activates fluid supply apparatus 20 and γ-ray emission to control.In one embodiment, activating fluid supply apparatus 20 can be controlled so that about 35-45psi gaseous tension to be provided at the gas side of contactless switch 6.Found this pressure can use hollow fiber contactless switch within about 30-60 second, at the temperature of approximately 0 degree Celsius, make at least fully the aqueous carbonate of about 400-500ml, as below in each example in greater detail.When the carbon dioxide solubility in contactless switch is in the time that precursor liquids 2 is interior, the pressure of gas side will decline, and prompting controller 5 is supplied to a 4a to cause additional gas to produce by additional liquid 2.With system class in Fig. 1 seemingly, can carry out this process based on any criterion, such as the volume of the liquid that exhausts, is delivered to a 4a of the detection of the concrete carbonating degree through specified time amount, liquid 2, carbon dioxide source 41 etc., thus the pressure of carbon dioxide can remain in the desired scope higher than ambient pressure.

Once complete the carbonating of precursor liquids 2, controller 5 can be directed to liquid 2 the beverage medium cylinder 4b in a chamber 3.Although can cause precursor liquids 2 from holder 11 in any suitable manner (such as by gravity, pump etc.) flow, in this embodiment, controller 5 actuation air pumps 7, this air pump pressurizes to holder 11, thereby precursor liquids 2 is forced to flow to a chamber 3 and beverage medium cylinder 4b via conduit.In other embodiments, the gaseous tension being produced by carbon dioxide source 41 can be used for holder 11 pressurize and precursor liquids stream is driven into beverage medium cylinder 4b.For example, in the time completing carbonating, can directly march in holder 11 from the gas of cylinder 4a, rather than to contactless switch 6, thereby holder 11 is pressurizeed.Although valve is not shown in the conduit that holder 11 is connected with cylinder 4b fluid, can adds as required controollable valve, pump or other suitable parts mobile to control.Make liquid 2 move through a 4b(or discharge beverage medium from cylinder 4b with air or other gas) " emptying " cylinder 4b can allow system 1 maybe will finish in the time that beverage process finishes time, for example, to remove any surplus material from cylinder 4b.This is usefully (for example to work as by minimizing the possibility that cylinder 4b drips when chamber 3 removes for making a 4b deal with still less dirty and messy.Can be by similar process, for example adopt air pump or the gas that produced by source 41 carrys out emptying cylinder 4a.

The precursor liquids 2 beverage medium cylinder 4b that flows through can cause liquid 2 to mix with beverage medium 42 before being for example discharged to the cup 8 waited for or other container.Beverage medium cylinder 4b can comprise that any suitable beverage makes material (beverage medium), such as heavy syrup, coffee powder or liquid-phase coffee extract, tealeaves, hay herbal tea, powdered beverage enrichedmaterial, dry fruit extract or powder, natural and/or synthetic flavoring additives or colorant, acid, aromatic, viscosity modifier, suspension, antioxidant, Powdered or liquid concentration meat soup or other soup, Powdered or liquid medicinal material (such as, Powdered vitamin, mineral, bioactive ingredients, medicine or other pharmaceuticals, nutriment etc.), milk powder or milk or other cream, sweetener, thickener etc.(as used herein, liquid and beverage medium " are mixed " and are comprised multiple mechanism, such as by the substance dissolves in beverage medium in liquid, from beverage medium, extracting substance and/or liquid are otherwise received some materials from beverage medium.) liquid 2 can be introduced a 4b in any suitable manner, and/or cylinder 4b can be arranged to contribute to liquid 2 to mix with beverage medium 42 in any suitable manner.For example precursor liquids 2 can be introduced in a 4b, and to cause spiral or other liquid form, cylinder 4b can comprise that labyrinth or other tortuous stream are to cause the turbulent flow in fluid, to assist mixing, etc.A potential advantage of mixing precursor liquids 2 in beverage medium cylinder 4b is: the cross pollution of the beverage medium occurring can prevent the use of the mixing chamber that can in the time manufacturing beverage for system 1 is each, beverage medium be mixed with liquid time.But the system of can retrofiting 1 to be to adopt reusable mixing chamber, the space for example in the almost identical mode of the beverage with the ejection being formed by traditional beverages machine, the beverage medium providing from cylinder 4b 42 and precursor liquids 2 being mixed.Such as beverage medium 42 can from cylinder 4b, be driven (for example by air pressure, the carbon dioxide gas pressure that produces by cylinder 4a, by gravity, by the suction by generations such as adductor pump, Venturi tube or other structures) to mixing chamber that precursor liquids 2 is also introduced into or user's cup.May need or not need blending box is rinsed, for example, to contribute to prevent the cross pollution between beverage.In some arrange, the whole volume of beverage medium 42 can be discharged in blending box, thereby causes the original bulk of the precursor liquids 2 of the spiced of leaving blending box to have higher beverage medium concentration.But in the time that beverage medium 42 is scanned out from mixing chamber by precursor liquids 2, this precursor liquids itself just can be rinsed mixing chamber effectively.That in the structure such as the dry substance of powder, some precursor liquids can be introduced in cylinder, so that this medium 42 is prewetted or otherwise improved the ability that medium 42 is mixed with precursor liquids 2 in beverage medium 42.Medium 42 moistening in cylinder can mix with additional precursor liquids 2, or moistening medium 42 can for example be expelled to mixing chamber from cylinder by air pressure, plunger etc. or for adding other position of mixing with precursor liquids 2.Liquid 2 can use multiple flow to be introduced in mixing chamber, for example, to strengthen composite rate with low flow velocity, thus the loss of minimizing dissolved gases.

The embodiment of Fig. 2 that can retrofit, thus the stream of precursor liquids 2 that leaves contactless switch 6 for example, by another mixing chamber that directly marches to beverage medium cylinder 4b or mix mutually with carbonic acid precursor liquids 2 to beverage medium 42, shown in Fig. 3.That is, in this exemplary embodiment, carbonic acid precursor liquids 2 is not from holder 11 via contactless switch 6 and get back to holder 11 and circulate, but precursor liquids 2 through contactless switch once, then advances to and in blending box 9, mixes with beverage medium 42 and be discharged to cup 8.But the structure of Fig. 3 also can comprise that circulation loop is to allow liquid 2 from holder 11 or other tank, by contactless switch 6 and be circulated to holder 11 or other tank.Mixing chamber 9 can be any suitable form, for example can make precursor liquids 2 and beverage medium 42 move to strengthen mixing with helix, vortex type or other form, can there is one or more direct motor drive blades, blade or other element, to be blended in the content in chamber 9, etc.Although mixing chamber 9 can separate with cylinder 4, if needed, this mixing chamber 9 can be bonded in cylinder 4.Blending box 9 also can carry out cooling, for example, by refrigeration system, to contribute to the cooling beverage that is provided to cup 8.Alternatively, precursor liquids 2 can be carried out cooling in any other position in holder 11 and/or in system 1.Carbonic liquids 2 is not being carried out seasoning or liquid 2 through mix with beverage medium 42 before carbonator 6 in the situation that, contactless switch 6 combined upstream precursor liquids 2 and beverage medium 42 can be cancelled or be arranged in to blending box 9.Alternatively, precursor liquids feedway 10 makes precursor liquids 2 mix with the beverage medium 42 in cylinder 4b before can being arranged in liquid 2 being directed to contactless switch 6.In this embodiment, beverage medium 42 can be by any suitable transportation means to mixing chamber 9, such as air or other gaseous tension (for example, as supplied by air pump, gas source 41 or other), by gravity fed (for example opening by valve or door), by by all of the precursor liquids for making beverage 2 or a part ofly guide to second 4b, by compression cylinder 4b to force medium 42 to flow to mixing chamber 9 or alternate manner.The detectable gaseous tension on the gas side of contactless switch 6 of controller 5, and correspondingly control fluid and be supplied to a 4a, for example, to keep suitable gaseous tension in contactless switch 6.Holder 11 can be not pressurized in this embodiment water store tank, and can remove from system 1, for example, so that user's filling is simpler.If needed, user can add ice and/or beverage medium to precursor liquids 2 in holder 11.Alternatively, holder 11 can substitute by being connected to the pipeline of pressure (hydraulic) water feeding mechanism with optional control cock and/or pressure reducer with pump 13.Certainly, as other embodiment, this system 1 can suitably be enclosed in there is visual display unit, in user's load button, knob or touch-screen, housing for user's handling device of opening/closing cylinder chamber and the further feature that can find at drink manufacturing machine.

Be fine such as other setting shown in Figure 4, that form system 1 for beverage.In this exemplary embodiment, cylinder chamber 3 and holder 11 combinations, thereby the cylinder 4a with carbon dioxide source 41 is positioned at holder 11.Cylinder 4a can be positioned in 11/ chamber 3 of holder by remove lid 12 from holder 11.Liquid can by any suitable activation fluid supply apparatus 20 such as arranging like that in Fig. 1, by quantitative liquid delivery to cylinder 4a syringe or piston pump etc. be provided to a 4a.In this embodiment, appliance for applying carbon dioxide 30 and holder 11 combinations, thereby a part for holder plays the effect that carbon dioxide is transported to precursor liquids 2.Pump 13 can be by circulating liquid 2 and liquid 2 being ejected in the head room that is filled with carbon dioxide in holder 11 and contributing to carbonation.In another embodiment, contactless switch 6 for example can be provided to, in holder 11 (, in the position of nozzle 14), thereby, liquid 12 hollow fiber from lid 12 to downward-extension of flowing through, and carbon dioxide in head room in the time flowing through fiber by liquid adsorption.Also having in another structure, the membrane portions of contactless switch 6 can be submerged in precursor flow 2 at least in part, and can be through the hollow fiber of contactless switch 6 from the gas in source 41.So the liquid 2 on fiber outside can pick up carbon dioxide from the gas through fiber.In such structure, the fiber of contactless switch 6 can be arranged in holder 11 or shown in other tank body, maybe can be arranged in user's cup 8.By this way, when in cup 8, liquid 2 can be by carbonating, or otherwise makes gas dissolution.

Although cylinder chamber 3 can any other suitable mode arrange, Fig. 5 illustrates an exemplary setting, and wherein, carbon dioxide source cylinder 4a and beverage medium cylinder 4b can be received by identical cylinder chamber 3.In this embodiment, cylinder 4a, 4b(have respectively the part of air inclusion source 41 and beverage medium 42) be received within cylinder receptacle 33 separately, and each receptacle 33 can comprise and pierce through element at the bottom place of cylinder receptacle 33.Can comprise piercing through element 34 and can forming opening on corresponding cylinder 4 of hollow needle, spike, blade, cutter or other structure.Alternatively, cylinder 4 can have restriction include barrier film or allow to flow into and/opening of other valve type element of outflow tube 4, for example one or more ports.Similarly, lid 12 can comprise and pierce through element 35, and this pierces through element and for example in the time that lid 12 is closed, form the opening at corresponding cylinder 4 tops.In the time of closure, lid 12 can form a 4a, 4b place spaced sealed chamber.As shown in Fig. 5, the opening forming in cylinder 4a, 4b can allow to be communicated with the inner space of cylinder 4a, 4b.For example, the open top of cylinder 4a can allow carbon dioxide or other gas to leave a chamber 3, and the bottom opening of cylinder 4a can allow water or other activation fluid to enter a 4a.Certainly, this opening can be formed on other position, such as the opening for allowing fluid to input with the top at cylinder or sidepiece place.Equally, gas can leave cylinder via bottom, side or the opening of otherwise locating.As mentioned above, gas for example can be allowed to leak in the inherent 4a of a chamber 3 spaces around from cylinder 4a via the opening in cylinder 4a, the hole or other opening etc. that pierce through in element 35.This can allow cylinder pressure around in γ-ray emission process with the equilibrium of pressure of cylinder inside, thereby contribute to prevent the explosion of a 4a.Alternatively, cylinder 4a can closely be assembled in a receptacle 33, thereby cylinder chamber 3 energy carrying cylinder 4a(if necessary).The open top of beverage medium cylinder 4b can allow precursor liquids 2 for example to introduce cylinder 4b(, to mix with beverage medium), or allow the air of pressurization or other gas to enter cylinder (for example,, to force beverage medium 42 to leave a 4b and to enter blending box or cup).The bottom opening of cylinder 4b can allow beverage to be discharged to cup or other container of wait, or allows beverage medium to advance to blending box or cup.4a is the same with cylinder, and the opening in beverage medium cylinder 42 can be arranged in any suitable a position or multiple position.

Cylinder chamber 3 can open and close to allow cylinder 4 be positioned in chamber 3 and/or shift out from chamber 3 in any suitable manner.In the embodiment of Fig. 5, lid 12 is mounted to the receptacle part of chamber 3 pivotally, and can such as by handle and connection structure manually or such as automatically opening or closing by direct motor drive, to close a receptacle 33.In other embodiments, lid 12 can have respectively and corresponding joining two or more sections of cylinder receptacle 33.Therefore, cover section section can move to independently of one another and make a receptacle 33 open and/or closed.Certainly, lid 12 can otherwise arrange, such as be threaded connection (such as nut), by the time that lid 12 keeps static away from or move receptacle 33, move etc. and coordinate with receptacle 33 by lid and receptacle part towards lid 12.In addition, cylinder chamber 3 is not lid and the receptacle structure that must have as shown in Fig. 5, but can have any suitable one or more members of cooperation with opening/closing carrying cylinder.For example, paired clam shell member can move relative to each other, to allow to receive cylinder physical support cylinder.For example, in US Patent 6,142,063,6,606,938,6,644,173 and 7,165, shown in 488, some other exemplary cartridge chamber arranges.As mentioned above, a cylinder chamber 3 can allow user that one or more cylinder is placed in chamber 3, and does not need user to take or other the concrete connection cylinder and the other parts of system 1 between airtight, leakage-preventing with build-up pressure of concrete step.But in certain embodiments, user may be able to be placed on cylinder simply and receive in space, and closes a chamber.

The cylinder 4 using in each embodiment can arrange in any suitable manner, such as relatively simple truncated cone shape cup-shaped receptacle, this container has the lid that is attached to container top, for example, as Li Ding storehouse, Massachusetts league (unit of length) (the Keurig) (Keurig of company, Incorporated) sell and in for example US Patent 5, some beverage cartridges shown in 840,189.In one embodiment, the cylinder with truncated cone shape cup-shaped receptacle and lid can have roughly diameter, the height of about 30-50mm, the internal volume of about 30-60ml and the explosion resistance of about 80psi of about 30-50mm (in the case of the physical support without any for cylinder, having inside from cylinder to the pressure gradient of outside about 80psi and the resistance of the cylinder of explosion).As used herein, " cylinder " can adopt any suitable form, for example, such as tank (the relative two layers of filter paper of poting materials), capsule, pouch, parcel or any other setting.Cylinder can have the shape of restriction, maybe can have and there is no the shape of restriction (as in some pouches or other packing of being made up of flexible material completely).Cylinder can be air proof and/or liquid, maybe can make water and/or air can enter in cylinder.Cylinder can comprise filter or other structure, for example in beverage medium cylinder 4b to contribute to the some parts that prevents beverage medium to be equipped with established beverage, and/or in gas cartridge 4a to contribute to preventing that carbon dioxide source material is directed in beverage or other system unit.

In one aspect of the invention, little, and much smaller in some cases for form the volume of the comparable beverage made from cylinder of the volume of one or more of beverage by drink manufacturing system.For example, if use carbon dioxide and beverage medium cylinder 4, the volume of cylinder can be respectively approximately 50 milliliters or still less, and can be used to form the beverage with about 200-500 milliliter or more volume.Contriver finds that carbon dioxide absorber (for example, the zeolite of the loading) amount of the loading of (as shown in some in following example) approximately 30 grams (volume is less than 30 milliliters) can be for generation of having carbonated water carbonating degree, about 400-500 milliliter that reaches approximately 3.5 volumes.In addition, well-known, there is the beverage that is less than about 50ml or is less than the volume of about 100ml and make the beverage that fruit juice or powder can be used for making the suitable taste with about 400-500ml volume.Therefore the cylinder (or being single cylinder in some structures) that, has a relatively small size of approximately 100 milliliters to approximately 250 milliliters or volume is still less used in and is less than 120 seconds, for example in approximately 60 seconds and with the pressure below 50psi, forms soda carbonating degree, approximately 100 to 1000 ml volumes having at least about 1.5 to 4 volumes.

In one embodiment, when carbon dioxide and beverage medium cylinder 4 can be provided dividually, cylinder 4 can link together as shown in Fig. 6.Cylinder 4a, 4b can link together by any suitable structure, be attached together such as the label 43 extending from corresponding cylinder 4a, 4b, for example by hot weld, stickup, such as clip or block the mechanical interlocked fastener etc. of accessory.This structure can allow to make dividually a 4a, 4b in manufacturing installation, for example because cylinder need to for the manufacture of very different processes.For example beverage medium cylinder 4b can need high sterile environment, and gas cartridge 4a need to not make in such environment.On the contrary, gas cartridge 4a may manufacture in anhydrous steam environment, and beverage medium cylinder 4b possibly cannot bear such requirement.After manufacturing cylinder 4a, 4b, cylinder can be attached together, and makes not use instrument (such as scissors) and/or do not damage in one or two situation of cylinder to prevent that they separately.Cylinder chamber 3 can be arranged to hold attached cylinder, allows user that single object is placed in chamber 3, to form beverage.In addition, together with the structure of cylinder 4 and/or the attached mode of cylinder and cylinder chamber 3, can contribute to guarantee that gas cartridge 4a and beverage medium cylinder 4b are placed in applicable cylinder receptacle 33.For example cylinder 4 can be of different sizes, shape or other structure, thereby the cylinder of combination can not be placed in chamber 3 with the orientation of dislocation.Alternatively, the detectable cylinder of controller 5 is placed (for example by with RFID label communication on one or two of cylinder, by identification cylinder optically or otherwise etc.) inadequately, and prompting user makes necessary change.

Fig. 7 and 8 illustrates another embodiment, and in this embodiment, in pairs cylinder to be to contribute to prevent the inappropriate placement of cylinder in chamber, and/or cylinder can be linked together in the mode of other directional operation.As shown in Figure 7, cylinder 4a and 4b are attached by attaching parts 43, thus due to the cylinder 4a being arranged in vertically-oriented, wherein the bottom 44 of this container face down and the lid 45 at the top of covering container towards upper, cylinder 4b is on its sidepiece, and wherein lid 45 is towards this side.Fig. 8 illustrates the birds-eye view of embodiment, wherein cylinder 4a lid 45 towards viewer, and cylinder 4b lid 45 face down.What this structure was only pierced at lid area place at cylinder 4 is is useful in example, for example, be not to be pierced in the other parts of bottom 44 or container.That is, gas cartridge 4a can be pierced at lid 45 places, to allow liquid to introduce cylinder 4a, and allows gas to leave.In certain embodiments, for guide activate fluid (liquid and/or gas) entrance can be identical with the outlet of the gas for being emitted by gas source opening.For example can in lid 45, sting single hole, water is introduced into by this single hole, and discharges the gas of being emitted by gas source by this single hole.Similarly, the lid 45 of cylinder 4b can be pierced, and mixes, and allow the beverage of spiced to leave a 4b to allow liquid to introduce cylinder 4b with beverage medium 42.Avoiding the thorn of container to be through container, be made up in the structure of (for example, to bear the operating pressure to cylinder 4) of relatively thick and/or rigid material can be useful.

In another aspect of this invention, can use single cylinder that carbonic acid gas and beverage medium are provided.In fact, in certain embodiments, precursor liquids can carbonating and seasoning in same cylinder.For example, Fig. 9 illustrates and for example comprises gas source 41(, zeolite carbon dioxide source) and cylinder 4 the cutaway view of beverage medium 42.In this embodiment, cylinder 4 comprises the first Room (part) 46 and second Room (part) 47 of difference air inclusion source 41 and beverage medium 42.The first Room (part) 46 and the second Room (part) 47 can be come separated from one another by the porous member of all filtration members in this way or the impermeable element such as the wall being molded together with cylinder container.In this embodiment, the first Room (part) 46 and the second Room (part) 47 separate by the filtration members 48 that is attached to lid 45, but can also arrange by alternate manner.Precursor liquids and/or activation liquid can be introduced in the first Room 46 by other structure that pierces through element 35 or form such as the part as cylinder 4.Cylinder 4 inner space can remain on higher than under for example 30-150psi of ambient pressure or larger pressure, thereby the carbon dioxide being discharged by source 41 is than dissolving more quickly under lower pressure.In addition, be arranged to use the system 1 of such cylinder can comprise that back pressure valve or other contribute to keep the structure of suitable pressure in cylinder 4, for example, as the auxiliary member of carbonating.As mentioned above, keep a cylinder chamber 3 for cylinder 4 can be arranged to closely coordinate as required cylinder 4, with carrying cylinder and prevent an explosion.Alternatively, the pressure in cylinder 4 can be allowed to leak in the space around cylinder 4, and with the inside and outside pressure of surge drum, or this cylinder can be made into and bear operating pressure, and do not need physics or other supporting.Carbonic acid precursor liquids 2 and/or liquid and/or bubble compound can enter the second Room 47 through filtration members 48, to mix with beverage medium 42.After this, precursor liquids 2 and beverage medium 42 compounds can for example leave cylinder 4 by the element 34 that pierces through at container bottom 44 places.Carbon dioxide solubility to precursor liquids 2 and beverage medium 42 can after material expelling tube 4, continue with mixing of liquid 2.For example mixing chamber can be positioned at the downstream of cylinder 4, to contribute to when needed more fully by beverage medium and fluid mixing.Equally, can contribute to continue the dissolving of gas at the conduit in cylinder downstream, for example, by remaining on pressure in liquid.

