Patent ID: 8069866
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: B08B,B67D

Abstract:
1. A beverage line cleaning apparatus comprising: (a) a conduit for connecting the beverage line in fluid communication with a supply of a first fluid; and a connector means for connecting the beverage line to the conduit; (b) at least one orifice opening in the conduit for connection via a fluid line to a supply of a second fluid; (c) pump means operable to allow the second fluid to enter the conduit in a predetermined proportion relative to the first fluid; (d) means for closing a connection between the orifice in the conduit and the supply of the second fluid; and (e) a primary first fluid control means and a secondary first fluid control means, operable for controlling the flow of the first fluid into the conduit, the primary and secondary first fluid control means being selectively and independently movable between respective open positions in which the first fluid can flow into the conduit and respective closed positions in which flow of the first fluid into the conduit is prevented, characterized in that the apparatus comprises means for creating a pulsed secondary flow of first fluid into the conduit, said means for creating a pulsed secondary flow of first fluid into the conduit comprising means for selectively moving the secondary first fluid control means alternately between the open position and the closed position, with the primary first fluid control means in the open position providing a primary flow of first fluid, wherein said pump means is a second pump means for causing flow of the second fluid into the conduit, and the apparatus further comprises a first pump means for causing flow of the first fluid into the conduit, the second pump means being provided on a fluid line located at a high pressure output side of the first pump means such that the second fluid can be introduced into the first fluid on the high pressure side of the first pump means.