Patent ID: 7669737
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: B01F,B67D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A beverage dispensing head including: a valve body that defines a first passageway for receiving a first fluid stream, a second passageway for receiving a second fluid stream, and a third passageway for receiving a third fluid stream, wherein each of the first passageway, the second passageway, and the third passageway are separate from one another; first, second, and third independently actuated valves attached to the valve body, the first valve positioned to regulate fluid flow through the first passageway, the second valve positioned to regulate fluid through the second passageway, and the third valve positioned to regulate fluid flow through the third passageway; and a nozzle attached to the valve body, the nozzle shaped to have a first discharge passage through which a fluid stream from the first passageway is discharged, a second discharge passage that at least partially surrounds the first discharge passage, the second discharge passage having an inlet opening for receiving the fluid stream from the second passageway and an outlet opening through which the fluid stream is discharged and further shaped to have a cross-sectional area that increases from the inlet opening to the outlet opening, and a third discharge passage that at least partially surrounds the first discharge passage and the third discharge passage has an inlet opening spaced from the second discharge passage inlet opening for receiving the fluid stream from the valve body third passageway and an outlet opening spaced from the second discharge passage outlet opening through which the fluid stream is discharged and is shaped to have a cross-sectional area that increases from the inlet opening to the outlet opening.