Although Fig. 9 and 10 illustrates the structure that gas source 41 and beverage medium 42 are separated by filter 48 therein, in other structure, gas source 41 and beverage medium can mix: thus for example precursor liquids 2 had not only been mixed with beverage medium 42 but also had been exposed at the same time the gas from gas source 41.In some cases, the gas not being dissolved in liquid 2 may continue to the other position such as contactless switch 6, in order in upstream or downstream position be exposed to and be dissolved to liquid 2, for example, to increase the amount of dissolved gas.In one embodiment, the particle of gaseous source materials 41 can be coated with beverage medium 42.

In the above-described embodiments, cylinder 4 has been described top and the top with restriction, and the operation in vertically constructing of this cylinder.But as in conjunction with Fig. 7 and 8 suggestions, cylinder can any suitable orientation operate.For example Figure 10 illustrates an embodiment, wherein use cylinder as shown in Figure 9, but cylinder 4 is placed in side direction.(notice that the cylinder 4b in Fig. 7 and 8 can use with the similar manner shown in Figure 10.) precursor liquids for example can introduce the first Room (or part) 46(, via piercing through element 35), thus cause gas source 41 to emit gas and pour at least in part the inner space of cylinder 4.The same with the embodiment of Fig. 9, liquid can and for example mix with beverage medium 42 before leaving cylinder via piercing through element 34 by carbonating.

Also as mentioned above to ground, single cylinder 4 can be arranged to have the first Room 46 separated from one another or that separate and the second Room 47.Figure 11 illustrates that the first Room (or part) 46 and second Room (or part) 47 are by the separated this embodiment of wall 49.For example, although cylinder chamber 3 need to be retrofited to hold single cylinder 4, also can in the system 1 as shown in Fig. 2, use the cylinder as shown in Figure 11.In one embodiment, as shown in Figure 11, activating fluid can provide by the element 35 that pierces through at the top place at the first chamber (or part) 46, and gas can be discharged by identical or different opening.Alternatively, activating fluid can be introduced into by the element 34 that pierces through at the bottom place at the first chamber (or part) 46, and gas can be discharged by the element 35 that pierces through at top place.In another embodiment, precursor liquids can pierce through at top element 35 places and introduce, and carbonic liquids can pierce through element 34 via bottom and leaves.The first Room (or part) 46 can comprise filter or other suitable parts, for example, to contribute to prevent that gas source 41 from leaving the first Room (or part) 46.About the second chamber (or part) 47, air or other gas can be introduced by the element 35 that pierces through going out at the top of the second chamber (or part) 47, the piercing through outside element 34 of bottom place that makes beverage medium 42 shift out the second chamber (or part) 47, for example, to mixing chamber or user's cup.Alternatively, precursor liquids can be introduced into by the element 35 that pierces through at the top place at the second chamber 47, can mix mutually with beverage medium 42, and outside piercing through element 34 expelling tubes 4.As mentioned above, element 34,35 structures that pierce through in this illustrative embodiment should not be construed as and limit by any way each aspect of the present invention.Not necessarily to use and pierce through element, but can carry out the inflow/outflow of cylinder 4 by the port or other opening that limit on cylinder 4.Equally, flowing ports or other opening in cylinder is not necessarily positioned at top, bottom or other particular location.

Cylinder can be made up of any suitable material, is not limited to the container shown in literary composition and cover configuration.For example, cylinder can by or otherwise comprise to moisture and/or the material of barrier be provided such as the gas of oxygen, steam etc.In one embodiment, cylinder can be made up of the stacked thing of poly-mer, and this sandwich is for example made up of the plate that comprises one deck polystyrene or polypropylene and one deck EVOH and/or other barrier material such as metallic paper.In addition, the material of cylinder and/or structure can change according to the material comprising in cylinder.For example gas cartridge 4a may need firm moisture barrier, and beverage medium cylinder 4b may not need so high moisture resistance.Therefore, cylinder can form by different materials and/or by different way.In addition, cylinder is inner can differently construct according to the function of expecting.For example, beverage medium cylinder 4b can comprise baffle plate or cause liquid/beverage medium to flow through other structure of zigzag path, mixes promoting.Gas cartridge 4a can be arranged to gas source 41 to remain on other structure in concrete Huo inner space, position, for example, to contribute to control the moistening of the source 41 of carrying out with activation liquid.

Cylinder also can be arranged to provide about visual or other the detectable mark of applicability of cylinder that is used to form beverage.For example this cylinder can comprise ejection indicating device, color indicating device or further feature, to illustrate that gas source is activated at least in part.After observing this indication, user can determine that cylinder is unsuitable for using in drink manufacturing machine.In a further embodiment, RFID label can be associated with sensor, this sensor probe gas body source activates (for example increasing by pressure), beverage medium rotten (for example increasing by temperature) or other feature, and this can be sent to the reader of drink manufacturing machine.This machine can show situation to user, and/or prevent machine enable to form beverage with cylinder.

In additional aspects of the present invention, cylinder can comprise the source of the gas part, beverage medium part and the mixing chamber's part (being also called first, second, and third part) that are separated from each other.Thus, as discussed above, cylinder can comprise mixing chamber, this mixing chamber with for keeping the part of beverage medium to separate mutually before cylinder use.Part I can air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, this Part II can comprise for mixing to form the beverage medium of beverage with beverage precursor liquid, and Part III can be arranged to receive from the beverage medium of Part II and receive precursor liquids, so that precursor liquids is mixed mutually with beverage medium.Precursor liquids can enter Part III together with beverage medium, and/or enters Part III by the stream separating.Thus, cylinder can mix precursor liquids whether (no matter for example carbonating) with beverage medium mutually, and exports bland (for example, for carbonating afterwards).This can help avoid the needs of clean mixing chamber, for example because cylinder can make disposable, thereby each beverage uses its mixing chamber to make.Figure 12,13 and 14 illustrates that respectively cylinder 4 has the cutaway view of first, second, and third part before the structure of accurate preparing beverages, the cutaway view of the cylinder after being configured to make beverage, and the exploded perspective view of cylinder.In this embodiment, cylinder 4 comprises the partly Part I 46 around Part II 47 and Part III 62, and for example Part I 46 has at least one plane around second and the part of Part III 47,62.Equally, this Part III 62 is partly around Part II 47.But, when these parts can be in any suitable manner when arranging each other, the concentric structure of this first, second, and third part 46,47,62 is not necessary.The top of first, second, and third part 46,47,62 is by lid 45 hermetically closings, and lid 45 is the paper tinsel layer of a part for conduct cylinder container for example.(in one embodiment, lid 45 can comprise the part that two or more separate, and such as after placing beverage medium, covers the Part I of Part II 47, and placing after gas source 41, cover Part I 46(and may be also Part II 47) Part II.This can make filling of the first and second parts 46,47 simpler in manufacturing process.So this Part I 46 can be isolated with external environment condition, for example, to contribute to stoping gas source 41 to contact with moisture or other material.Due to the closure member at the beverage medium outlet 47b place at Part II, for example can explosion or cracky film, barrier film etc., Part II 47 is same with external environment condition isolates, thereby contributes to as required to place going bad of beverage medium.The top area of collector Part III 62 is sealed by lid 45, but the bottom section of Part III 62 can open wide, or can be covered by other element such as the second lid or other cover.

This embodiment comprises other side of the present invention, and cylinder can comprise the moveable part of being arranged to movement, thereby cylinder is configured to can be used for making beverage.For example moveable part is removable with respect to cylinder container, and to open gas source part and/or beverage medium part, example as shown in Figure 13.In the embodiment shown in Figure 12, moveable part 61 comprises being arranged in to cover and in 45, forms the multiple elements 34,35 of piercing through of one or more openings, but other structure is also possible.For example moveable part 61 is removable to open valve, thereby opens cylinder 4 entrance or outlet, to disconnect label or other cracky element is opened entrance or outlet, paired conduit is linked together etc.In this embodiment, moveable part 61 comprises and pierces through element 35, to form the activator entrance 46a entering in Part I 46, for example, to allow the introducing of fluid (aqueous water or aqueous vapor) to activate gas source 41.Moveable part 61 also comprises that piercing through element 34 enters the gas vent 46b in Part I 46 with formation, and the gas expelling tube 4 that permission is discharged by gas source 41, for example, be dissolved to precursor liquids and form beverage.Also possibly: but singlely pierce through element 34/35 it is done in order to be formed into mouthful 46a and outlet 46b, and for example identical hole in lid 45 is used for introducing to be activated fluid and discharges gas place.Also comprise and pierce through element 35 to form the precursor liquids entrance 47a that enters Part II 47, to be allowed for the introducing precursor liquids (no matter whether thering is the dissolved gas of abundant amount) of mixing mutually with beverage medium 42, and contribute to move beverage medium 42 and enter Part III 62 from Part II 47.Precursor liquids also can be by being introduced into Part III 62 for the one or more elements 35 that pierce through that mix mutually with beverage medium 42.Thus, according to an aspect of the present invention, cylinder 4 can be arranged to for a part for precursor liquids being introduced into beverage medium part to make beverage, and bypass the or otherwise remainder of precursor liquids is introduced in mixing chamber's part of cylinder.In one embodiment, the precursor liquids of roughly 10-40% that is used to form beverage is bootable to Part II 47, and the precursor liquids of about 60-90% can be directed in Part III 62.Certainly,, as suitably, can use other relative quantity.Precursor liquids can be introduced into Part III 62 to produce eddy current action, turbulent flow or other motion, to contribute to the mixing of precursor liquids and beverage medium.The precursor liquids part being introduced in Part II 47 can contribute to moistening beverage medium 42, and for example, in the situation that beverage medium 42 is dusty material, it can contribute to mix.

According to an aspect of the present invention, cylinder 4 can comprise locking member, and this locking member prevents the movement of moving part, and for example it is removable to construct the cylinder that is applicable to forming beverage, and this locking member can be discharged by user.As shown in Figure 12, cylinder container or this moveable part 61 can comprise locking ring 71, and this locking ring prevents that moveable part 61 is with respect to vessel moving, for example, to pierce through lid 45.Locking ring 71 is removable or otherwise discharged by user, for example by draw label, this makes locking ring 71 separate with container in perforation place or other weakened line place.Locking member can be taked other structure, such as one or more disconnection alar parts or label, removable stopper or other structure.In other structure, locking member can be removed or otherwise be discharged by drink manufacturing machine, for example, be associated with machine at cylinder 4 and after door seal closes.

Another aspect of the present invention comprises the cylinder to Figure 12, and this gas source part is at least in part around beverage medium part and/or mixing chamber's part.This feature can contribute to the volume of enlargement gas source part, and needn't expand cylinder, for example, do not experience large pressure to contribute to gas source part to store the gas of being emitted by gas source and change, and may exist this large pressure to change in smaller size smaller chamber.Large a little gas source cavity volume can be gas source chamber simultaneously the ability that stores the gas of being emitted by gas source is provided making pressure change pulsation-free.Thus, gas source part can be arranged to as a kind of stockpile device, and this stockpile device stores the gas of being emitted by gas source.

Although cylinder 4 comprises with the moveable part 61 that pierces through element in this embodiment, the unnecessary moveable part 61 moving described cylinder is configured for forming beverage that comprises of cylinder 4.But cylinder 4 can be arranged to there is no moveable part 61, and use the beverage machine of cylinder can comprise suitable piercing through element group or be arranged to interactional other parts of cylinder to be communicated with entrance and/or the outlet of cylinder in due course.

Of the present invention other aspect, cylinder can comprise activation fluid intake, this activation fluid intake will activate fluid and guide to the bottom of gas source part.This structure can allow the improved control of air release, for example because gas source can be from bottom is exposed to activation fluid to top.Thus, be water if activate fluid, the bottom of gas source part will pour in water, and the lower floor of gas source is activated.But the still un-activation of the higher level of gas source, does not reach on the bottom of gas source because activate water.In order to activate gas source upper layer, can, by more water extraction for to gas source part, make to activate the top water level promoting of fluid in gas source part.The water filling of gas source part will continue under controlled speed, controls thus the gas discharging of gas source.This structure can help avoid the top surface humidify gas source from source, on the top surface by water being sprayed to the zeolitic material loading.This spray may cause not controlled wetting, and excitaton source controllably not thus, makes gas source emit gas in less controlled mode.

Figure 15 and 16 illustrates respectively exploded drawings and the cutaway view of cylinder 4 illustrated embodiment, and this 4 comprises and providing to the activation fluid intake of the bottom of gas source part activating fluid.In this example embodiment, Part I 46 comprises gas source 41 and the activation entrance 46a with conduit, and this conduit extends near the bottom of Part I 46 near the top of Part I 46.Thus, for example, the lid 45 that drink manufacturing machine can puncture through seal Part I 46 and the activator entrance 46a closing, and water is introduced to activator entrance 46a.Water can flow down along the conduit of entrance 46a, and flows into the bottom of Part I 46, makes the lower floor of gas source soak and make gas source to emit gas.Certainly, can use other to activate fluid, such as citric acid, aqueous vapor etc.Equally, although in this embodiment, activator entrance 46a comprises the conduit in the sidewall that is molded in container body, and this activator entrance 46a otherwise arranges, such as the conduit of the base wall extension by from Part I 46, from piercing through the conduit of element to downward-extension, etc.The gas of emitting can by Part I 46(such as molded port or pierce through opening) in another opening emit, maybe can be by activator entrance 46a(for example by the aperture near entrance 46a conduit top, this conduit allows gas to pass through, but stop the passing through of aqueous water, or the catcher of the conduit such as serpentine by prevention liquid water stream) emit.

Can in cylinder, use the alternate manner of controlling air release, such as gaseous source materials 41 is encapsulated in structure, this structure explosion, dissolving or otherwise broken, to be exposed to internal gas source activation fluid.The for example air bag in air inclusion source 41 can be arranged to dissolve with different speed, discharges the gaseous source materials for activating thus with timing mode.Other structure is also possible, and such as the Part I 46 with multiple steps or platform, gas source 41 is positioned on the plurality of step or platform.When Part I 46 pours in as water or other activator, can successive exposure in the gas source 46 at each step place, make thus gas classification discharge.

The another aspect of the present invention being included in Figure 15 and 16 is helix, scroll, serration or keeps beverage medium and contribute to precursor liquids mobile other tortuous flow path channel to mix with beverage medium in spirality channel.For example cylinder 4 comprises prerequisite liquid is guided to precursor liquids entrance 47a(in the perimeter of spirality channel in this case, by extend downward the conduit to downward-extension of Part II 47 from the top of Part I 46).Beverage medium 42 is arranged in spirality channel, and with the degree of depth of filling channel partly, thereby prerequisite liquid can flow on beverage medium and/or in beverage medium.In the time that precursor liquids flows through spirality channel, beverage medium can be mixed with liquid, forms beverage.Spirality channel can be arranged to provide laminar flow, for example, to contribute to reduce loss and minimizing other dissolved gas (if present) in gaseous fluid of carbonating.Alternatively, helix or other tortuous passageway can be arranged to provide turbulent flow, contribute to potentially prerequisite fluid to mix with beverage medium.Near the center of spirality channel, leave cylinder, mixed beverage medium and precursor liquids can directly enter user's cup, though maybe can enter be tin or the mixing chamber of a part for drink manufacturing machine.Can use except spiral fluid passage, can setting example if scroll, serration and/or serpentine path are to provide laminar flow or other flow performance.Thus, the comprising beverage medium Part II and can comprise any suitable fluidal texture of cylinder, precursor liquids is mixed with beverage medium contributing to.

Figure 15 and 16 embodiment also comprise such feature: the outlet of Part II 47 can comprise closure member (for example: cap), and this closure is arranged to disconnect, is pierced through, removes or otherwise opens by user and/or by drink manufacturing machine.Thus, outlet must be by not existing pressure to open at Part II 47.Equally, the first and

second parts

46,47 are in this embodiment made up of the separate section that keeping together by sleeve 75, these sleeve 75 wrapping portions 46,47.This sleeve 75 can also work to seal the sidepiece of precursor entrance 47a and/or activator entrance 46a.But, it should be understood that the first and

second parts

46,47 can make single, single piece, and be configured to eliminate the needs for sleeve 75.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the beverage medium part of cylinder can comprise the removable wall so that beverage medium is discharged from beverage medium part.For example, this beverage medium part can for example, be limited by barrier layer (: paper tinsel layer), and this barrier layer is arranged on beverage medium around.This barrier layer can be flexible, thus the power that the Part II of cylinder can be extruded, press or otherwise apply thereon, thus the volume that reduces Part II is to force beverage medium from Part II out.For example, this barrier layer can form the bag that comprises beverage medium, and this bag can be extruded to force beverage medium to discharge, for example, enter user's cup, the mixing chamber of cylinder or other position that beverage medium and Liquid precursor mix.In another schematic construction, Part II can comprise injection tubular construction, and wherein plunger is mobile to force beverage medium from Part II out in Part II.If other structures of the more discussion in below are possible.Figure 17-20 show block diagram, exploded drawings, the cutaway view of gas output procedure, and cutaway view in the beverage medium mixed process of illustrated embodiment, and this illustrated embodiment has movably element, to discharge beverage medium from cylinder.In this embodiment, cylinder container comprises smooth supporting member 72, and this smooth supporting members support is positioned at the Part I 46 of supporting member 72 belows and is positioned at the Part II 47 of these supporting member 72 tops.This Part I 46 forms with supporting member 72, for example, as molded with the integral part of supporting member 72, but can otherwise form, and be the separate section that is attached to supporting member 72 such as Part I 46.Part I 46 is semisphere, has near the activator entrance 46a bottom of this Part I 46, and gas vent 46b in the top side of smooth supporting member 72.(described all embodiment herein, relative terms " top ", " bottom " etc. are described and understood for being convenient to, and do not should be understood to restriction barrel structure, in use their orientation or the further feature of cylinder).Thus, water or other activation fluid can be introduced near the bottom of Part I 46, and for example, controllably to pour in Part I 46, the gas of being emitted by gas source 41 is discharged by the port on supporting member 72.Activator entrance 46a and gas vent 46b can be by piercing through element, so that the label of disconnection is removed, the physical action removing etc. of the paper tinsel tearing and opening.

Part II 47 in the present embodiment comprises the plastic uptake bag being formed by the barrier material layer such as paper tinsel layer.Part II 47 can have any shape or size, but has in this embodiment the roughly disc shaped that has dome shape upper surface.The bottom part of plastic uptake bag comprises the barrier material layer of the cardinal principle part of the top surface that covers supporting member 72, for example, with hermetically enclosed Part I 46, and the bottom of formation Part II 47, but also can otherwise arrange.Plastic uptake bag is located at spike 73 tops on supporting member 72, thereby if plastic uptake bag is advanced towards supporting member 72, as shown in Figure 20, spike 73 can pierce through Part II 47 to example, discharges beverage medium.Therefore, the movement of the wall of Part II 47 (for example: the top part of plastic uptake bag) can make beverage medium discharge Part II 47.The movement of wall can be pressed in by down the plunger (as shown in figure 20) of the drink manufacturing machine on Part II 47 or otherwise cause.For example: the gaseous tension being produced by gas source 41 may continue to suitable position (such as entering Part II 47, pneumatic air-bag or the plunger to drink manufacturing machine), to force beverage medium from Part II 47 out.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the beverage medium of discharging Part II 47 can be directed to precursor liquids entrance 47a, for example: the water of carbonating is introduced in cylinder to be located.In this embodiment, cylinder comprises four precursor ingress ports, but can use the port of other quantity.Equally, around spike 73, the upper face of supporting member 72 is set to beverage medium provides stream, thereby guiding beverage medium is near region precursor liquids entrance 47a.For example, Figure 21 is illustrated in the birds-eye view of the part of the supporting member 72 of Part II 47 belows.In this embodiment, supporting member 72 is defined for four streams of beverage medium 42, with from marching to the each of precursor liquids entrance 47a near spike 73.So in the time that Part II 47 is pierced through and discharged beverage medium by spike 73, beverage medium can outwards flow to entrance 47a.(the mobile available liquid state of beverage medium 42 and solid-state (for example: powder) beverage medium are carried out.Thus, beverage medium can be promoted sooner and/or dissolve more completely, for example, because beverage medium can be divided into relatively little each several part, to increase its skin area and to contact with precursor liquids.It should be understood that and can use other structure, march to precursor liquids entrance 47a so that beverage medium is moved.For example: four spikes 73 can be set on supporting member 72, and wherein each spike 73 is positioned near corresponding entrance 47a.Thus, this Part II 47 can thrust the position adjacent with each entrance 47, makes beverage medium directly be released into entrance 47a from Part II 47.In a further embodiment, each spike 73 can eachly comprise fluid passage (for example: comprise hollow thorn thread a needle), thereby makes beverage medium 42 flow through spike 73 to the desired position adjacent with entrance 47a.For those those skilled in the art, can there is other structure.

