Patent ID: 11912558
Assignee: SMART BAR USA LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A beverage dispense head assembly comprising:
a liquor port assembly comprising a liquor port head housing having a plurality of liquor ports positioned at an acute angle with respect to a horizontal plane of the liquor port head housing to dispense liquid through the liquor ports at an inward angle and outside of a mixing bowl;
a mixer port assembly fixed to the liquor port assembly, the mixer port assembly comprising a mixer port head and a downwardly extending mixer post extending through the liquor port assembly, the mixer port assembly having at least one first mixer port extending through the mixer port head and a plurality of second mixer ports extending through the mixer post;
the mixing bowl having a first opening at a first end thereof leading to a cavity therein, and a second opening at a second end thereof providing an exit to the mixing bowl, the second opening being smaller than the first opening, wherein the mixing bowl, adjacent the first end thereof, is removable fixed to the liquor port assembly adjacent a second side of the liquor port head housing; and,
a diffuser located within the cavity of the mixing bowl and around the mixer post of the mixer port assembly to receive liquid passing through the at least one first mixer port, the diffuser being cylindrically shaped, the diffuser having a first end and a second end, a cylindrical inner wall that defines a central bore through which the mixer post extends, a cylindrical outer wall spaced from the cylindrical inner wall to create an annular diffuser cavity therebetween, the first end having an annular opening providing access to the diffuser cavity, the diffuser cavity having a bottom wall with a plurality of apertures, a radially extending annular shoulder extending from the diffuser between the bottom wall of the diffuser cavity and the second end of the diffuser, the annular shoulder having an angled top surface, and a flange extending from the diffuser adjacent the second end, the flange having a plurality of ports to allow fluid to escape from the diffuser and into the cavity of the mixing bowl.