Patent ID: 7337624
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: A23G,F25B,F25C

Abstract:
1. A method of regulating a refrigerant temperature in a beverage machine having a refrigeration system for producing a frozen beverage therein, the method comprising: providing a first type of beverage having a brix value lower than a brix value of a second type of beverage, wherein the first type of beverage is a diet beverage; operating at least one compressor at a speed to flow a refrigerant through a refrigeration system of the beverage machine; cooling the refrigerant with at least one condenser; and partially freezing the first type of beverage by controllably varying at least one of (1) the flow of air across the at least one condenser and (2) the speed of the at least one compressor so as to regulate a temperature of the refrigerant and compensate for the lower brix value of the first type of beverage than the brix value of the second type of beverage.