A feature of structure shown in Figure 21 is that beverage medium can be introduced precursor liquids transverse to the mobile direction of precursor liquids, and this can contribute to beverage medium stream to be broken into less particle, and increases dissolution rate.For example: the beverage medium 42 guiding at each place of entrance 47a conventionally can be perpendicular to the mobile inflow entrance 47a of precursor liquids.Alternatively, beverage medium can coaxial manner guide to liquid-liquid stream, for example: the center stream of beverage medium can by liquid coaxial flow institute around.For example: Figure 22 illustrates illustrated embodiment, in this illustrated embodiment, supporting member 72 comprises each fluid passage, with guiding precursor liquids 2, to multiple positions, in the plurality of position, beverage medium 42 for example discharges from Part II 27 by the multiple spikes 73 on supporting member 72.The region that precursor liquids 2 and beverage medium 42 are met can be configured so that liquid 2 is roughly around beverage medium 42, for example, in coaxial flowing.The flow rate of adjustable respective streams, to contribute to strengthen the further feature of mixing or beverage production, such as: foam production, entrapped air etc.For example: mobile precursor liquids 2 can contribute to suction diluting beverage medium 42 to flow sooner, contributes to thus to increase the skin area of the beverage medium that is exposed to liquid.Mixing chamber can be arranged to for example contribute to strengthen this effect by providing step by step to lengthen to flow.Except assisting potentially mixing, provide coaxial the flowing of precursor liquids and beverage medium also can contribute to prevent that beverage medium (it is thickness relatively more) from contacting with wall or other conduit of mixing chamber, contribute to reduce beverage medium and stick to the possibility of wall.In fact, the bootable wall to mixing chamber of material (precursor liquids) or other conduit that viscosity is lower, the material of thickness (beverage medium) is located away from wall more.Additionally or alternatively, the material that viscosity is lower can be introduced in mixing chamber, for example, with the wall of wetting mixing chamber before the introducing of beverage medium: to contribute to preventing that beverage medium from sticking to chamber wall.

The embodiment of Figure 17-20 also comprises the Part III 62 that is positioned at Part II 47 and supporting member 72 belows.The precursor liquids of introducing by precursor liquids entrance 47a and be forced to can enter Part III 62 from Part II 47 beverage medium out, for example, for fully mixing, foam production or other process for generation of beverage.In this embodiment, this Part III 62 comprises funnel shaped, for example, to cause the vortex motion of precursor liquids and beverage medium, to contribute to mixing, but can otherwise arrange.For example: this Part III 62 can comprise eductor (for example: with entrapped air in beverage, liquid or other material), jet (for example: with increase the mobile speed of beverage medium and/or with the contacting of surrounding air), the straightener (for example: to contribute to exporting the beverage from cylinder can predict with desired mode) that flows, and other device.As Part I 46, this Part III 62 also can form with supporting member 72 entirety, or can be used as separate section and make and be linked to supporting member 72.Certainly, cylinder not necessarily will have this Part III 62, for example: use the drink manufacturing machine of cylinder 4 to comprise in the situation of mixing chamber or further feature.

When Figure 17-20 are illustrated in the structure that wherein the first and second parts 46,47 are offset each other, other structure is also possible.For example: Figure 23 illustrates the cutaway view to cylinder similar in Figure 17-20, but has the first chamber 46 that is and then positioned at Part II 47 belows.In addition, this Part I 46 can be around the part setting of the 3rd chamber 62, for example, to contribute to making cylinder compacter.Thus, the cylinder in Figure 23 can comprise about the each aspect of the present invention with Part II 47 in the plane and the Part I 46 below plane, and makes the part of Part I 46 around Part III 62.Just as the cylinder of Figure 17-20; cylinder in Figure 23 can comprise the sidewall extending around the circumference of cylinder 4, for example, so that cylinder 4 is more easily handled by user, do not damage with the each several part that contributes to protection cylinder 4; and/or contribute to when associated with drink manufacturing machine, cylinder 4 is suitably directed.The structure of Figure 17-23 can comprise other physical features, such as when associated with drink manufacturing machine, contributes to guarantee the suitable orientation of cylinder 4 and the feature of placement.For example, the cylinder of Figure 17-23 can comprise the vertical sidewall extending around supporting member 72, for example, form around the wall of cylinder 4 other parts.This structure can contribute to protect cartridge unit not to be damaged (for example unexpected pierce through Part II 47), contributes to make the manipulation of cylinder simpler (for example allow cylinder to be placed on desk and do not rotate), and/or contributes to cylinder suitably directed with respect to beverage machine.

In another aspect of the present invention, the Part II of cylinder can comprise two or more subdivisions, each beverage medium 42 of holding respective volume of these two or more subdivisions.Cylinder can operate and make can controlled amounts subdivision carry the loading of its corresponding beverage medium, for example be used for making beverage with the beverage medium that allows different amounts, so that the classification release of different beverage medium to be provided, (for example flavouring beverages medium can discharge before foaming medium, thereby the foam providing on beverage top is provided the beverage producing), for example, to adapt to separately (composition that can not be mixed with each other well or not expect that mode one reacts before beverage forms) of incompatible composition, or other.For example, the Part II 47 in Figure 23 embodiment can comprise two or more bags of the inside that is formed on the second chamber 47, and two or more bags are for example separated from each other by cracky impermeable membrane.Thus, the plunger of drink manufacturing machine can press down corresponding amount by Part II 47, so that the subdivision of right quantity is carried.For example: each subdivision can be amassed and be separated by the corresponding membrane stack as cake layer.Initially pressing down of Part II 47 can make lowermost subdivision open and carry its content.Can make next subdivision open and carry its content by further pressing down of plunger, and by that analogy.By this way, the user of machine itself optionally arranges deployable or does not launch the subdivision of any requirement.By thering is subdivision separately, in the time that cylinder is removed from drink manufacturing machine, in the minimum leakage of the beverage medium using, can form beverage with being less than all beverage medium in cylinder.

In another aspect of the present invention, the Part I of cylinder can move with respect to Part II, to force beverage medium to be discharged from Part II.For example, Figure 24-27 are illustrated in respectively the exploded drawings, block diagram and the cutaway view that in Part II, have beverage medium, and the cutaway view of the beverage medium of discharging from the Part II of cylinder, wherein Part I can be used as plunger and evicts beverage medium from the Part II from cylinder.The cup-shaped member that Part I 46 can by the first chamber wall, for example be received in Part II 47 at least in part limits.Part II can be limited at least in part by the second chamber wall that limits for example beverage medium and be positioned at second space wherein.The first chamber wall of Part I 46 can be received within second space, and removable with respect to the second chamber wall, discharges beverage medium with the Part II from cylinder.For example: Figure 26 and 27 illustrates how Part I 46 can move down with respect to Part II 47, thereby this Part I is further received in Part II, to force beverage medium from Part II out.In essence, this Part I 46 can be used as plunger in the second space of Part II 47, to force the outlet of beverage medium 42 to Part II.Can cause by any way the movement of Part I 46 with respect to Part II 47, such as by drink manufacturing machine, this drink manufacturing machine comprises mobile Part I 46 motor drivers, for example, to causing that bladder that Part I 46 moves is introduced gaseous tension (being produced by gas source 41), it can keep static with respect to machine with respect to Part I 46() Part II 47 that moves up, etc.In addition, cylinder 4 also can comprise locking piece, and this locking piece prevents relatively moving of the first and second parts 46,47, until discharged by user and/or drink manufacturing machine.This Part II 47 can be included in the outlet closure member at beverage outlet 47b place, pressure that this beverage medium outlet 47b response increases in Part II 47, in response to piercing through, mechanical disruption etc. and opening.Thus, the outlet 47b of Part II 47 can open in any suitable manner, to allow beverage medium 42 to discharge Part II 47.

The another aspect of the present invention that is included in the present embodiment is that mixing chamber's part (Part III) of cylinder can be partly around the first and second parts 46,47.Such structure can contribute to make cylinder 4 compacter, and the greater room that liquid and beverage medium can be mobile is therein provided, and mixes contributing to.In addition,, when when wherein Part I is received in the structure in Part II, the overall dimensions of cylinder can reduce, specifically after cylinder uses.It is also possible making Part III reusable, for example when needed, and the removable and clean Part III of user, and change the first and second parts for every kind of new beverage of manufacturing.This feature can contribute to cut the waste, and still makes user can change as required the Part III for cylinder.At this embodiment, this Part III 62 is provided with blade, fin or contributes to cause the further feature of precursor liquids and beverage medium motion, for example, to contribute to mixing.But other structure is also fine.(the same with described herein any feature, to contribute to cause that the use of blade, fin or the further feature of mixing can be used for any suitable cylinder structure).In addition,, for different beverages, can provide the different structure of Part III 62.For example: can there is the Part III of being arranged to cause few movement with the high-carbon acidifying drinks that rapid solubilized beverage medium is made, for example to contribute to reduce because the carbonating loss that the turbulent motion of liquid causes.But, the same with other beverage such as hot chocolate, can in the 3rd chamber, cause that more turbulent motion is to contribute to mixing, and need not consider the loss (because beverage is without carbonating) of carbonating.Thus, drink manufacturing machine can be configured to by providing at least in part different barrel structures to manufacture various heat, cold, carbonating, distillation and other beverage.

In cylinder 4, gas source 41 and beverage medium 42 provides control or uses the hot ability being produced by gas source 41 near can be cylinder 4.For example: in air release process, can be absorbed by beverage medium 42 by zeolite gaseous source materials liberated heat.In the situation that beverage medium 42 is relative thick liquid at a lower temperature, the heating of the beverage medium of being undertaken by gas source 41 can reduce the viscosity of beverage medium and strengthen its dissolving to precursor liquids.Additionally or alternatively, can contribute to prevent to the reception of the heat from gas source 41 or otherwise stop the undue heat in cylinder 4 to gather by the other parts of beverage medium 42 or cylinder.This can contribute to reduce the risk for the cause thermal damage of cylinder, and/or contributes to gas source 41 to emit more efficiently gas, for example: in the situation that high heat level can suppress air release.

In another aspect of the present invention, cylinder can be arranged in the same side of cylinder has the outlet of gas vent and beverage medium.In certain embodiments, cylinder also can have activator entrance and/or precursor liquids entrance, provide fluid to activate gas source by this activator entrance, precursor liquids is introduced container for mixing with the beverage medium in the same side of the gas vent of container and the container of beverage medium outlet by this precursor liquids entrance.Such structure can be conducive to handle more easily and use cylinder.For example: by providing access in the same side of cylinder and exporting, the junction surface between drink manufacturing machine and cylinder can be simplified.For example: in some cases, cylinder can be inserted simply or be otherwise associated with plain mode with required connection with drink manufacturing machine, this required regional area being connected to form on this is one-sided.

Figure 28 to 30 shows the illustrated embodiment of cylinder, and this embodiment comprises gas vent, beverage medium outlet, activator entrance and the precursor liquids entrance of the same side that is all positioned at container.Although having the cylinder of these features can otherwise arrange, but in this embodiment, the first and second parts 46,47 of cylinder container are formed by paired barrier material layer 79, for example paper tinsel layer, and this paired barrier layer material is joined together to form two bags for the first and second parts 46,47.Certainly, container can otherwise arrange, for example, arrange by molded plastics body, and this molded plastics body limits the first and second parts 46,47 of shape shown in imaging Figure 28.Each layer of barrier material 79 is bonded together to form the first and second parts 46,47, and being connected to insert 74, this insert 74 defines gas vent 46b, activator entrance 46a, precursor liquids entrance 47a and beverage medium outlet 47b at least in part.Insert 74 in this embodiment comprises two molded plastics parts, and these two molded plastics parts are arranged to not only limit inlet/outlet, and strengthens bonding to insert 74 of each barrier layer.For example: the interior section of insert 74 can be linked to barrier material 79, allow cylinder 4 to be provided with gas source 41 and beverage medium 42, and then coordinate the exterior section (it can be limited to the inlet/outlet junction surface of drink manufacturing machine) of insert 47, sealing the first and second parts 46,47.But other structure is also possible, such as omitting therein insert 74, and as required barrier material 79 is pierced through to form the structure of inlet/outlet, or the single structure that pierces through insert 74.In this embodiment, insert 74 is arranged to for example close inlet/outlet by paper tinsel cap seal, and need to pierce through at the each place in inlet/outlet, to open inlet/outlet.Alternatively, one or more closure members that comprise in inlet/outlet, this closure member can be by disconnecting label, from inlet/outlet stripping foil lid, inlet/outlet is exposed to suitable pressure threshold, so that closure member explosion opens or otherwise opens, etc.

By the first and second parts 46,47 are formed to being arranged side by side as in Figure 28-30, skin area between the first and second parts 46,47 can reduce and/or make its moisture permeability to reduce, and migrates to Part I 46 thereby reduce the beverage medium 42 of moisture from Part II 47.That is, if beverage medium comprises moisture (such as for some inspissated juices), water can move and enter Part I 46 from beverage medium 42, and this can cause the part of gas source 41 to activate (if gas source 41 can activate by water).In the wall that beverage medium 42 and gas source 41 are separated or the permeable situation of other elements relative, this can throw into question.But the structure side by side as Figure 28-30 kind can allow the adjusting of the width to the barrier layer sealing member between part 46,47, control thus the penetrablility of connecting part.Can use other to arrange to reduce in the first and second parts 46,47(or other part) between moisture migration, such as the selection of the material by the first and second parts 46,47, relative position (for example, in Figure 12 and 17 is in embodiment, for example, because the physics of each several part separates, moisture is very can not march to gas source from beverage medium 42), etc.

The another aspect of the present invention that is included in this embodiment is, this gas vent 46b comprises conduit 46d, and this conduit 46d is from gas vent, by the gas source part (that is: gas source 41 positions) of Part I, by filter 46c and enter the gas vent of Part I.Although conduit 46d is formed by pipe in this embodiment, this conduit 46d also can be formed by barrier layer itself, for example, link each barrier layer to form conduit 46d.According to another aspect of the present invention, and as visible in Figure 28-30, each barrier layer links together with the form that forms filter 46c, this filter 46c contributes to gaseous source materials 41 to remain in the gas source part of Part I, and mainly allow gas to pass the gas vent part of filter 46c to Part I, in the gas vent part of this Part I, gas can enter conduit 46d and lead to gas vent 46b.Although can linking together to form the form of filter 46c, each barrier layer 79 can change, in the present embodiment, each barrier layer can link in the position with the circle (or other suitable shape) being separated from each other by suitable distance, and is configured to contribute to prevent that gaseous source materials 41 is through connecting area.May be useful in other structure of filter 46c, such as the filter scraps of paper, allow gas by but stop the hydrophobic nonwovens passed through of liquid or allow gas to move but other element of stoping gaseous source materials and/or liquid to move towards conduit 46d.Be additional to or alternative filter 46c, conduit 46d can comprise the flow elernent such as filtering plug in conduit 46d, to contribute to further to stop gaseous source materials 41 to move from gas vent 46b.According to another aspect of the present invention, the conduit of gas vent 46b can extend to from the bottom of Part I 46 top of Part I 46, and does not have filter 46c.But responsible gravity is advanced and is gone forward side by side into conduit 46d towards the top of Part I 46 to prevent gaseous source materials 41.Alternatively, the filter in conduit 46d (all plugs described above) can be used for stoping gaseous source materials to enter conduit 46d.

Thus, the far-end of conduit Part I 46 upper ends can receive the gas of emitting and by gaseous conductance to gas vent 46b.

Barrier layer 79 links together to form the mode of the first chamber 46, for example, comprises and can contribute to gaseous source materials 41 to remain in fixed-bed structure by filter 46c.That is, this gas source 41 can be kept relatively securely, thereby this gas source 41 can not move freely in Part I 46.Because the distribution of the gas source in Part I 46 is known, and the interaction that activates fluid and gas source is predictable and repeatably, and this can contribute to the controlled of gas source 41 to soak.This gas source 41 can be arranged to allow gas to move freely the fixed bed by material, for example, by the size and dimension of gaseous source materials particle is made and prevented enclose completely.In another embodiment, be different from cylinder is arranged to apply power in gas source 41 to form the fixed bed of material, can on Part I 46, apply external force so that the fixed bed of material to be provided.For example: air bag discussed above is arranged the gas source 41 that can be used for being squeezed in Part I 46, prevent thus gas source 41 flowing in Part I 46.

In other cylinder embodiment, such as in Figure 24, for example this Part I 46 can comprise such as being positioned at the top place of gas source 41 and being attached to the flexible sponge-like material of wall of Part I 46 or the parts of permeable membrane, gas source 41 remained in fixing bed structure contributing to.

Comprise to the of the present invention other aspect in the present embodiment and be, precursor liquids entrance 47a can comprise the conduit extending in Part II 47, and this Part II 47 is arranged to precursor liquids be introduced in Part II in multiple positions along conduit.For example: as visible in Figure 30, such layout can contribute to dispense liquid in Part II better, and by precursor liquids mix with the beverage medium that exports 47b discharge Part II 47 by beverage medium.Can provide each feature to enter conduit and its perforation or other opening to prevent beverage medium 42, for example, to contribute to guaranteeing that precursor liquids flows to even and predictable the flowing in Part II 47.For example: the conduit of perforation can be enclosed in frangible cover panel, this frangible cover panel separated conduit and beverage medium 42 before using, but fractureed, dissolves or otherwise open to allow precursor liquids to enter in Part II 47.In another embodiment, this conduit can comprise that stopper, filter or other parts are to contribute to preventing that beverage medium from entering in conduit and/or its perforation.The same with gas vent conduit, this precursor liquids entry conductor also can be formed by each barrier layer, for example each barrier layer can be bonded to form the stream extending along the length of Part II 47, and to have the multiple outlets along its length, dispenses fluid in Part II 47 contributing to.Such outlet can be formed as sealing before cylinder uses, can explosion or open with other form but introduce when Part II 47 in precursor liquids.This layout also can provide and allow Part II 47 squeezed flat to discharge the supplementary features of beverage medium.Also in another embodiment, precursor entrance 47a can comprise trousers valve (trouser valve), for example can be before the use of cylinder in Part II the collapsible or pipe flat, relative flexibility rolled.Along with the introducing entrance 47a of precursor liquids, trousers valve can wind off/open, and allows precursor liquids to enter Part II 47.But the roll/folded structure of this valve before launching can contribute to prevent that beverage medium from entering precursor liquids entrance 47a.

Another aspect of the present invention relate to allow Part II 47 to be pushed by external force or alternate manner operation so that the layout that beverage medium is discharged from beverage medium outlet 47b.No matter whether precursor liquids introduces Part II 47, can use this feature.

For example, cylinder can change to and omit precursor liquids entrance 47a, leave but Part II 47 can be extruded to force beverage medium 42 to export 47b by beverage medium, for example with outside cylinder 4, mix with precursor liquids.Alternatively, can after precursor liquids is introduced Part II 47, push Part II 47, for example, liquid is removed and reduces dripping of in the time removing from drink manufacturing machine cylinder and spill from Part II contributing to.In another is arranged, the cylinder maintaining part of drink manufacturing machine can apply power to this cylinder and pushes Part II 47 and discharge beverage medium 42, but the power applying or pressure are less than the pressure of precursor liquids introducing Part II 47.

Therefore, Part II 47 can expand to receive precursor liquids 2, but in the time that precursor liquids 2 stops, cylinder maintaining part can be pushed Part II 47 and be carried out emptying its content substantially.

Any in can be in many ways of cylinder maintaining part applies squeese pressure, such as by adopting air bag, this air bag applied to suitable air pressure and carry out the cylinder in recipient maintaining part.

The power of this air bag or other parts can change in the use procedure of cylinder, for example, to contribute to mix with the beverage medium of discharging from Part II 47 and/or from discharging beverage medium from Part II 47.

For example, the pressure that imposes on air bag can be relatively high during the initial portion of drink manufacturing circulation to discharge beverage medium from Part II 47 and to dwindle the volume of Part II 47.

After this, the pressure of air bag can discharge or otherwise reduce, and allows precursor liquids to introduce Part II 47, expands its volume.

Again, the pressure of air bag can increase to discharge liquid and the beverage medium of mixing from Part II 47, and reduces the volume of Part II 47.

This circulation that can repeat this air bag is to realize the discharge that completes that makes the better mixing of Part II 47 and/or beverage medium 42.

Again, not necessarily want air bag to carry out this function, can use other device, drive wall, plunger and running roller etc. such as motor.

In a word, cylinder can be before precursor liquids be introduced, among or afterwards by external force operate help to mix, discharge beverage medium and/or reduce use after droplet the spilling of cylinder.

As mentioned above, the system schematic shown in Fig. 1 to 4 is only may arrange about the several of drink manufacturing system 1.For example, Figure 31 shows another schematic diagram that can use an arbitrary drink manufacturing system 1 of arranging of arranging or substituting at the cylinder of discussing herein.In this embodiment, holder 11 is arranged through gravity fed and/or gaseous tension provides precursor liquids 2 to contactless switch 6.Certainly, also may be useful in by liquid from store 11 move to contactless switch 6 other arrange, such as the use of pump.Similarly, although this exemplary embodiment and other embodiment below discussing show contactless switch 6, can substitute and use other carbonating or gas dissolution apparatus, such as carbonation tank.The system 1 of Figure 31 can operate as follows: valve V1 and V2 can open, and allows liquid 2 to be transported to the Part I 46 of cylinder 4 by gravity fed via contactless switch 6.Liquid 2 can activate gas source 41, and this gas source 41 discharges the gas that guides to contactless switch 6.

Some gases of introducing contactless switch 6 can be dissolved in the liquid 2 in contactless switch 6, and another part gas can be directed to holder 11.The gas that offers holder 11 can increase the pressure of holder 11, and force fluid 2 flows to contactless switch 6.When the used time of doing of 11 carbonic acid tanks of holder, the pressure in holder 11 can be for example by contributing to pre-water carbonating to increase the carbonating degree of precursor liquids entirety.The acidity that liquid 2 in holder 11 increases also can contribute to reduce incrustation and/or the bacterial growth in holder 11.Pressure in holder 11 can be controlled by control cock V3, thereby controls the amount that allows the gas that enters holder 11.In addition, can control cock V2 control the amount of the liquid 2 that enters Part I 46, control thus the activation of gas source 41.Valve V2 can will have for example carbonating liquid 2 of liquid 2(of appropriate amount dissolved gas) pass into cylinder 4 Part II 47, to mix with beverage medium 42.If needed, can provide another valve to carry out gas dissolution apparatus (for example contactless switch 6) vent from this embodiment and other embodiment.Apolegamy valve V4 can be opened, in cup or other receiving member 8 that the beverage flow being formed is extremely waited for, and the gas side vent pressure of apolegamy valve from contactless switch 6 can be opened to allow.By emitting gas feed to holder 11 by gas source 41, system can be washed away by liquid, for example, by gas, liquid is released to holder 11, contactless switch 6 and the Part II 47 of cylinder 4.This can contribute to prevent that dripping of cylinder 4 spilt in the time that cylinder is removed from system 1, and/or contributes to prevent that liquid is trapped in system 1 between each time uses.The volume that is used to form the liquid of beverage can be controlled by user, for example, by the liquid carrying of desired amount is supplied to holder 11, or own by system 1, such as by padding with fill holder 11 to the filling water level detector of suitable water level, be delivered to the flow counter of the water yield of Part II 47 by detection, etc.

Figure 32 illustrates the schematic diagram of another drink manufacturing system 1, and it again can be used for any suitable cylinder and arranges.In this embodiment, holder 11 provides liquid 2 to contactless switch 6 under the control of valve V4.Although what adopt in this embodiment is gravity, liquid 2 can flow in contactless switch 6 by gravity, pump, gaseous tension etc.Provide to gas source 11 and controlled by valve V1 to activate the liquid of gas source 41, valve V1 can control flow based on any suitable feature, these features such as the time passing, the gaseous tension sensing, the volume in cylinder 4 that detects etc.Use that emit by gas source 41 and march to the suitable gas of contactless switch 6, can open valve V4 and flow in the Part II 47 of cylinder 4, in order to mix with beverage medium 42 with the liquid or other liquid that allow the existing carbonating with dissolved gases.Equally, this liquid does not need to lead to Part II 47, but may continue to mixing chamber's part of cylinder or other region that beverage medium is mixed mutually with liquid 2.Alternatively, liquid 2 can directly pass into cup 8, and liquid mixes in this cup 8 with beverage medium.Can open valve V3 to allow beverage to flow to cup 8 from cylinder 4.At reasonable time, for example before beverage forms, in process or afterwards, can open valve V5 to allow ice cube 2a to pass into cup 8.Ice cube 2a can be additionally for contributing to the cooling precursor liquids 2 at holder 11 before passing into cup 8.

In holder 11, can between ice cube and precursor liquids 2, adopt filter or other to separate device, for example, to contribute to reduce the bacterial contamination of the precursor liquids 2 being caused by ice cube 2a.That is, ice cube 2a can be stored in the compartment for example separating by permeable or impermeable barrier and liquid 2 in holder 11, and in the time that valve V5 opens, is transported to cup 8.Be also pointed out that before beverage forms, in process or afterwards, any gaseous tension in contactless switch 6 can be discharged by valve or other suitable structure.

Figure 33 illustrates that beverage forms another schematic diagram of system 1, as other embodiment, can use together with the combination of the each side of right quantity of the present invention and/or each side or further feature.In this embodiment, holder 11 can hold the volume of the precursor liquids 2 that equals some beverages.Thus, system 1 can be made into various beverages and does not need to add liquid to holder 11.Pump 13 and valve V1 control by contactless switch 6 and to the fluid flow of the Part II 47 of cylinder 4.Gas source 41 can activate in any suitable manner, to transfer out the gas of the gas side that marches to contactless switch 6 in the control of valve V2.For example, this gas source 41 can respond and is exposed to microwave energy, heat energy, other electromagnetic radiation, aqueous water or aqueous vapor etc. and emits gas.The gas of being emitted by gas source 41 may be dissolved in the liquid 2 in contactless switch 6, this gas can be then with in cylinder 4 or the beverage medium 42 in other places mix.Valve V3 can be for example by being bonded to Jet control in the cylinder beverage flow from system 1, and can contribute to further liquid and beverage medium to be mixed, can contribute to beverage to guide in cup 8, can contribute in beverage inflation or form foam etc.

Although the description of Figure 31-33 relates to for form beverages all or the direction of all precursor liquids 2 substantially by cylinder 4, also may have other layout.For example, as mentioned above, only a part for liquid 2 can be advanced by cylinder 4, for example, so that beverage medium 2 is expelled to cup 8(or other mixing chamber from cylinder), and the remainder of liquid 2 directly marches to cup 8(or other mixing chamber).In addition, for example comprise that the H Exch of ice cube or the cooling loop of other structure that thermounit, fridge equipment, employing user provide can be included in system 1, with before gas dissolution, in process and/or afterwards, and/or cooling precursor liquids 2 before beverage medium is mixed with precursor liquids, in process and/or afterwards.

Figure 34 illustrates another illustrated embodiment of drink manufacturing system 1.In this embodiment, holder 11 comprises three parts, that is: main memory part 11, gas source activating part 11b and premixed part 11c.Originally this major storage device part 11a can be filled to desired water level, and this gas source activating part 11b and premixed part 11c can be empty.In the time that beverage forms circulation and starts, plunger 11d can reduce and enters main memory part 11a, and this overflows the precursor liquids 2 of controlling quantity or otherwise guides to gas source activating part 11b and premixed part 11c.After this, in the time that plunger 11d further inserts main memory part 11a, this plunger 11d can form the sealing with main memory part 11a, prevents that the liquid 2 of any more volume from passing into gas source activating part 11b and premixed part 11c.Plunger 11d further reduces (and opening along with valve V1) and can make liquid 2 pass through contactless switch 6 from main memory part 11a.In addition, the liquid 2 in gas source activating part 11b can be forced to through (opening) valve V2, and enters the Part I 46 of cylinder, to activate gas source 41.Valve V2 can control the amount of the liquid that passes into Part I 46, and for example, to control amount and/or the pressure of the gas of emitting, if valve V2 closes, the liquid in part 11b is allowed to discharge along with the motion of plunger 11d, thereby does not hinder its motion of opposing.The pressure of the gas of being emitted by the gas source that passes into contactless switch 6 can additionally or alternatively be controlled by pressure-modulation valve V4.Thus, can keep desired gaseous tension at the gas side of contactless switch 6.Liquid 2 in premixed part 11c also can be forced to the Part II 47 that flows into cylinder 4 to mix with beverage medium 42.The mixing of liquid and medium can be assisted by the physical perturbation of material in Part II 47, for example, such as the kneading (: by running roller or other element) by Part II 47, stirring, vibrations etc.This can contribute to premix beverage medium 42, and after making it and additional precursor liquids 2 mix more effective.Along with valve, V3 opens, premix drink medium 42 can pass into (for example: it can be a part for Part III 62 or the part for drink manufacturing machine of cylinder 4) in mixing orifice or other chamber, also can introduce mixing orifice from the liquid that is dissolved with gas 2 of contactless switch 6 simultaneously.(it should be noted that the valve V3 in this embodiment or other embodiment can comprise the valve comprising to cylinder 4, such as explosion valve, duckbill valve, separately barrier film or other device.Then mixed precursor liquids 2 and beverage medium 42 may continue to cup 8 or other container of wait.

Figure 35 illustrates another illustrated embodiment of drink manufacturing system 1, as the embodiment of those above-mentioned discussion, comprises one or more aspect of the present invention.This illustrated embodiment comprises a pair of syringe pump 13a, 13b, and this pair of syringe pump 13a, 13b are arranged to make precursor liquids 2 from a pump 13, by contactless switch 6 and flow into another pump 13 and counter-flow.By this way, system 1 can be by precursor liquids 2 through contactless switch 6 one or many, for example, to be increased in as required the amount of the dissolved gas in precursor liquids 2.Certainly, system 1 can otherwise realize Multiple through then out contactless switch or other gas dissolution apparatus, and such as passing through single pump, this single pump guiding liquids is to flow through contactless switch 6 and to be back to holder 11 from holder 11.But in this embodiment, syringe pump 12a is arranged to precursor liquids 2 to extract out by valve V1 from cup 8 or other container.Thus, user can be placed to the cup 8 of the precursor liquids 2 that comprises volume required and type associated with system 1, and this system 1 can be used precursor liquids 2 in cup 8 to form beverage.Quantity or other germ that can contribute to reduce the bacterium that enters system 1 at the filter at valve V1 place or other place, contribute to reduce potential systemic contamination.Equally, this syringe pump 13 or other layout for example can be configured to trip distance by controlling syringe plunger, by surveying fluid by flow counter, by surveying in pump or the liquid water level of other holder etc. sucks the liquid 2 of appropriate amount from cup 8.

Along with precursor liquids 2 is inhaled into the first syringe pump 13a, can shutoff valve V1, and open valve V2, thus this pump 13a can force liquid 2 to enter in contactless switch 6.(although Figure 35 is illustrated in pump 13a gas and liquid 2, can be also the situation that there is no gas in pump 13a).Meanwhile, valve V2(or another valve) can allow some liquid 2 to flow into the Part I 46 of cylinder 4, to activate gas source 41.Thus, in the time that liquid 2 passes contactless switch 6, the gas that liquid solubilized is emitted by gas source 41.Valve V3 can be arranged to allow liquid 2 to flow into the second syringe pump 13b to be temporarily stored in wherein from contactless switch 6.Along with desired amount of liquid is transferred to the second injection tube 13b by contactless switch 6 from the first syringe pump 13a, available the second syringe pump 13b that flows is reverse, makes fluid pass through contactless switch 6 and arrives the first syringe pump 13a.The for example output based on carbonating detector of this circulation repeats the number of times of desired quantity, to realize the desired degree of carbonating of liquid 2.Along with completing of carbonating or other gas dissolution, valve V3 can be arranged to fluid 2 to pass into the Part II 2 of cylinder, for example, to mix with beverage medium 42, and beverage is transferred to (by the valve V4 opening) to cup 8.System as in Figure 33 can allow user to limit the carbonating of beverage or other uses dissolved gas degree, and can operate that gas dissolution to precursor liquids 2 is reached to setting degree, and though be beverage medium is mixed with precursor liquids 2 before or afterwards.

In another aspect of the present invention, cylinder can be arranged to control activate fluid enter cylinder flow, to activate gas source.As discussed above, a selection is to make drink manufacturing machine control activation fluid enter the flow of cylinder.But cylinder itself also can contribute to control the activation of gas source.Such layout can allow cylinder itself to limit carbonating or other gas dissolution degree, allows different cylinders to limit gas with various dissolution degrees, and change that need to be in system operation.For example: Figure 36 illustrates the schematic diagram of the Part I 46 of cylinder 4, and this Part I comprises that the flow controller 76(that is valve form is such as pressure regulator or pressure-activated valve).Under setting pressure, can provide at activator entrance 46a place and activate fluid (for example: water).Suitable when low when the pressure in Part I 46, flow controller can open to allow water to enter Part I 46, and this activates gas source 41.But once the pressure in Part I 46 reaches critical value, flow controller 76 can cut out, stop water and flow in Part I 46.In the time that gas marches to contactless switch or other gas dissolution apparatus or pass-out, this flowing stops being tending towards reducing the pressure in Part I 46, and in the time that pressure suitably declines again, flow controller 76 can be opened again.In this embodiment, flow controller 76 illustrates and comprises the spring that forces valve closing, and the power that spring is wherein set is arranged in suitable gaseous tension control is provided in Part I 46.But, also may there is other to arrange, can find in pressure regulator valve such as those, wherein the high pressure in Part I 46 is tending towards making a part for cylinder to expand to clamp (and closing thus) layout from the stream of activator entrance 46a, etc.Figure 37 and 38 illustrates another illustrated embodiment, and in this illustrated embodiment, cylinder 4 comprises and flow controller 76 similar in Figure 36.But, in this embodiment, the vertical pole that flow controller 76(works as spring element particularly) interact with a part for drink manufacturing machine.Thus, in the time that cylinder 4 is in this embodiment suitably associated with drink manufacturing machine, an activation fluid flow that can make flow controller 76 operate to control to enter tin.Also may have and other structure similar in Figure 37 and 38, comprise the wherein various structures of the opening and closing of the flow controller 76 of the controlled cylinder 4 processed of drink manufacturing machine.For example: can be to carrying out modification in construction at Figure 37 and 38, make drink manufacturing machine move the other parts (such as valve) of pole or flow controller 76, so that flow controller 76 opens and closes.In such embodiments, also may there is other flow controller structure, such as diaphragm valve, flapper valve, plunger valve etc., they can be handled and be controlled by drink manufacturing machine.

Figure 39-42 illustrate another illustrated embodiment of the structure for controlling the activation fluid flow that enters cylinder.In this embodiment, cylinder 4 has the structure similar to Figure 38-30.Cylinder shown in Figure 39 and 40 in drink manufacturing machine in orientation is installed.Activate the interior a of activator entrance 46 that fluid intake pin or other port extend to cylinder, and keep static in beverage forming process.In addition, near the part of cylinder 4 upper end keeps fixing with respect to fluid intake pin.In the time that the pressure in cylinder 47 is relatively low, enter the far-end of lancet with respect to the activator entrance 46a location of cylinder 4, be transported to cylinder 4 thereby activate fluid.But in the time that the pressure in cylinder increases, cylinder expands, and activator entrance 46a is pulled away from into lancet.This moves and has stopped flowing of activation fluid, and this flows until pressure declines in cylinder, and cylinder moves to the directed just recovery shown in Figure 39.Figure 41 and 42 illustrates for the one of the fluid intake pin of this embodiment and activator entrance 46a and arranges.This entrance needle set has the opening at its sidepiece, thereby in the time that pin extends in cylinder 4, activates fluid flowing path and open.But stream is stopped up in the extraction that enters lancet that enters activator entrance 46a, stop activating fluid and flow.Also may be useful in and open or close based on cylinder motion other that activate fluid flowing path and arrange, such as the valve in activator entrance 46a, this valve base in the movement of cylinder or pressure changes and other and open and close.

Figure 43 and 44 illustrates another structure for activating fluid control.In this embodiment, cylinder has the structure similar to Figure 28-30 equally.Provide (as shown in Figure 43) while being activated to cylinder and gas source when activating fluid, cylinder will produce gas, and this gathers 4 pressure and expands (as shown in Figure 44).Cylinder can activator switch or other sensor 51 in size increase at least one part, and this makes system controller 5 stop activating fluid and flow to cylinder 4.In the time that pressure reduces, cylinder can reduce dimensionally, and switch or other sensor 51 will stop, and if appropriate, allows activation fluid to start to flow again.

Figure 45 also illustrates another embodiment, has equally and structure similar in Figure 28-30.But in this embodiment, gas vent conduit 46d and precursor entrance 47a conduit form by the suitable weld line of each link barrier material layer 79.That is, enter the first and

second parts

46,47 be respectively used to gas vent and precursor entry conductor is only formed by each barrier layer 79, and do not comprise pipe or other structure.So, enter flowing of cylinder and can close one or two in

entrance

46a, 47a and control by clamping cylinder 4 thereby activate fluid and/or precursor liquids.It should be understood that can be similarly controlled from the gas of cylinder and/or the outlet of beverage medium.Flow control can be based on any suitable standard, for example, such as the motion (being caused by pressure increase in cylinder) of the each several part of the gaseous tension detecting, elapsed timer, the cylinder detecting or cylinder, etc.

Figure 46 also illustrates about another example embodiment of control of activation fluid flow that enters cylinder.In this embodiment, cylinder 4 structures that have as in Figure 23, and there are flexible wall or the other parts at Part I 46 places of cylinder.So in the time that the pressure in Part I 46 is increased to or exceedes critical value, flexible wall can expand outwardly.The movement of barrel or other parts can be such as being detected by drink manufacturing system 1 by switch or other sensor 51.As response, controller 5 can stop activating fluid and flow into cylinder 4, until the pressure in Part I 46 reduces and the moveable part of cylinder is recalled or otherwise moved with indicated pressure and suitably decline.Although in this embodiment, in indication Part I, the moveable part of pressure comprises flexible wall, also may have other structure such as moveable piston or plunger etc.

Figure 47 and 48 also illustrates another embodiment about the activation fluid in application cylinder.In this embodiment, cylinder comprises the flow controller 76 that is valve form, and this valve can clamp and cut out by the valve actuator of drink manufacturing system 1 81.In this embodiment, the pressure in cylinder can be sensed by sensor 51, the pressure before this sensor detection Part I 46 in pipeline.If detect suitable high pressure, system 1 can make valve actuator 81 move, thereby clamps the valve of closing flow controller 76.While detecting pressure at critical value place or lower than critical value, valve actuator 81 can allow valve to open.Although in the present embodiment, the valve of flow controller 76 is relatively simple structures, in this structure, a part for cylinder 4 is removable for example, to close closed channel (as the embodiment in Figure 45), but also may there is other to arrange, such as the valve with removable valve, plunger or other structure that can be activated by valve actuator.For example, flow controller 76 can comprise diaphragm valve, in this diaphragm valve, impervious barrier film can towards with move away from port, enter the flow of Part I 46 thereby control.

Figure 49 and 50 illustrates illustrated embodiment, and in this illustrated embodiment, cylinder can be independent of the control of drink manufacturing machine and activate fluid and enter cylinder 4 flow, for example: as in Figure 36.In this embodiment, cylinder comprises flow controller 76, and this flow controller 76 comprises the valve that can be opened or closed by the pressure in Part I 46.Thus, flow controller 76 can comprise pressure regulator type valve, and this pressure regulator type valve is spontaneously controlled at the pressure in Part I 46 in desired range of pressure.In Figure 49, the pressure in Part I in desired range of pressure or under, and therefore open valve and activate in the inflow Part I 46 of fluid allowing.In Figure 50, the pressure in Part I 46 is elevated on desired range of pressure, and like this, the pressure (it is fluidly connected to Part I 46) on the right side of valve is moved to the left valve, stops activating flowing of fluid.In certain embodiments, be controlled by flow controller 76 the pressure in Part I can according to introduce and activate the pressure of fluid and change.; flow controller 76 can be arranged so that the operation of the pressure influence valve that activates fluid; for example: in one case, make the pressure in Part I 46 must exceed the introduce pressure that activates fluid, close and stop flowing with permissible flow controller valve.The pressure that this structure can allow system 1 for example to introduce activation fluid by adjusting operates different cylinders in Part I 46 under gas with various pressure.But in other embodiments, flow controller 76 operations can be independent of the pressure of activation fluid and carry out, thereby the variation of activation fluid pressure does not affect for the controlled pressure in Part I.For example, the pump that activates water in the case of carrying has variable pressure, and/or pressure control in cylinder situation about being affected by ambient pressure ideally, such as needing higher gaseous tension in low height above sea level operating system 1, and in the case of the lower pressure of high height above sea level action need, such structure can be useful.Possible valve constitution for flow controller 76 is normally known in this area, and does not describe in detail in this article.Equally, flow controller 76 can dual mode (ON/OFF) operation maybe can provide variable flow rate.

In another aspect of the present invention, cylinder can be included in first and/or Part II in filter so that first and/or the entrance of Part II separate with exporting.For example: can in the Part I of cylinder, provide filter, to contribute to stop the discharge from Part I of gaseous source materials.Filter can be arranged in the Part II of cylinder, relatively high to contribute to prevent, not dissolved particles stop up outlet, contribute to prevent cylinder bacterial contamination (for example, in the situation that precursor liquids comprises germ, this germ can as beverage lifting for before be filtered from precursor liquids) and/or contribute to distribute precursor liquids (for example: to contribute to dissolve) Part II.

Figure 51 illustrate with to the cylinder of structure similar in Figure 45, but this embodiment is included in the filter 46c in Part I, and filter 77 in Part II 47.Although filter 46c and 77 can be by forming across the single filter cell of the first and second parts 46,47 in this embodiment, also may there is other to arrange, such as the independent filter cell for each part.Filter 46c can operate to suppress gaseous source materials and lead to gas vent 46b, and filter 77 can contribute to reduce the microbial contamination of beverage medium and beverage, and/or contributes to precursor liquids flow distribution in the more large area of beverage medium.Figure 52-54 are illustrated in another schematic construction of the filter using in the cylinder as in Figure 51.In this embodiment, perforated layer or otherwise suitably permeable material be inserted between each layer of barrier material 79, thereby activator entrance 46a separates with gas vent 46b by permeable material (it forms filter 46c in Part I 46), and precursor liquids entrance 47a separates with beverage medium outlet 47b by permeable material (it forms filter 77 in Part II 47).Equally, filter 46c and 77 can otherwise form, and this is only one in several possible embodiment.Figure 53 and 54 illustrates that how separately corresponding filter 46c and 77 are entrance and exits of the first and second parts 46,47.Visible in Figure 53, filter 77 is how a space is provided, and in this space, precursor liquids can enter Part II 47 and infiltration is passed through filter 77 and soaked equably beverage medium 42.Visible in Figure 54, the gas how filter 46c is provided for emitting also leads to the relatively large face area of gas vent 46b through filter 46c.

Figure 55 illustrates how monolithic permeable material can form the block diagram of

filter

46c and 77 in the cylinder as in Figure 52-54.As can be seen, permeable material can be passed serration path with respect to entrance 46a, the 47a of the first and

second parts

46,47 and outlet 46b, 47b.For permeable material being remained in the position shown in Figure 55, permeable material can be linked to insert 74 and/or barrier material 79, to avoid inlet/outlet.

As discussed above, cylinder can enough cause and allow user and cylinder to interact, to limit one or more features of beverage to be made.For example user can interact to limit the sugariness of carbonating degree, beverage with cylinder, in the amount of making the beverage medium using in beverage, etc.Figure 56 and 57 illustrates the structure to similar cylinder in Figure 45, but comprises the clip 78 that can coordinate with cylinder 4, thereby restriction can be in order to form the amount of beverage medium 42 of beverage.Clip 78 can be removable with respect to cylinder, so that the used beverage medium of capable of regulating amount to be provided constantly.Can use similar feature to limit the amount of carbonating, for example, be exposed to activation fluid by what part of restriction gas source.Certainly, clip 78 is only how user interacts to limit a beverage feature example with cylinder.For example: cylinder can have one or more movably labels, adjustable slide block, hole or can be adjusted by user removable or the further feature that covers etc.System controller 5 can be identified feature the control system 1 correspondingly of adjustment.Alternatively, the directly operation of control system of adjustable cylinder feature itself.For example: the label that cylinder disconnects can cause the switch that makes to activate fluid and can not be delivered to cylinder, forces thus machine to be made without foaming (or distillation) beverage.

In another aspect of the present invention, cylinder can comprise the beverage outlet extending from cylinder, for example: towards or to user's cup or other container.Such extension outlet can contribute to, without the mode of splashing down, beverage is delivered to cup, can contribute to reduce the loss of carbonating or other dissolved gas, and/or can contribute to reduce contacting of beverage and drink manufacturing machine.In an illustrated embodiment, cylinder can comprise trousers valve, and this trousers valve comprises two flat, elongated barrier films, and two barrier films seal at barrier film opposite edges place along their length.Trousers valve is collapsible or roll, thereby if necessary, the folding or contact in winding position is closed valve.In one embodiment, can use the film of relative lightweight, for example, to contribute to when rolling or when folding, valve forms suitable sealing.In the time that pressure is applied to trousers valve inner, this structure is deployable/get around and be extended into elongated form.The extending into distribution configuration and can open any sealing that valve forms in its folded state of trousers valve, and allow beverage along valve flow.This valve can be arranged to provide beverage by the smooth flow of tapered channel, reduces potentially the loss of risk and the carbonating of turbulent flow before distribution.In other embodiments, cylinder can comprise more rigid delivery channel, and this delivery channel extends from cylinder, with the cup guiding towards user by beverage.For example: the pressure downward-extension that retractible pipe can accumulate in cylinder in cylinder.If desired, can comprise additional mixing action at beverage outlet stream, for example, stream is wriggled or comprise the obstacle that strengthens mixing by the weld nugget of trousers valve is configured as.In addition, because trousers valve can be for example because the elasticity that causes the folding valve material processed of valve presents flat state after beverage is carried, at least with the cylindrical duct of equal length Comparatively speaking, beverage outlet can keep few or there is no residual drink.This can reduce using afterwards the leakage of cylinder certainly, reduces dirty and messy.

In another aspect of the present invention, cylinder (such as mixing chamber's part) can comprise mixer or with beverage medium and/or interactional other moveable part of precursor liquids, to strengthen the mixing of beverage.For example: moveable part can be by activating with the flow interaction of beverage medium stream or precursor liquids, such as vibrating arm, moving vane or other element.In another embodiment, moveable part can be activated by peripheral driver, such as the direct axle drive shaft of the electrical motor being associated with drink manufacturing machine, provide the magnetic that the no touch of mixer or other moveable part moves to connect, mobile fluid is provided to cylinder to drive the pneumatic or hydraulic drive of mixture gas, and other device.

Figure 58 to 60 shows assembly drowing, lateral plan and the birds-eye view of another exemplary embodiment of the cylinder 4 that comprises the one or more aspects of the present invention.As visible in Figure 58, cylinder 4 containers that comprise with the Part I 46 that can assemble and Part II 47 in this embodiment, make lid 45a, the 46b of part 46,47 adjacent one another are.For example, the part that Part I 46 can be arranged to cover 45a is recessed into the upper limb below of the rim 462 of the first container part 461 of Part I 46.The rim 472 of the second container part 471 of Part II 47 can be arranged to be fitted in this depression, and coordinates that with rim 462 the first and second parts 46,47 are kept together.For example, rim 462 can comprise receives the groove of rim 472 releasably the first and second parts 46,47 are kept together by friction or interference fit, and for example user can pull open the first and second parts 46,47 with hand and without instrument.Alternatively, the first and second parts 46,47 can be by the shrinkable film material strap of adhesives, coating film, joint portion between the first and second parts 46,47, extend to the bar strap of Part II 47 from Part I 46, etc. keep together at the rigging position shown in Figure 58.

Therefore, according to one aspect of the present invention, the first and

second parts

46,47 can be arranged to cause cylinder a plane, and wherein Part I 46 is positioned under this plane and Part II 47 is positioned on this plane.In this case, the plane of cylinder can be parallel to a part of

lid

45a, 45b and be limited by a part of

lid

45a, 45b, maybe can be parallel to the flat of a part of lid 45a or 46b.The first and

second parts

46,47 can be used for drink manufacturing machine at assembled state, or can relative to each other move, for example, be separated from each other, for drink manufacturing machine.As discussed above, the first and

second parts

46,47 are can be by different way directed to interact with drink manufacturing machine, such as with the structure side by side shown in Figure 59.In this embodiment, the first and

second parts

46,47 do not connect in Figure 59, but the first and

second parts

46,47 also can connect by tether or other structure, for example, shown in Fig. 6-8.Such connection can contribute to suitably directed for the

part

46,47 of drink manufacturing system interaction.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the first and second parts 46,47 are separated by the permeability barrier of for example lid 45a or lid 45b, and lid 45a or lid 45b are all impermeability (but two lids are not necessarily like this) in this embodiment.In addition, as shown in Figure 60, lid 45a, the 45b of the first and second parts 46,47 can be arranged to be suitable for the element that pierces through of the entrance of gas or other fluid and/or outlet.For example, lid 45a can have and the entrance area 451(that is applicable to by piercing through element puncture is set for example: pin, blade etc.) enter Part I 46 to allow activating water, aqueous vapor or other fluid, so that gas source 41 release of carbon dioxide or other gas.Lid 45a also can have and is arranged to the exit region 452 that is applicable to piercing through, to allow gas or other fluid expulsion Part I 46.But, as mentioned above, lid 45a can be pierced for fluid intake/outlet same position, or also can not be pierced completely, for example comprise the restriction port for inlet/outlet at lid 45a, or the other parts of the first container part 461 in bottom, sidepiece or other place be pierced.

Lid 45b can have and is arranged to the entrance area 51 that is suitable for piercing through, to allow activating water, gas or other fluid for example by the hole of piercing through in the bottom of Part II 47, no matter whether for mixing with beverage medium 42, or for medium 42 is released to Part II 47, with in user's cup, the precursor liquids of mixing chamber in medium mix.Part II 47 also can comprise filter cell 48b, to contribute to preventing that beverage medium 42 from contacting the element that pierces through that pierces through lid 45b.Filter cell 48b can comprise hydrophobic membrane, the filter scraps of paper or other suitable parts, and can be attached to the other parts of lid 45b or second container part 471.Beverage medium 42 is contacted with piercing through element by avoiding, can reduce or eliminate undesired pollution of piercing through element.Alternatively, or additionally, pierce through element (though for pierce through first or entrance and/or the outlet of Part II 46,47) for example can be arranged to, from removing from drink manufacturing machine (: for cleaning and change at machine).Another possibility be Part II 47 be arranged to it can be pressed, push or otherwise make wall (such as lid 45b or container part 471 sidewalls) mobile with pushing beverage medium 42 for example by can explosion or the outlet of cracky otherwise or the hole of piercing through discharge Part II 47.For example: the orientation of lid 45b shown in can Figure 59 pressed downwards, thereby beverage medium 42 is forced to from Part II 47 for example by the opening the base section of Part II 47 out.Pressing like this can be completed by the plunger of drink manufacturing machine or piston, and it is upper that the plunger of this drink manufacturing machine or piston press down on lid 45b, and extruding Part II 47 is also discharged beverage medium.

Lid 45a(or lid 45b) can there is draw ring (for example, shown in Figure 60), to assist user to remove lid 45a, for reclaiming or other object.For example user may wish lid 45a to remove from the first container part 461, to remove gas source 41 after use.Gas source 41 can be included in permeable bag or other retainer, such as plastics mesh bag, filter paper bag etc.This bag can contribute to prevent that gas source 41 particles from discharging Part I 46 and/or making the removing and abandoning of gas source 41 materials in Part I 46/reclaim simpler.This bag also can contribute to make gas source 41 orientations in Part I 46 or otherwise locate, for example with keep gas source 41 away from lid 45a(such as to avoid and to pierce through element and contact), for example, gas source 41 be arranged to the best or receive and activate liquid (gas source 41 being arranged in each layer of interior or compartment to be carried out at selective wetting) etc. in other required mode.

Figure 61 and Figure 62 illustrate another illustrated embodiment that comprises one or more aspects of the present invention cylinder 4.In this illustrated embodiment, similar to Figure 58, the first and second parts 46,47 can be arranged on the opposite side of a plane, such as be parallel to lid 45a, 45b and the lid 45a of the first and second parts 46,47,45b place or between the plane of location.As mentioned above, " on " and " under " be the term for facilitating reference, and because cylinder 4 can be inverted from position shown in Figure 61, Part II 47 in invert orientation, can be said to be plane " on " and Part I 46 can be said to be plane " under ".This first and second part 46,47 can be linked together by a part of lid 45a, 45b, i.e. attaching parts 45c or other element.Thus, the first and second parts 46,47 can relative to each other move to the orientation as in Figure 62 from the position Figure 61, for example, for introducing drink manufacturing machine and interacting with it.Attaching parts 45c or lid 45(or cylinder 4) other parts can be with identifier, other device that can be read and operate for control system by drink manufacturing system such as bar code, RFID label, for example, with control carbonating degree, beverage volume etc.Embodiment is similar to Figure 58-60, and Part I 46 can have the lid 45a piercing through in one or more positions, to allow to activate fluid and/or to discharge gas for carbonating or other object.Certainly, Part I 46 can operate like that as described herein to activate gas source 41 and discharge in any suitable manner gas, for example, receives and activates fluid and/or discharge gas such as the part relative with lid 45a by Part I 46 (: as the bottom of Part I 46 directed in Figure 62).The same with other embodiment, Part I 46 can be made up of the combination of any suitable material or material, for example, such as metallic paper (: aluminium) bladder.

Similarly, Part II 47 can arrange in a variety of ways, but it is removable to be arranged in this embodiment the wall 47a of Part II 47, thereby makes beverage medium 42 discharge Part II 47.For example: wall 47a can comprise (as shown in arrow Figure 61 200) the curl tablet that can be pressed from bottom (being set to the organize a performance aluminium foil on rank of one of concentric annular ring such as having), thus wall 47a for example, towards lid 45b collapse (upper limb of lid 45b and wall 47a is suitably supported by drink manufacturing machine chamber).The movement of wall 47a can cause the rising of the pressure in Part II 47, for example, make to open by explosion sealing member, to discharge beverage medium 42 along arrow 202.Certainly, wall 47a can pierce through to form the opening that allows beverage medium 42 to discharge, rather than make can explosion or other frangible seal open.In another example embodiment shown in Figure 63, Part II 47 can comprise that being arranged to pierce through wall 47a pierces through element 203 with the inside of the exit opening that is formed for beverage medium 42.For example can arrange and pierce through element 203, thereby use the power that puts on lid 45a along the direction of arrow 204, pierce through element 203 and can move down to pierce through wall 47a.In this action, lid 45a can be pierced or not be pierced.In the structure being pierced at lid 45a, gas, precursor liquids or other fluid can be introduced into Part II 47, beverage medium 42 is exited to the opening being formed on wall 47a.It should be understood that inside pierces through element and can be used for herein describedly such as other embodiment in Figure 58-60, and can be used in the Part I 46 of cylinder 4.

Wall 47a can be arranged so that first the radially outer part of wall 47a can collapse, and progressively collapses towards Bi47a center with the inner radial part of rear wall 47a in the time that the direction of the arrow 200 along in Figure 61 promotes.This can contribute to advance beverage medium 42 radially to move inward and shift out outlet.In other embodiments, wall 47a can be arranged to not have ripple, or otherwise arrange and do not consider how wall 47a caves in.But wall 47a can move towards lid 45b simply, and beverage medium 42 forces from Part II 47, and is not controlled at the fluid in Part II 47.If wall 47a is closely adjacent to lid 45b and moves very much, beverage medium 42 great majority or all can be forced to from Part II 47 out.

Figure 64 illustrates another illustrated embodiment, and in this illustrated embodiment, cylinder 4 Part II 47 is formed as end buckle (gusseted) bag, for example: formed by sheet aluminium foil or other metal or plastic material.In packaging for foodstuff field, such sack is well-known, and Part II 47 in this embodiment illustrates with the buckle part towards upper.Outlet nozzle 47b is arranged on the bag side (bottom) relative with buckle, and can comprise can explosion barrier film or other export structure, when Part II 47 be extruded or otherwise stand to keep to increase in the compartment of beverage medium 42 pressure time, this can explosion barrier film or other export structure open.In one embodiment, Part II 47 can be pushed by the air or other gaseous tension that are introduced in the sealing chamber that wherein maintains Part II 47.Gaseous tension can be by air pump, compressed gas source, the gas of being produced by Part I 46, or enter the compartment of sealing, other structure that pressure is applied on the outside of Part II 47 provides.Thus, Part II 47 can have a part that moves the wall to advance beverage medium discharge Part II 47, for example forms the bag of Part II 47.Nozzle 47b can be positioned at outside the chamber that pressure introduces, for example, make to be forced to cup that can enter from nozzle 47b beverage medium 42 out mixing chamber, user etc.Nozzle 47b can comprise orifice or contribute to form the droplet of beverage medium 42 or the further feature of stream, for example, as mixing auxiliary member.

According to an aspect of the present invention, at least a portion of Part I 46 may be received in the buckle of Part II 47.For example: buckle can forming section oval chamber, and the Part I 46 can with complementary shape adapts in this part oval chamber.In one embodiment, Part I 46 can fully fit in buckle, thereby Part I 46 can form cylinder 4 surface or pedestal, thereby cylinder can vertical straight stands on the flat surfaces with the Part I 46 of carrying cylinder.For example: when Part I 46 is accepted in the buckle chamber of Part II 47 time, the lid 45a of Part I 46 can provide the flat surfaces at the top place of cylinder 4, allows cylinder 4 to be squeezed and to stand in table top, and wherein Part I 46 is held on desk.But this is optional, and Part I 46 can give prominence to from the buckle bag cavity of Part II 47, for example, have dome-shaped top.Along with Part I 46 is received in buckle bag cavity at least in part, the rim 462 of Part I 46 can crimping or the rim 472 that is otherwise attached to Part II 47 so that the first and second parts 46,47 are combined together.As in other embodiments, Part I 46 can comprise be arranged to be suitable for pierce through to carry out entrance and/export mobile entrance and/or exit region 451,452.

As mentioned above, Part II 47 can push or otherwise collapse to discharge beverage medium 42.In this process, Part I 46 may bear the squeese pressure such as air pressure,, relative chamber wall facing to moving each other and Part II 47 between chamber wall etc., or Part I 46 can be isolated at least in part with squeese pressure.For example, thus the rim 462 of Part I 46 can be clamped in the cylinder receptacle of drink manufacturing machine and can form the sealed chamber that be positioned under rim 462 around Part II 47.This layout can contribute to reduce or eliminate the squeese pressure on Part I 46.

Figure 65 shows another exemplary embodiment of cylinder.In this embodiment, cylinder 4 comprises hydrostatic column, and this hydrostatic column is with the Part I 46 and the Part II 47(lower area that is positioned at phase opposition side that are positioned at a side (upper area as shown)).The first and second parts 46,47 can be separated by wall, for example, this formation airtight space, beverage medium 42 is arranged in this airtight space.Part I 46 can be pierced to allow to activate liquid and enter, and/or allows gas to leave Part I 46, or available alternate manner setting as above.But, in this embodiment, Part II 47 is arranged to originally in airtight space, hold gas-pressurized and beverage medium 42, thereby in the time that outlet valve 47b opens (for example, by move a part for this valve relative to Part II 47), gas-pressurized expands and forces beverage medium 42 through valve 47b away from second portion 47.Therefore, do not need that with the drink manufacturing machine of cylinder 4 gas, liquid or other fluid are introduced to Part II 47 and discharge beverage medium 42.But opening of valve 47b can cause this beverage medium 42 to be assigned with, opening of valve 47b can complete automatically by machine or user.In an alternative embodiment, gas-pressurized in Part II 47 can receive from Part I 46, the wall of for example separating the first and second parts 46,47 can be infiltrative, at least Part I 46 is under suitable pressure, make the gas that gas source 41 produces can flow into Part II 47, therefore Part II is pressurizeed to discharge beverage medium 42.Alternatively, gas-pressurized can for example be introduced Part II 47 via pricker, port or other mechanical device by beverage forming machine device.

Example 1

Measure as follows the release characteristics of carbon dioxide absorber: obtain 8x12 natrolite 13X pearl (such as buying from UOP MOLSIV adsorbent).These pearls are positioned in ceramic dish and in the Vulcan D550 smelting furnace with ceramal manufacture and are fired.The temperature of the smelting furnace that comprises these pearls is elevated to 550 ℃ with the speed of per minute ℃, and keeps 5 hours to fire in order to load carbon dioxide and to prepare these pearls at 550 ℃.

These pearls are shifted out and transferred at once from smelting furnace be equipped with the lid of close installation and the can of entrance and exit port, entrance and exit port allows gas circulation.Along with pearl is sealed in this container, this container is full of carbon dioxide and is pressurized to 15psig.(but note, these tests were carried out between 5 to 32psig.) chamber is kept 1 hour arranging under pressure.During keeping, chamber is emitted gas for every 15 minutes.When termination during this, each pearl has absorbed a certain amount of gas.

Measure the loading 13X zeolite sample of 30 grams, and beaker is full of 250ml water 22 ℃ of room temperatures.Beaker and water balance ground are placed, and balance makes zero.Then, add the zeolite of the loading of 30 grams to beaker, and the changes in weight of measuring in time can see that the variation of rear weight during 50 seconds becomes stable substantially, and each pearl is because about 4.2g (14 % by weight) has been lost in the release of carbon dioxide.Certainly, some carbon dioxide may be dissolved in water.

Time (second)	Weight (gram)
		0	30
25	26.7
		50	25.8
75	25.6
		100	25.5

Example 2

The zeolite 13X that preparation loads as shown in Example 1.Then, 30 grams of samples of the zeolite of loading are positioned over to wire chamber indoor, this metal chamber has the water inlet that is positioned at bottom and the air extractor duct that is positioned at top.The cross-sectional plane of chamber that keeps zeolite be 34x34 millimeter and have comprise that 64 apertures are 1/16 " two metal filtration dishes in hole to keep zeolitic material.Then, the water of water cock is filled in the bottom of chamber with the mean flow rate of 60 ml/min perpendicular to cross-sectional plane.Gas discharges by the air extractor duct at top.

Measure gaseous tension in chamber and adopt the needle-valve of the outlet that is attached to gas chamber to control this gaseous tension with pressure gauge.Needle-valve is arranged in the zeolite of loading is exposed in the process of water and by manual regulation, chamber is remained under the pressure of 35psig in chamber.Once valve is set to operating pressure, system repeats the zeolite sample loading with the same manner.

Example 3

The zeolite 13X that preparation loads as shown in Example 1.The zeolite of the loading of 30g sample is positioned over the folded cup of semi-rigid 50ml polystyrene-poly ethene-evoh layer and subsequently with paper tinsel lid heat seal.After the zeolite cylinder of sealing, place and enter the metal cylinder chamber of sealing, and pierce through at top and bottom.

The water of water cock is introduced to cylinder bottom, with solenoid valve control flow.Electromagnetic valve activates via the pressure switch of the top air extractor duct that is connected to a chamber chamber.In three different test process, pressure switch is set as 5,22 and three different operating pressure of 35psig.The case side that enters hydrophobic membrane contactless switch (North Carolina state, the 1x5.5 of Xia Luote Liquicel company is model) will be introduced after the gas producing under set pressure.Another case side port is plugged to prevent gas effusion.The water of next self-contained 400ml water and the approximately holder of 50g ice is from storage life circulation, process contactless switch and get back to holder (for example: the holder shown in Fig. 2), lumen side by membrane contactor is used Ulka (Milan, Italy) type EAX5 vibration pump.The pressure of holder and contactless switch remains under the pressure identical with the pressure that produces gas.System produces gas and makes water circulation about 60 seconds, then stops.

After the carbonating water of this generation, use from Virginia the CarboQC test carbonating degree of An Dong-Pa of Ya Shilan (Anton-Paar).Result is as shown in the table:

Therefore, show that the zeolite from cylinder distributes gas with controlled speed (based on the water that is transported to a chamber), and be dissolved into afterwards in water to produce carbonated beverages.In addition, this illustrates by control system pressure, and people can control the concept of the carbonating degree of finished beverage.For example anticipate higher than the higher system pressure of the about 40-50psig of ambient pressure at approximately 60 seconds or still less produce the carbonated beverages (thering is the liquid volume of approximately 500 milliliters) of 4 volumes in the time.

Describe several aspects of at least one embodiment of the present invention, but should be appreciated that those skilled in the art is easy to carry out various changes, change and improvement.These change, change and improvement also means a part of this disclosure, and mean within the spirit and scope of the present invention.Thereby aforementioned specification and accompanying drawing are only exemplary.

Claims

One kind for formed by drink manufacturing machine beverage cylinder, comprising:

Container, described container comprises the first and second parts, described the first and second parts are attached together and pass through impervious barrier separately, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, described Part II comprises the beverage medium for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids, and described Part II comprises can move to force beverage medium to discharge the wall of described Part II to mix with precursor liquids.
2. cylinder as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described Part I is arranged to have entrance and exit, provides fluid to activate gas source by described entrance, and gas is discharged described Part I to be dissolved in described precursor liquids by described outlet.
3. cylinder as claimed in claim 2, is characterized in that, described entrance and exit is positioned on the top of described Part I.
4. cylinder as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described Part II is arranged to have outlet, and described beverage medium is discharged described container to mix with described precursor liquids by described outlet.
5. cylinder as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described wall limits the described Part I of described cylinder at least in part.
6. cylinder as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that, described Part I is limited by the first chamber wall at least in part, and described Part II is limited by the second chamber wall that limits second space at least in part, wherein said the first chamber wall is received in described second space, and removable with respect to described the second chamber wall, discharge beverage medium with the described Part II from described cylinder.
7. cylinder as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described wall comprises barrier material layer.
8. cylinder as claimed in claim 7, is characterized in that, the bladder that described Part II is formed by barrier material layer limits.
9. cylinder as claimed in claim 8, is characterized in that, described barrier material layer is arranged in the time that power is applied to barrier material, open and allow beverage medium to discharge described Part II.
10. cylinder as claimed in claim 9, is characterized in that, described cylinder comprises and pierce through element, in the time that power is applied to described barrier material, described in pierce through element and open described Part II.
11. cylinders as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, the bladder that described Part I is formed by barrier material layer limits.
12. cylinders as claimed in claim 11, is characterized in that, the bladder that described Part II is formed by barrier material layer limits, and described the first and second parts are attached together.
13. cylinders as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described gas source is the zeolite loading.
14. cylinders as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
15. cylinders as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
16. cylinders as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described gas source is arranged to emit the gas that is applicable to form carbonated beverages, and described carbonated beverages has volume between 100-1000ml and about 1 to 5 carbonating degree.
17. cylinders as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described wall comprises ripple and frangible outlet, and the pressure of described frangible outlet based in described Part II can be opened.
18. cylinders as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described gas source is contained in penetrablility bag.
19. cylinders as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described Part I comprises the surface that is arranged to be suitable for piercing through to form entrance and exit, provide fluid to activate described gas source by described entrance, gas by described outlet amount discharge container to be dissolved in described precursor liquids, described Part I is attached to described Part II, and described surface is not exposed.
20. 1 kinds are used to form the cylinder in beverage by drink manufacturing machine, comprise:

The first and second parts, described the first and second parts are attached together and be separated from each other by impervious barrier, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, described Part II comprises the beverage medium for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids, and described cylinder has a plane, and described Part I is located at described plane below, and described Part II is positioned at described plane top

Wherein said Part I is arranged to interact to activate described gas source and discharge gas with drink manufacturing machine, described gas is dissolved in precursor liquids by described drink manufacturing machine, and described Part II is arranged to interact to be provided for to mix to form with precursor liquids with drink manufacturing machine the beverage medium of beverage.
21. cylinders as claimed in claim 20, is characterized in that, described Part I is arranged to have entrance and exit, provide fluid to activate gas source by described entrance, and gas is discharged described Part I to be dissolved in described precursor liquids by described outlet.
22. cylinders as claimed in claim 20, is characterized in that, described Part II is arranged to have outlet, and described beverage medium is discharged described container to mix with described precursor liquids by described outlet.
23. cylinders as claimed in claim 20, is characterized in that, described Part II is limited by wall at least in part, and described wall energy moves to discharge beverage medium from described Part II.
24. cylinders as claimed in claim 23, is characterized in that, described wall comprises barrier material layer.
25. cylinders as claimed in claim 20, is characterized in that, the bladder that described Part II is formed by barrier material layer limits.
26. cylinders as claimed in claim 25, is characterized in that, described barrier material layer is arranged in the time that power is applied to barrier material, open and allow beverage medium to discharge described Part II.
27. cylinders as claimed in claim 20, is characterized in that, described gas source is the zeolite loading.
28. cylinders as claimed in claim 20, is characterized in that, the bladder that described Part I is formed by barrier material layer limits, and the bladder that described Part II is formed by barrier material layer limits, and described the first and second parts are attached together.
29. cylinders as claimed in claim 20, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
30. cylinders as claimed in claim 20, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
31. cylinders as claimed in claim 20, is characterized in that, described gas source is arranged to emit the gas that is applicable to form carbonated beverages, and described carbonated beverages has volume between 100-1000ml and about 1 to 5 carbonating degree.
32. cylinders as claimed in claim 20, is characterized in that, described plane by described first or the part of Part II limit.
33. cylinders as claimed in claim 20, is characterized in that, described Part II wall is included in the ripple on energy moving end-wall, and also comprises frangible outlet, and the pressure of described frangible outlet based in described Part II can be opened.
34. cylinders as claimed in claim 20, is characterized in that, described gas source is contained in penetrablility bag in described Part I.
35. cylinders as claimed in claim 20, it is characterized in that, described Part I comprises the surface that is arranged to be suitable for piercing through to form entrance and exit, provide fluid to activate described gas source by described entrance, gas by described outlet amount discharge container to be dissolved in described precursor liquids, described Part I is attached to described Part II, and described surface is not exposed.
36. 1 kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises the first and second parts, described the first and second parts are separated from each other, described Part I is partly around described Part II, and air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, and described Part II comprises the beverage medium for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids.
37. cylinders as claimed in claim 36, is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have entrance and exit, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described entrance, and gas is discharged described container to be dissolved in described precursor liquids by described outlet.
38. cylinders as claimed in claim 37, is characterized in that, described entrance and exit is positioned on the top of described container.
39. cylinders as claimed in claim 36, is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have outlet, and described beverage medium is discharged described container to mix with described precursor liquids by described outlet.
40. cylinders as claimed in claim 36, it is characterized in that, also comprise: the Part III between described the first and second parts, described Part III is around described Part II, and is arranged to receive precursor liquids and beverage medium so that described beverage medium and precursor liquids are mixed.
41. cylinders as claimed in claim 36, is characterized in that, also comprise: the lid at the first and second part tops described in hermetically closing.
42. cylinders as claimed in claim 41, is characterized in that, described lid can be pierced through by drink manufacturing machine, enter described first or the entrance of Part II to form.
43. cylinders as claimed in claim 41, it is characterized in that, also comprise: pierce through element, described in pierce through element and be attached to described container, and removable to pierce through described lid, thereby form the entrance that enters described Part I and the entrance that enters described Part II.
44. cylinders as claimed in claim 43, is characterized in that, described in pierce through element and pierce through described lid to form the outlet that is discharged gas by described gas source.
45. cylinders as claimed in claim 43, it is characterized in that, also comprise: the Part III between described the first and second parts, described Part III is around described Part II, and be arranged to receive precursor liquids and beverage medium, so that described beverage medium and precursor liquids are mixed, the wherein said arrangements of elements that pierces through becomes to pierce through described lid, to form the entrance that enters described Part III.
46. cylinders as claimed in claim 45, is characterized in that, described in pierce through arrangements of elements become by precursor liquids introduce described second and Part III in so that described beverage medium is mixed in described Part III with described precursor liquids.
47. cylinders as claimed in claim 43, it is characterized in that, also comprise: locking member, described in described locking member prevents, pierce through elements relative in the movement of described container to pierce through described lid, the movement of piercing through element described in wherein said locking member is arranged to unclamp to allow.
48. cylinders as claimed in claim 47, is characterized in that, described locking member comprises loop section or pulling-on piece part, described loop section or pulling-on piece part from described pierce through element or container removable, to unclamp described locking member.
49. cylinders as claimed in claim 36, is characterized in that, in the time of the pressure existing higher than critical value, described Part II comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member opens to discharge beverage medium.
50. cylinders as claimed in claim 36, is characterized in that, described Part II comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member is removable by the outside power of described cylinder.
51. cylinders as claimed in claim 36, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described will form beverage.
52. cylinders as claimed in claim 36, is characterized in that, described gas source is the zeolite loading.
53. cylinders as claimed in claim 36, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
54. cylinders as claimed in claim 36, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
55. 1 kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises first, second, and third part being separated from each other, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, described Part II comprises for mixing to form the beverage medium of beverage with beverage precursor liquid, and described Part III is arranged to reception from the beverage medium of described Part II and receives precursor liquids, so that described precursor liquids and described beverage medium are mixed.
56. cylinders as claimed in claim 55, is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have entrance and exit, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described entrance, and gas is discharged described container to be dissolved in described precursor liquids by described outlet.
57. cylinders as claimed in claim 56, is characterized in that, described entrance and exit is positioned on the top of described container.
58. cylinders as claimed in claim 55, is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have outlet, and described beverage medium enters described Part III to mix with described precursor liquids by described outlet from described Part II.
59. cylinders as claimed in claim 58, is characterized in that, the described outlet of described Part II has the closure member of opening by the pressure in described Part II.
60. cylinders as claimed in claim 55, is characterized in that, also comprise: the lid at first, second, and third part top described in hermetically closing.
61. cylinders as claimed in claim 60, is characterized in that, described lid can be pierced through by drink manufacturing machine, to form the entrance that enters described first, second or Part III.
62. cylinders as claimed in claim 60, it is characterized in that, also comprise: pierce through element, described in pierce through element and be attached to described container, and removable to pierce through described lid, thereby form the entrance that enters described Part I and the entrance that enters described Part II.
63. cylinders as claimed in claim 62, is characterized in that, described in pierce through element and pierce through described lid to form the outlet that is discharged gas by described gas source.
64. cylinders as claimed in claim 62, is characterized in that, described in pierce through arrangements of elements and become to pierce through described lid to form the entrance that enters described Part III, to allow precursor liquids to enter described Part III.
65. as described in claim 64 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described in pierce through arrangements of elements become by precursor liquids introduce described second and Part III in so that described beverage medium is mixed in described Part III with described precursor liquids.
66. cylinders as claimed in claim 62, it is characterized in that, also comprise: locking member, described in described locking member prevents, pierce through elements relative in the movement of described container to pierce through described lid, the movement of piercing through element described in wherein said locking member is arranged to unclamp to allow.
67. as described in claim 66 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described locking member comprises loop section or pulling-on piece part, described loop section or pulling-on piece part from described pierce through element or container removable, to unclamp described locking member.
68. cylinders as claimed in claim 55, is characterized in that, described Part III is around described the first and second parts.
69. cylinders as claimed in claim 55, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described will form beverage.
70. cylinders as claimed in claim 55, is characterized in that, described gas source is the zeolite loading.
71. cylinders as claimed in claim 55, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
72. cylinders as claimed in claim 55, is characterized in that, described Part II comprises displaceable element, and described displaceable element is removable to force beverage medium to enter described Part III from described Part II.
73. as described in claim 72 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described displaceable element comprises barrier material layer.
74. as described in claim 73 cylinder, it is characterized in that, the bladder that described Part II is formed by barrier material layer limits.
75. as described in claim 74 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described barrier material layer is arranged in the time that power is applied to described Part II, open and allow beverage medium to enter described Part III.
76. cylinders as claimed in claim 55, is characterized in that, described Part II is positioned on described Part III, and described Part I is around at least a portion of described Part III.
77. cylinders as claimed in claim 55, is characterized in that, described Part III comprises funnel shaped.
78. cylinders as claimed in claim 55, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
79. cylinders as claimed in claim 55, is characterized in that, described gas source is arranged to emit the gas that is applicable to form carbonated beverages, and described carbonated beverages has volume between 100-1000ml and about 1 to 5 carbonating degree.
80. 1 kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises the first and second parts that are separated from each other, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, described Part II comprises for mixing to form the beverage medium of beverage with beverage precursor liquid, and described the first and second parts are sealed with respect to external environment condition; And

Moveable part, described moveable part is attached to described container, described moveable part is removable with respect to described container, to open described first and/or Part II, to activate the activation of described gas source or to emit gas from described Part I, and/or for inserting the liquid into or allow beverage medium to discharge described Part II.
81. as described in claim 80 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described moveable part is arranged to form the entrance in described container and forms outlet, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described entrance, and gas is discharged described container to be dissolved in described precursor liquids by described outlet.
82. as described in claim 81 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described moveable part is positioned at the top of described container, and described entrance and exit is positioned at the top of described container.
83. cylinders as described in claim 80, is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have outlet, and described beverage medium is discharged described Part II to mix with described precursor liquids by described outlet.
84. as described in claim 83 cylinder, it is characterized in that, the described outlet of described Part II has the closure member of opening by the pressure in described Part II.
85. as described in claim 80 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise the top of described first and second parts of hermetically closing.
86. cylinders as described in claim 85, is characterized in that, described lid can be pierced through by described moveable part, enter described first or the entrance of Part II to form.
87. as described in claim 85 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described moveable part comprises and pierces through element, described in pierce through element and be attached to described container, and removable to pierce through described lid, thereby form the entrance that enters described Part I and the entrance that enters described Part II.
88. cylinders as described in claim 87, is characterized in that, described in pierce through element pierce through described lid with the outlet that forms described Part I to discharge gas by described gas source.
89. as described in claim 87 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: Part III, described Part III is arranged to receive the beverage medium from described Part II, and receive precursor liquids so that described beverage medium and precursor liquids are mixed, and the wherein said arrangements of elements that pierces through becomes to pierce through described lid, to form the entrance that enters described Part III to allow precursor liquids to enter described Part III.
90. as described in claim 89 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described in pierce through arrangements of elements become by precursor liquids introduce described second and Part III in so that described beverage medium is mixed in described Part III with described precursor liquids.
91. as described in claim 80 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: locking member, described locking member is arranged to prevent the movement of described moveable part with respect to described container, to open described the first and second parts, to activate described gas source or to emit gas from described Part I, and for inserting the liquid into or allow described beverage medium to discharge described Part II.
92. as described in claim 91 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described locking member comprises loop section or pulling-on piece part, described loop section or pulling-on piece part from described pierce through element or container removable, to unclamp described locking member.
93. cylinders as described in claim 80, is characterized in that, described Part II comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member is removable by the power of described cylinder outside.
94. cylinders as described in claim 80, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described cylinder will form beverage.
95. as described in claim 80 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source be load zeolite.
96. as described in claim 80 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
97. cylinders as described in claim 80, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
98. cylinders as described in claim 80, is characterized in that, described gas source is arranged to emit the gas that is applicable to form carbonated beverages, and described carbonated beverages has volume between 100-1000ml and about 1 to 5 carbonating degree.
99. 1 kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises the first and second parts that are separated from each other, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, and described Part II comprises for mixing to form the beverage medium of beverage with beverage precursor liquid;

Moveable part, described moveable part is attached to described container, and described moveable part is removable with respect to described container, so that described cylinder is configured for forming beverage; And

Locking member, described locking member prevents the movement of described moveable part, so that described cylinder is configured for forming beverage, described locking member can be unclamped by user.
100. as described in claim 99 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described moveable part activates described gas source or emits gas from described Part I with respect to mobile permission of described container, and allows to insert the liquid into or allow described beverage medium to discharge described Part II.
101. as described in claim 99 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described moveable part is formed on the entrance in described container with respect to the movement of described container, and formation outlet, can provide fluid to activate described gas source by the described entrance of described container, gas is discharged described container by described outlet, to be dissolved in described precursor liquids.
102. cylinders as described in claim 99, is characterized in that, described moveable part, with respect to the mobile entrance that forms described container of described container, can be introduced precursor liquids to mix with described beverage medium by the described entrance of described container.
103. as described in claim 102 cylinder, it is characterized in that, the described outlet of described Part II has the closure member of opening by the pressure in described Part II.
104. as described in claim 99 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: the lid at the first and second part tops described in hermetically closing.
105. cylinders as described in claim 104, is characterized in that, described lid can be pierced through by described moveable part, enter described first or the entrance of Part II to form.
106. cylinders as described in claim 104, is characterized in that, described moveable part comprises and pierce through element, described in to pierce through element removable to pierce through described lid, thereby form the entrance that enters described Part I and the entrance that enters described Part II.
107. cylinders as described in claim 106, is characterized in that, described in pierce through element pierce through described lid with the outlet that forms described Part I to discharge gas by described gas source.
108. as described in claim 106 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: Part III, described Part III is configured to receive the beverage medium from described Part II, and receive precursor liquids so that described beverage medium and precursor liquids are mixed, and the wherein said arrangements of elements that pierces through becomes to pierce through described lid, the entrance that enters described Part III to form allows precursor liquids to enter described Part III.
109. as described in claim 108 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described in pierce through arrangements of elements become by precursor liquids introduce described second and Part III in so that described beverage medium is mixed in described Part III with described precursor liquids.
110. as described in claim 106 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described in described locking member is arranged to prevent, pierce through elements relative and move in described lid.
111. as described in claim 99 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described locking member comprises loop section or pulling-on piece part, described loop section or pulling-on piece part are removable from described moveable part, to unclamp described locking member.
112. cylinders as described in claim 99, is characterized in that, described Part II comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member is removable by the power of described cylinder outside, to allow beverage medium to discharge described Part II.
113. cylinders as described in claim 99, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described cylinder will form beverage.
114. as described in claim 99 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source be load zeolite.
115. as described in claim 99 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
116. cylinders as described in claim 99, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
117. cylinders as described in claim 99, is characterized in that, described gas source is arranged to emit the gas that is applicable to form carbonated beverages, and described carbonated beverages has volume between 100-1000ml and about 1 to 5 carbonating degree.
118. one kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises first, second, and third part being separated from each other, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, described Part II comprises for mixing to form the beverage medium of beverage with beverage precursor liquid, and Part III is configured to receive from the beverage medium of described Part II and receives precursor liquids, so that described precursor liquids and described beverage medium are mixed;

Wherein, described cylinder is arranged to the Part I of precursor liquids to receive in described Part II, to mix with described beverage medium, thereby the Part I of the precursor liquids mixing and beverage medium enter described Part III, and described cylinder is arranged to the Part II of precursor liquids directly to receive in described Part III, mixes with Part I and beverage medium with the precursor liquids mixing in described Part III.
119. cylinders as described in claim 118, is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have entrance and exit, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described entrance, and gas is discharged described container to be dissolved in described precursor liquids by described outlet.
120. cylinders as described in claim 119, is characterized in that, described entrance and exit is positioned on the top of described container and is same opening.
121. cylinders as described in claim 118, is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have outlet, and described beverage medium enters described Part III to mix with described precursor liquids by described outlet from described Part II.
122. as described in claim 121 cylinder, it is characterized in that, the described outlet of described Part II has the closure member of opening by the pressure in described Part II.
123. as described in claim 118 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: the lid at first, second, and third part top described in hermetically closing.
124. cylinders as described in claim 123, is characterized in that, described lid can be pierced through by drink manufacturing machine, to form the entrance that enters described first, second or Part III.
125. as described in claim 123 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: pierce through element, described in pierce through element and be attached to described container, and removable to pierce through described lid, thereby form the entrance that enters described Part I and the entrance that enters described Part II.
126. cylinders as described in claim 125, is characterized in that, described in pierce through element and pierce through described lid to form the outlet that is discharged gas by described gas source.
127. cylinders as described in claim 125, is characterized in that, described in pierce through arrangements of elements and become to pierce through described lid and enter the entrance of described Part III to form, to allow precursor liquids directly to enter described Part III.
128. as described in claim 127 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described in pierce through arrangements of elements become by precursor liquids introduce described second and Part III in so that described beverage medium is mixed in described Part III with described precursor liquids.
129. as described in claim 125 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: locking member, described in described locking member prevents, pierce through elements relative in the movement of described container to pierce through described lid, the movement of piercing through element described in wherein said locking member is arranged to unclamp to allow.
130. as described in claim 129 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described locking member comprises loop section, described loop section from described pierce through element or container removable, to unclamp described locking member.
131. cylinders as described in claim 118, is characterized in that, described Part II by described Part III around, and described Part III comprises funnel shaped.
132. cylinders as described in claim 118, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described cylinder will form beverage.
133. as described in claim 118 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source be load zeolite.
134. as described in claim 118 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
135. as described in claim 118 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described Part I is located around described Part III, and described Part III is located around described Part II.
136. cylinders as described in claim 118, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
137. cylinders as described in claim 118, is characterized in that, described gas source is arranged to emit the gas that is applicable to form carbonated beverages, and described carbonated beverages has volume between 100-1000ml and about 1 to 5 carbonating degree.
138. one kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises the beverage medium part and the mixing chamber's part that are separated from each other, described beverage medium part comprises for mixing to form the beverage medium of beverage with beverage precursor liquid, described mixing chamber part is constructed and is arranged to for described beverage medium is mixed to form beverage with precursor liquids, and described mixing chamber part is arranged to have for precursor liquids being received to the multiple entrances in described mixing chamber part.
139. as described in claim 138 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: gas source part, described gas source part comprises the gas source for emitting the gas to precursor liquids to be dissolved.
140. cylinders as described in claim 139, is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have entrance and exit, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described entrance, and gas is discharged described container to be dissolved in described precursor liquids by described outlet.
141. as described in claim 140 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described entrance and exit is positioned on the top of described container.
142. cylinders as described in claim 138, is characterized in that, also comprise: lid, described sealing of lid is closed the top of described beverage medium part and described mixing chamber part.
143. cylinders as described in claim 142, is characterized in that, described lid can be pierced through by drink manufacturing machine, to form the multiple entrances that enter described mixing chamber part.
144. cylinders as described in claim 142, is characterized in that, also comprise: pierce through element, described in pierce through element and be attached to described container removable, to pierce through lid to form the multiple entrances that enter described mixing chamber part.
145. cylinders as described in claim 144, is characterized in that, described in pierce through element and pierce through described lid, to form the entrance that enters described beverage medium part, precursor liquids is introduced to described beverage medium part.
146. cylinders as described in claim 138, is characterized in that, described mixing chamber part is around described beverage medium part.
147. cylinders as described in claim 138, is characterized in that, described mixing chamber part is positioned at described beverage medium part below.
148. cylinders as described in claim 138, is characterized in that, described beverage medium part comprises outlet closure member, and while existing higher than the pressure of critical value in described beverage medium part, described outlet closure member opens to discharge beverage medium.
149. cylinders as described in claim 138, is characterized in that, described beverage medium part comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member can be opened by the outside power of described cylinder.
150. cylinders as described in claim 138, is characterized in that, described mixing chamber part comprises funnel shaped.
151. cylinders as described in claim 138, is characterized in that, enter the entrance of described mixing chamber part and the outlet adjacent positioned of described beverage medium part, beverage medium enters described mixing chamber part from described beverage medium part.
152. as described in claim 138 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described beverage medium part comprises wall, described wall is removable so that beverage medium is discharged from described beverage medium part, and enters described mixing chamber part.
153. as described in claim 152 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described wall comprises barrier material layer.
154. as described in claim 152 cylinder, it is characterized in that, the bladder that described beverage medium part is formed by barrier material layer limits.
155. as described in claim 154 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described barrier material layer is arranged in the time that power is applied to barrier material, open and allow beverage medium to discharge described Part II.
156. cylinders as described in claim 155, is characterized in that, described cylinder comprises and pierce through element, in the time that power is applied to described barrier material, described in pierce through element and open described Part II.
157. cylinders as described in claim 138, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described cylinder will form beverage.
158. as described in claim 138 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: gas source part, described gas source part comprises the gas source for emitting the gas to precursor liquids to be dissolved, wherein said gas source be load zeolite.
159. as described in claim 158 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source part seals with respect to external environment condition, and described gas source part comprises the carbon dioxide source that is solid-state form, described carbon dioxide source is arranged to emit carbon dioxide for mixing to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
160. as described in claim 138 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: gas source part, described gas source part comprises the gas source for emitting the gas to precursor liquids to be dissolved, wherein said gas source part seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described gas source part, the pressure in described gas source part is less than 100psi.
161. one kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises the first and second parts that are separated from each other, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, and described Part II comprises the beverage medium for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids; Described beverage medium is discharged described container via beverage medium outlet,

Wherein, described gas vent and the outlet of described beverage medium are positioned in the same side of described container.
162. as described in claim 161 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container has activator entrance, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described activator entrance, and wherein said activator entrance and described gas vent and described beverage medium export on the same side of described container.
163. as described in claim 161 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container has precursor liquids entrance, precursor liquids is introduced described container by described precursor liquids entrance, to mix with described beverage medium, wherein said precursor liquids entrance and described gas vent and the outlet of described beverage medium are positioned on the same side of described container.
164. as described in claim 163 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container has activator entrance, provide fluid to activate described gas source by described activator entrance, and wherein said activator entrance and described gas vent, the outlet of described beverage medium and described precursor liquids entrance are on the same side of described container.
165. cylinders as described in claim 164, is characterized in that, the outlet of described gas vent, described beverage medium, described activator entrance and described precursor liquids entrance are positioned on the bottom side of described container.
166. cylinders as described in claim 161, is characterized in that, described Part II is arranged to allow beverage medium to have to be describedly forced to from described Part II out with outside power, and exports by described beverage medium.
167. cylinders as described in claim 166, is characterized in that, described Part II is limited by flexible pouch at least in part, and described flexible pouch is arranged to allow the described bag of extruding, to force beverage medium to export by described beverage medium.
168. as described in claim 161 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container has precursor liquids entrance, precursor liquids is introduced in described Part II to mix with described beverage medium by described precursor liquids entrance, described precursor liquids entrance comprises the perforated conduit that extends into described Part II, and described perforated conduit is arranged in multiple positions, precursor liquids is being introduced to described Part II along described conduit.
169. cylinders as described in claim 161, is characterized in that, described container comprises in pairs relative barrier layer, and described relative barrier layer in pairs links together to form described the first and second parts.
170. cylinders as described in claim 169, is characterized in that, described container comprises insert, and described insert limits the outlet of described gas vent and described beverage medium, and is attached to described barrier layer.
171. as described in claim 169 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described barrier layer is to link together in the mode of limiting filter device in described Part I.
172. as described in claim 171 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source comprises the zeolite granular of loading, and described filter cloth is set to the gas source part extremely movement of the gas vent part of described Part I of the described particle of prevention from described Part I.
173. as described in claim 172 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas vent comprises conduit, described conduit from described gas vent extend through the described gas source part of described Part I, by described filter and extend to the described gas vent part of described Part I.
174. as described in claim 173 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described conduit comprises conduit filter, to filter the gas that exports described gas vent from described gas vent part to.
175. as described in claim 169 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described barrier layer comprises flex foil layer overlapping piece.
176. cylinders as described in claim 161, is characterized in that, the outlet of described gas vent and beverage medium be close and can pierce through, to open described gas vent and the outlet of described beverage medium.
177. cylinders as described in claim 161, is characterized in that, the outlet of described gas vent and beverage medium respectively comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member is removable by the power of described cylinder outside.
178. cylinders as described in claim 161, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described cylinder will form beverage.
179. as described in claim 161 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
180. cylinders as described in claim 161, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
181. one kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises the first and second parts that are separated from each other, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas vent gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved by described container, described Part II comprises for mixing to form the beverage medium of beverage with precursor liquids and having precursor liquids entrance and beverage medium outlet, described precursor liquids entrance is for introducing described Part II by precursor liquids, the beverage medium mixing and precursor liquids are discharged described Part II by described beverage medium outlet

Wherein said precursor liquids entrance comprises conduit, and described conduit has the multiple openings that extend into described Part II, and described conduit is arranged in multiple positions, precursor liquids is being introduced to described Part II along described pipeline.
182. as described in claim 181 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container has activator entrance, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described activator entrance.
183. cylinders as described in claim 181, is characterized in that, described precursor liquids entrance and described gas vent and described beverage medium export and be positioned on the same side of described container.
184. as described in claim 183 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container has activator entrance, provide fluid to activate described gas source by described activator entrance, and wherein said activator entrance and described gas vent, the outlet of described beverage medium and described precursor liquids entrance are on the same side of described container.
185. cylinders as described in claim 184, is characterized in that, the outlet of described gas vent, described beverage medium, described activator entrance and described precursor liquids entrance are positioned on the bottom side of described container.
186. cylinders as described in claim 181, is characterized in that, described Part II is arranged to allow beverage medium to have to be describedly forced to from described Part II out with outside power, and exports by described beverage medium.
187. cylinders as described in claim 186, is characterized in that, described Part II is limited by flexible pouch at least in part, and described flexible pouch is arranged to allow the described bag of extruding, to force beverage medium to export by described beverage medium.
188. cylinders as described in claim 181, is characterized in that, described container comprises in pairs relative barrier layer, and described relative barrier layer in pairs links together to form described the first and second parts.
189. cylinders as described in claim 188, is characterized in that, described container comprises insert, and described insert limits the outlet of described gas vent and described beverage medium, and is attached to described barrier layer.
190. as described in claim 188 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described barrier layer is to link together in the mode of limiting filter device in described Part I.
191. as described in claim 190 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source comprises the zeolite granular of loading, and described filter cloth is set to the gas source part extremely movement of the gas vent part of described Part II of the described particle of prevention from described Part II.
192. as described in claim 191 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas vent comprises conduit, described conduit from described gas vent extend through the described gas source part of described Part II, by described filter and extend to the described gas vent part of described Part II.
193. as described in claim 192 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described conduit comprises conduit filter, to filter the gas that exports described gas vent from described gas vent part to.
194. as described in claim 188 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described barrier layer comprises flex foil layer overlapping piece.
195. cylinders as described in claim 181, is characterized in that, the outlet of described gas vent and beverage medium be close and can pierce through, to open described gas vent and the outlet of described beverage medium.
196. cylinders as described in claim 181, is characterized in that, the outlet of described gas vent and beverage medium respectively comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member is removable by the power of described cylinder outside.
197. cylinders as described in claim 181, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described cylinder will form beverage.
198. as described in claim 181 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
199. cylinders as described in claim 181, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
200. one kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, what described container was separated from each other comprises the first and second parts, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas vent gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved by described container, described gas vent has from described container bottom and extends near the delivery channel top of described container, described Part II comprises beverage medium and the beverage medium outlet for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids, and beverage medium is discharged described Part II by described beverage medium outlet.
201. as described in claim 200 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container has activator entrance, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described activator entrance.
202. cylinders as described in claim 200, is characterized in that, described Part II comprises precursor liquids entrance, and described precursor liquids entrance is for introducing described Part II by precursor liquids.
203. as described in claim 202 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container has activator entrance, provide fluid to activate described gas source by described activator entrance, and wherein said activator entrance and described gas vent, the outlet of described beverage medium and described precursor liquids entrance are positioned on the same side of described container.
204. cylinders as described in claim 203, is characterized in that, the outlet of described gas vent, described beverage medium, described activator entrance and described precursor liquids entrance are positioned on the bottom side of described container.
205. cylinders as described in claim 200, is characterized in that, described Part II is arranged to allow beverage medium to have to be describedly forced to from described Part II out with outside power, and exports by described beverage medium.
206. cylinders as described in claim 205, is characterized in that, described Part II is limited by flexible pouch at least in part, and described flexible pouch is arranged to allow the described bag of extruding, to force beverage medium to export by described beverage medium.
207. cylinders as described in claim 200, is characterized in that, described container comprises in pairs relative barrier layer, and described relative barrier layer in pairs links together to form described the first and second parts.
208. cylinders as described in claim 207, is characterized in that, described container comprises insert, and described insert limits the outlet of described gas vent and described beverage medium, and is attached to described barrier layer.
209. as described in claim 207 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described barrier layer is to link together in the mode of limiting filter device in described Part I.
210. as described in claim 209 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source comprises the zeolite granular of loading, and described filter cloth is set to the gas source part extremely movement of the gas vent part of described Part II of the described particle of prevention from described Part II.
211. as described in claim 210 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas vent comprises conduit, described conduit from described gas vent extend through the described gas source part of described Part II, by described filter and extend to the described gas vent part of described Part II.
212. as described in claim 211 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described conduit comprises conduit filter, to filter the gas that exports described gas vent from described gas vent part to.
213. as described in claim 207 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described barrier layer comprises flex foil layer overlapping piece.
214. cylinders as described in claim 200, is characterized in that, the outlet of described gas vent and beverage medium be close and can pierce through, to open described gas vent and the outlet of described beverage medium.
215. cylinders as described in claim 200, is characterized in that, the outlet of described gas vent and beverage medium respectively comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member is removable by the power of described cylinder outside.
216. cylinders as described in claim 200, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described cylinder will form beverage.
217. as described in claim 200 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
218. cylinders as described in claim 200, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
219. as described in claim 200 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described Part II comprises the precursor liquids entrance for precursor liquids being introduced to described Part II, and wherein said precursor liquids entrance comprises the perforated conduit extending in described Part II, described perforated conduit is arranged to precursor liquids is being introduced in described Part II in multiple positions along described conduit.
220. one kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises the first and second parts that are separated from each other, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas vent gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved by described container, described Part II comprises beverage medium and the beverage medium outlet for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids, beverage medium is exported and is discharged described Part II by beverage medium

Wherein said container comprises paired barrier layer, described paired barrier layer links together to form at least a portion of Part I, described barrier layer links together with the pattern of limiting filter device in described Part I, and the filter in described Part I separates the gas source part of described Part I and the gas vent part of described Part I.
221. as described in claim 220 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container has activator entrance, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described activator entrance.
222. cylinders as described in claim 220, is characterized in that, described Part II comprises precursor liquids entrance, and described precursor liquids entrance is for introducing described Part II by precursor liquids.
223. as described in claim 222 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container has activator entrance, provide fluid to activate described gas source by described activator entrance, and wherein said activator entrance and described gas vent, the outlet of described beverage medium and described precursor liquids entrance are on the same side of described container.
224. cylinders as described in claim 223, is characterized in that, the outlet of described gas vent, described beverage medium, described activator entrance and described precursor liquids entrance are positioned on the bottom side of described container.
225. cylinders as described in claim 220, is characterized in that, described Part II is arranged to allow beverage medium to have to be describedly forced to from described Part II out with outside power, and exports by described beverage medium.
226. cylinders as described in claim 225, is characterized in that, described Part II is limited by flexible pouch at least in part, and described flexible pouch is arranged to allow the described bag of extruding, to force beverage medium to export by described beverage medium.
227. as described in claim 220 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described paired barrier material layer, described paired barrier material layer links together to form described the first and second parts.
228. cylinders as described in claim 227, is characterized in that, described container comprises insert, and described insert limits the outlet of described gas vent and described beverage medium, and is attached to described barrier layer.
229. cylinders as described in claim 220, is characterized in that, described pattern comprises the array in the region that described barrier layer combines, and the position that described region does not combine by described barrier layer separately.
230. as described in claim 229 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source comprises the zeolite granular of loading, and described filter cloth is set to the gas source part extremely movement of the gas vent part of described Part II of the described particle of prevention from described Part II.
231. as described in claim 230 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas vent comprises conduit, described conduit from described gas vent extend through the described gas source part of described Part II, by described filter and extend to the described gas vent part of described Part II.
232. as described in claim 231 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described conduit comprises conduit filter, to filter the gas that exports described gas vent from described gas vent part to.
233. as described in claim 227 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described barrier layer comprises flex foil layer overlapping piece, and described cylinder also comprises and is attached in the porous filter elements so that gas source part and the gas vent part of the described Part I of described are separated between described barrier layer.
234. cylinders as described in claim 220, is characterized in that, the outlet of described gas vent and beverage medium be close and can pierce through, to open described gas vent and the outlet of described beverage medium.
235. cylinders as described in claim 220, is characterized in that, the outlet of described gas vent and beverage medium respectively comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member can be opened by the outside power of described cylinder.
236. cylinders as described in claim 220, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described cylinder will form beverage.
237. as described in claim 220 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
238. cylinders as described in claim 220, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
239. as described in claim 220 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described Part II comprises the precursor liquids entrance for precursor liquids being introduced to described Part II, and wherein said precursor liquids entrance comprises the perforated conduit extending in described Part II, described perforated conduit is arranged to precursor liquids is being introduced in described Part II in multiple positions along described conduit.
240. one kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises the first and second parts that are separated from each other, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, and for fluid being introduced to described Part I to activate described gas source to emit the activator entrance of gas, described activation entrance comprises the conduit that described fluid is guided to the bottom of described Part I, and described Part II comprises the beverage medium for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids.
241. as described in claim 240 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described activator entrance extends to the bottom of described Part I from the top of described container.
242. as described in claim 241 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have gas vent, and the gas of being emitted by described gas source is discharged described Part I by described gas vent, and wherein said activator entrance and described gas vent are positioned on the top of described container.
243. as described in claim 240 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container comprises Part III, described Part III is arranged to receive the beverage medium from described Part II, and receive precursor liquids so that described precursor liquids and beverage medium are mixed, and wherein said container arrangement becomes to have the outlet from described Part II, and beverage medium enters described Part III by the outlet of described Part II, to mix with described precursor liquids.
244. as described in claim 243 cylinder, it is characterized in that, the described outlet of described Part II has the closure member of opening by the pressure in described Part II.
245. as described in claim 240 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: the lid at Part I or Part II top described in hermetically closing.
246. cylinders as described in claim 245, is characterized in that, described lid can be pierced through by drink manufacturing machine, enter described first or the entrance of Part II to form.
247. as described in claim 245 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: pierce through element, described in pierce through element and be attached to described container, and removable to pierce through described lid, thereby form the entrance that enters described Part I and the entrance that enters described Part II.
248. cylinders as described in claim 247, is characterized in that, described in pierce through element and pierce through described lid to form the outlet that is discharged gas by described gas source.
249. as described in claim 247 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container comprises Part III, described Part III is arranged to receive the beverage medium from described Part II, and receive precursor liquids so that described precursor liquids and described beverage medium are mixed, and the wherein said arrangements of elements that pierces through becomes to pierce through described lid, to form the entrance that enters described Part III to allow precursor liquids to enter described Part III.
250. as described in claim 249 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described in pierce through arrangements of elements become by precursor liquids introduce described second and Part III in so that described beverage medium is mixed in described Part III with described precursor liquids.
251. as described in claim 247 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: locking member, described in described locking member prevents, pierce through elements relative in the movement of described container to pierce through described lid, the movement of piercing through element described in wherein said locking member is arranged to unclamp to allow.
252. as described in claim 251 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described locking member comprises removable portion, described removable portion from described pierce through element or container removable, to unclamp described locking member.
253. cylinders as described in claim 240, is characterized in that, described Part II comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member is removable by the power of described cylinder outside.
254. cylinders as described in claim 240, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described cylinder will form beverage.
255. as described in claim 240 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source be load zeolite.
256. as described in claim 240 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
257. as described in claim 240 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described Part II comprises displaceable element, described displaceable element is removable to force beverage medium to enter described Part III from described Part II.
258. as described in claim 240 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described Part II comprises helix or other zigzag path, and described helix or other zigzag path comprise beverage medium and are arranged to described beverage medium is mixed with the precursor liquids of introducing described zigzag path.
259. cylinders as described in claim 258, is characterized in that, described Part I is positioned at described Part II top.
260. cylinders as described in claim 240, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
261. cylinders as described in claim 240, is characterized in that, described gas source is arranged to emit the gas that is applicable to form carbonated beverages, and described carbonated beverages has volume between 100-1000ml and about 1 to 5 carbonating degree.
262. one kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises the first and second parts that are separated from each other, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, described Part II comprises the beverage medium for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids, described Part II includes an inlet and an outlet, described entrance is for introducing precursor liquids the precursor liquids of described Part II, the beverage medium mixing and precursor liquids are discharged described Part II by described outlet, described Part II comprises helix, scroll, serration or other the tortuous stream that comprises beverage medium, described beverage medium is mixed with the precursor liquids that guides to described tortuous stream from described precursor liquids entrance.
263. as described in claim 262 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have activator entrance and gas vent, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described activator entrance, and gas is discharged described container to be dissolved in described precursor liquids by described gas vent.
264. as described in claim 263 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described activator entrance and described gas vent are positioned on the top of described container.
265. cylinders as described in claim 262, is characterized in that, described container comprises Part III, and described Part III is arranged to receive from the beverage medium of described Part II, so that described precursor liquids is mixed with described beverage medium.
266. as described in claim 265 cylinder, it is characterized in that, the described outlet of described Part II has the closure member of opening by the pressure in described Part II.
267. as described in claim 262 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: the lid at Part I or Part II top described in hermetically closing.
268. cylinders as described in claim 267, is characterized in that, described lid can be pierced through by drink manufacturing machine, enter described first or the entrance of Part II to form.
269. as described in claim 267 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: pierce through element, described in pierce through element and be attached to described container, and removable to pierce through described lid, thereby form the entrance that enters described Part I and the entrance that enters described Part II.
270. cylinders as described in claim 269, is characterized in that, described in pierce through element and pierce through described lid to form the outlet that is discharged gas by described gas source.
271. as described in claim 269 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container comprises Part III, described Part III is arranged to receive the beverage medium from described Part II, and receive precursor liquids so that described precursor liquids and described beverage medium are mixed, and the wherein said arrangements of elements that pierces through becomes to pierce through described lid, to form the entrance that enters described Part III to allow precursor liquids to enter described Part III.
272. as described in claim 271 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described in pierce through arrangements of elements become by precursor liquids introduce described second and Part III in so that described beverage medium is mixed in described Part III with described precursor liquids.
273. as described in claim 269 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: locking member, described in described locking member prevents, pierce through elements relative in the movement of described container to pierce through described lid, the movement of piercing through element described in wherein said locking member is arranged to unclamp to allow.
274. cylinders as described in claim 262, is characterized in that, described Part II comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member is removable by the power of described cylinder outside.
275. cylinders as described in claim 262, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described cylinder will form beverage.
276. as described in claim 262 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source be load zeolite.
277. as described in claim 262 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
278. cylinders as described in claim 262, is characterized in that, described Part I is positioned at described Part II top.
279. cylinders as described in claim 262, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
280. cylinders as described in claim 262, is characterized in that, described gas source is arranged to emit the gas that is applicable to form carbonated beverages, and described carbonated beverages has volume between 100-1000ml and about 1 to 5 carbonating degree.
281. as described in claim 262 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: sleeve, described sleeve covers the outside face of described the first and second parts, and described the first and second parts are linked together.
282. one kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises the first and second parts that are separated from each other, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, described Part II comprises the beverage medium for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids, described Part II comprises outlet, beverage medium is discharged described Part II by described outlet, wherein said Part I is removable with respect to described Part II, to force beverage medium to discharge described Part II by the outlet of described Part II.
283. as described in claim 282 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have activator entrance and gas vent, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described activator entrance, and gas is discharged described container to be dissolved in described precursor liquids by described gas vent.
284. cylinders as described in claim 283, is characterized in that, described activator entrance and described gas vent are positioned on the top of described container and have public opening.
285. cylinders as described in claim 282, is characterized in that, described container comprises Part III, and described Part III is arranged to receive from the beverage medium of described Part II, so that precursor liquids is mixed with described beverage medium.
286. as described in claim 285 cylinder, it is characterized in that, the described outlet of described Part II has the closure member of opening by the pressure in described Part II.
287. as described in claim 282 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: the lid at Part I or Part II top described in hermetically closing.
288. cylinders as described in claim 287, is characterized in that, described lid can be pierced through by drink manufacturing machine, enter described first or the entrance of Part II to open.
289. cylinders as described in claim 282, is characterized in that, described Part II comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member is removable by the power of described cylinder outside.
290. cylinders as described in claim 282, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described cylinder will form beverage.
291. as described in claim 282 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source be load zeolite.
292. as described in claim 282 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
293. cylinders as described in claim 282, is characterized in that, described Part I is positioned at described Part II top.
294. cylinders as described in claim 282, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
295. cylinders as described in claim 282, is characterized in that, described gas source is arranged to emit the gas that is applicable to form carbonated beverages, and described carbonated beverages has volume between 100-1000ml and about 1 to 5 carbonating degree.
296. as described in claim 282 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described Part I is limited by the first chamber wall at least in part, and described Part II is limited by the second chamber wall that limits second space at least in part, wherein said the first chamber wall is received in described second space, and removable with respect to described the second chamber wall, discharge beverage medium with the described Part II from described cylinder.
297. as described in claim 296 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described the first and second chamber walls have cup-shape, and described the first chamber wall is received in the described second space being limited by described the second chamber wall at least in part.
298. as described in claim 297 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: Part III, described Part III is arranged to receive precursor liquids and the beverage medium from described Part II, so that described beverage medium and precursor liquids are mixed, wherein, described Part II is positioned in described Part III.
299. cylinders as described in claim 298, is characterized in that, described Part III comprises funnel shaped and/or blade, passage or strengthens beverage medium and further feature that precursor liquids is mixed.
300. buckets as described in claim 298, is characterized in that, comprise that the entrance that enters described Part III is to receive precursor liquids.
301. cylinders as described in claim 296, is characterized in that, described the first chamber wall forms plunger in described second space, to force beverage medium to the described outlet of described Part II.
302. one kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises Part I, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved; And

Fluid control, described fluid control is attached to described container and is arranged to control and activates the flow that fluid enters described, to activate described gas source to emit gas.
303. as described in claim 302 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: Part II, described Part II comprises beverage medium, described beverage medium is arranged to mix to form beverage with Liquid precursor.
304. cylinders as described in claim 302, is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have entrance and exit, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described entrance, and gas is discharged described container to be dissolved in described precursor liquids by described outlet.
305. as described in claim 304 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described entrance and exit is positioned on the top of described container.
306. cylinders as described in claim 303, is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have outlet, and described beverage medium is discharged described container to mix with described precursor liquids by described outlet.
307. as described in claim 303 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: the Part III between described the first and second parts, described Part III is around described Part II, and is arranged to receive precursor liquids and beverage medium so that described beverage medium and precursor liquids are mixed.
308. as described in claim 303 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: the lid at the first and second part tops described in hermetically closing.
309. cylinders as described in claim 308, is characterized in that, described lid can be pierced through by drink manufacturing machine, enter described first or the entrance of Part II to form.
310. as described in claim 308 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: pierce through element, described in pierce through element and be attached to described container, and removable to pierce through described lid, thereby form the entrance that enters described Part I and the entrance that enters described Part II.
311. cylinders as described in claim 308, is characterized in that, described in pierce through element and pierce through described lid to form the outlet that is discharged gas by described gas source.
312. as described in claim 308 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: the Part III between described the first and second parts, described Part III is around described Part II, and be arranged to receive precursor liquids and beverage medium, so that described beverage medium and precursor liquids are mixed, the wherein said arrangements of elements that pierces through becomes to pierce through described lid, to form the entrance that enters described Part III.
313. as described in claim 312 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described in pierce through arrangements of elements become by precursor liquids introduce described second and Part III in so that described beverage medium is mixed in described Part III with described precursor liquids.
314. cylinders as described in claim 303, is characterized in that, in the time existing higher than the pressure of critical value, described Part II comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member opens to discharge beverage medium.
315. cylinders as described in claim 303, is characterized in that, described Part II comprises outlet closure member, and described outlet closure member is removable by the power of described cylinder outside.
316. cylinders as described in claim 302, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described cylinder will form beverage.
317. as described in claim 302 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source be load zeolite.
318. as described in claim 303 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described the first and second parts seal with respect to external environment condition, and the carbon dioxide source that described Part I comprises solid-state form, the carbon dioxide source of described solid-state form is arranged to emit carbon dioxide in order to mix to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
319. cylinders as described in claim 303, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
320. as described in claim 302 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described flow controller comprises valve.
321. cylinders as described in claim 320, is characterized in that, described valve is by the controlled system of drink manufacturing machine, and described drink manufacturing machine is suitable for using described cylinder to form beverage.
322. cylinders as described in claim 320, is characterized in that, described valve is automatically controlled and activated fluid and flow into described cylinder, to keep suitable gaseous tension in described cylinder.
323. as described in claim 320 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described valve comprises the flexible portion of described container, the flexible portion of described container handles to open and close described valve by drink manufacturing machine.
324. cylinders as described in claim 323, is characterized in that, described flexible portion comprise towards with a part for relative barrier layer movably away from each other.
325. as described in claim 320 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described valve is pressure-modulation valve.
326. cylinders as described in claim 320, is characterized in that, described valve comprises door, and described door handles to open and close described valve by drink manufacturing machine.
327. one kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises Part I, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is emitted by the gas vent of described container and is dissolved in the gas in beverage precursor liquid, and described gas vent has from the bottom of described container and extends near the delivery channel top of described Part I.
328. as described in claim 327 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: Part II, described Part II comprises beverage medium and the beverage medium outlet for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids, and beverage medium is discharged described Part II by described beverage medium outlet.
329. as described in claim 327 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container comprises the barrier layer that is arranged to limit described Part I.
330. cylinders as described in claim 327, is characterized in that, described container has activator entrance, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described activator entrance, and described activator entrance guiding fluid is towards the bottom of described Part I.
331. as described in claim 328 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container has activator entrance, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described activator entrance, and wherein said activator entrance and described gas vent and the outlet of described beverage medium are positioned on the same side of described container.
332. as described in claim 331 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container has precursor liquids entrance, precursor liquids is introduced described container by described precursor liquids entrance, to mix with described beverage medium, wherein said precursor liquids entrance and described gas vent and the outlet of described beverage medium are positioned on the same side of described container.
333. as described in claim 327 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source comprises the zeolite granular of loading, and cylinder also comprises that filter, described filter cloth are set to the gas source part extremely movement of the gas vent part of described Part I of the described particle of prevention from described Part I.
334. as described in claim 333 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas vent comprises conduit, described conduit from described gas vent extend through the described gas source part of described Part I, by described filter and extend to the described gas vent part of described Part I.
335. cylinders as described in claim 327, is characterized in that, the volume of described container is less than the volume that uses described cylinder will form beverage.
336. cylinders as described in claim 327, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
337. one kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container, described container comprises Part I, described Part I air inclusion source, described gas source is used for emitting the gas vent gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved by described container,

Wherein said container comprises relative barrier layer in pairs, described relative barrier layer in pairs links together to form at least a portion of described Part I, described barrier layer links together with the pattern of limiting filter device in described Part I, and the filter in described Part I separates the gas source part of described Part I and the gas vent part of described Part I.
338. as described in claim 337 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container has activator entrance, provides fluid to activate described gas source by described activator entrance.
339. as described in claim 337 cylinder, it is characterized in that, also comprise: Part II, described Part II comprises beverage medium and the beverage medium outlet for mix to form beverage with precursor liquids, and beverage medium is discharged described Part II by described beverage medium outlet.
340. cylinders as described in claim 339, is characterized in that, described in pairs relative barrier material layer, and described relative barrier material layer in pairs links together to form described the first and second parts.
341. cylinders as described in claim 337, is characterized in that, described pattern comprises the array in the region that described barrier layer combines, and the position that described region does not combine by described barrier layer separately.
342. as described in claim 341 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas source comprises the zeolite granular of loading, and described filter cloth is set to the gas source part extremely movement of the gas vent part of described Part II of the described particle of prevention from described Part II.
343. as described in claim 342 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described gas vent comprises conduit, described conduit from described gas vent extend through the described gas source part of described Part II, by described filter and extend to the described gas vent part of described Part II.
344. as described in claim 337 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described barrier layer comprises flex foil layer overlapping piece.
345. cylinders as described in claim 337, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
346. one kinds are used to form the cylinder of beverage, comprise:

Container comprises Part I, described Part I air inclusion source and activator entrance, described gas source is for emitting the gas at beverage precursor liquid to be dissolved, described activator entrance is for fluid is introduced to described Part I to activate described gas source to emit gas, and described activator entrance comprises the conduit that described fluid is guided to the bottom of described Part I.
347. as described in claim 346 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described activator entrance extends to the bottom of described Part I from the top of described container.
348. as described in claim 347 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container arrangement becomes to have gas vent, and the gas of being emitted by described gas source is discharged described Part I by described gas vent, and wherein said activator entrance and described gas vent are positioned on the top of described container.
349. cylinders as described in claim 346, is characterized in that, also comprise: Part II, and described Part II comprises beverage medium, and described beverage medium is for mixing to form beverage with drink liquid precursor.
350. as described in claim 349 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described container comprises Part III, described Part III is arranged to receive the beverage medium from described Part II, and receive precursor liquids so that described precursor liquids and beverage medium are mixed, and wherein said container arrangement becomes to have the outlet from described Part II, and beverage medium enters described Part III by the outlet of described Part II, to mix with described precursor liquids.
351. as described in claim 346 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and described Part I comprises the carbon dioxide source that is solid-state form, described carbon dioxide source is arranged to emit carbon dioxide for mixing to form beverage with beverage precursor liquid.
352. as described in claim 346 cylinder, it is characterized in that, described Part II comprises displaceable element, described displaceable element is removable to force beverage medium to enter described Part III from described Part II.
353. cylinders as described in claim 346, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
354. cylinders as described in claim 346, is characterized in that, described gas source is arranged to emit the gas that is applicable to form carbonated beverages, and described carbonated beverages has volume between 100-1000ml and about 1 to 5 carbonating degree.
355. one kinds of beverages form system, comprising:

Beverage precursor liquid supplying apparatus, described beverage precursor liquid supplying apparatus is arranged to provide precursor liquids;

Single cylinder, described single cylinder has first and second parts, described first part air inclusion source, described gas source is arranged to emit the gas for being dissolved to beverage precursor liquid, and described second part comprises the beverage medium that is arranged to mix to form with precursor liquids beverage; And

Gas dissolution apparatus, described gas dissolution apparatus is arranged to the gas dissolution from described first part to described precursor liquids;

Wherein said system layout becomes precursor liquids is mixed to form beverage with described beverage medium.
356. systems as described in claim 355, is characterized in that, described Part I seals with respect to external environment condition, and before destroying the described sealing member of described Part I, the pressure in described Part I is less than 100psi.
357. systems as described in claim 355, is characterized in that, also comprise:

Gas activates fluid supply apparatus, and described gas activates fluid supply apparatus and is arranged to fluid to provide to described Part I, for contacting so that described gas source is emitted gas with described gas source.
358. systems as described in claim 355, is characterized in that, described system is mixed described beverage medium to form with precursor liquids beverage, thereby does not have described beverage to contact with described gas source.
359. systems as described in claim 358, is characterized in that, described system layout becomes to make precursor liquids pass through described the second chamber, so that described precursor liquids and described beverage medium are mixed.
360. systems as described in claim 355, is characterized in that, also comprise:

Gas supply device, described gas supply device is arranged to, under the pressure that is greater than described ambient pressure, the gas of being emitted by described gas source be guided to described gas dissolution apparatus.
361. systems as described in claim 355, it is characterized in that, described gas dissolution apparatus comprises carbonator, the barrier film that described carbonator separates with the hydraulic fluid side that makes described carbonator and gas side, wherein gas is provided to gas side, and precursor liquids is provided to hydraulic fluid side by beverage precursor fluid Supplying apparatus, thereby in the described precursor liquids of the gas dissolution on described gas side on described hydraulic fluid side.
362. systems as described in claim 361, is characterized in that, described precursor liquids feeding mechanism comprises holder and precursor liquids moved through to the pump of described carbonator from described holder.
363. systems as described in claim 355, is characterized in that, also comprise: chamber, described chamber is arranged in described chamber, keep at least described first part under the pressure that is greater than ambient pressure.
364. systems as described in claim 355, is characterized in that, described first and second parts are respectively the parts of corresponding first and second differing from one another.
365. systems as described in claim 355, is characterized in that, described first and second parts are parts of single cylinder, and described first and second parts are separated from each other.
366. systems as described in claim 365, is characterized in that, described first and second parts are separated by porous member.
367. systems as described in claim 365, is characterized in that, described first and second parts by impermeable element separately.
368. systems as described in claim 355, is characterized in that, also comprise:

Gas activates fluid supply apparatus, and described gas activates fluid supply apparatus and is arranged to control the Fluid Volume that is provided to described first part, to control the amount of the gas of being emitted by described gas source.
369. systems as described in claim 355, is characterized in that, the volume of described first and second parts is respectively less than and uses described cylinder part will form the volume of beverage.
370. systems as described in claim 355, it is characterized in that, described system layout becomes to form by described first and second parts within the time period that is less than approximately 120 seconds the carbonic liquids of the carbonating degree with the volume between 100-1000 milliliter and approximately 2 to 4 volumes.
371. systems as described in claim 355, is characterized in that, described carbon dioxide source is solid-state form.
372. systems as described in claim 355, is characterized in that, also comprise: cylinder junction surface, and described cylinder junction surface comprises the first and second receiving portions, described the first and second receiving portions are received respectively described first and second parts
373. systems as described in claim 372, is characterized in that, described the first and second receiving portions are separated from each other and can open and close independently of one another.
374. systems as described in claim 355, is characterized in that, are pierced to form at least one entrance or at least one outlet with the cylinder of described first and second partial associations.