DE20018854U1 - Feed component for gases and liquids - Google Patents

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Description

Feed head for CO ² and tap water, which uses the liquid flow to release the CO ² stream to supply the pipe strainer carbonator with the two media.

Carbonating water (liquids) with CO ² is a well-known technique that has been used for a long time to produce seltzer water or table water, and it can be used to produce soft drinks such as well-known drinks such as Coca Cola, Fanta and so on, using well-known systems to carbonate tap water or mineral water with CO ^2. I would like to describe the most commonly used systems, which have also been known for a long time. For example, a normal soft drink dispensing system, which mainly consists of the following components, CO ² supply and a CO ² pressure reducer, usually two CO ² pressure reducers for the CO ^2- controlled portioning for the

Soft drink syrup, a powerful cooling device for liquids (tap water), e.g. flow cooler.

There is also a carbonator pot, a pressure booster pump, an electric motor and much more. For a table dispensing system that can only produce soda water, an amount of around 2500 DM is probably realistic and an even higher amount is not out of the question.

The following basic conditions must usually be observed in such dispensing systems: A liquid pressure that should not fall below 5 bar, this is ensured by the pressure booster pump, and the liquid temperature should not exceed a minimum of 6 degrees Celsius, this is ensured by the large cooling unit, as well as accompanying cooling up to the tap outlet.

Because of the great effort, a lot of energy is also required. To produce non-alcoholic soft drinks, soda water or mineral water is always required. To produce soda water or mineral water (soda water), there are also other complex systems, such as the well-known soda water table preparation systems. The inventive task was to enable a ^CO2 control, if possible without the already known systems, which uses the existing tap water pressure and this pressure to release the ^CO2 stream needed for carbonation, and that the feed head can be equipped with a pipe sieve carbonator.

This tube sieve carbonator, which can consist of one or more tubes, is equipped with individual sieves that are adjusted and pulled onto an adjusting rod and then inserted into the tube.

I will now describe the system as an example and explain the individual points which have their own inventive value.

An inventive solution was sought to avoid an excess of CO ² that can result from the different pressures of CO ² and tap water, because in a carbonation process a higher CO ² pressure is normally necessary to guarantee good carbonation of tap water (liquids).

This would mean, for example, that when used in the feed head, liquid and CO ² check valves are used, that the liquid check valve closes earlier than the CO ² valve and this would create a CO ² air bubble when the system is closed. This was solved as follows and has independent inventive status: the liquid valve is located opposite the opening mechanism for CO ² and that between the two valves is the liquid chamber for supplying the pipe strainer carbonator, which receives CO ² and liquid.

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The precisely coordinated opposing valve makes it possible for the liquid valve to be manufactured and calculated in such a way that a connection, which can be rigid or mechanical, to the opposite ^CO2 valve is possible. This connection now ensures that when the system is relaxed, the liquid check valve can open due to the existing liquid pressure and at the same time pushes open the ^CO2 valve to release the ^CO2 flow in the direction of the pipe strainer carburetor and tap outlet. With the structure described, it is now guaranteed that there can be no ^CO2 bubble in the feed head because both valves open and close at the same time. Another task was, which was solved in an inventive manner as follows and which is entitled to independent inventive status, that the CO ² is guaranteed by a CO ² pressure reducer to have a fixed CO ² pressure, which is usually a little higher than the liquid pressure. This means that, for example, the CO ² pressure is set to 3.5 bar and the tap water to 3 bar or not by setting it to only above 3 bar. Pressure fluctuations in the tap water network cannot be avoided and these pressure fluctuations in the liquid network can cause a disruption in the carbonation process, because when the tap water pressure drops, there is an excess of CO ^2. This was solved in accordance with the invention in such a way that the liquid check valve is designed in such a way that, for example, the stroke at 3 bar tap water is only so long that only a calculated CO ² flow is released through the connection to the CO ² release valve, which is located opposite the liquid valve in the feed head for the pipe sieve carbonator and that at a certain opening gap in the liquid valve, it is sufficient to supply the pipe strainer carbonator with a sufficient amount of liquid that matches the released CO ² flow in order to guarantee good carbonation. The design described above now makes it possible to absorb pressure fluctuations from the liquid side, because when the liquid pressure drops, the liquid valve closes further and takes this back with it through the connection to the CO ² opening mechanism, thereby reducing the CO ² flow, which still matches the water flow.

A further advantage of the above arrangement, which was mentioned as an example and also the following example description, which has the task and an inventive solution was found, is that different tap water pressures are available in different households. A control in the feed head for the pipe sieve carbonator as previously described could be used to ensure that regardless of whether a liquid pressure of 2 bar or 8 bar is present, carbonization via the pipe sieve carbonator is guaranteed without separate settings of the tap water pressure and this was solved as follows, which also has independent inventive status. For example, the basic setting of the CO ² pressure reducer is 8.5 bar. The design and diameter of the liquid valve and the connection to the opening mechanism and its design ensure that 2 bar liquid pressure, 8.5 bar CO ² pressure, which is in front of the CO ² opening mechanism, can be opened. And even with only 2 bar liquid pressure and liquid quantity, the CO ² flow and the CO ² volume are adjusted by the released annular gap in the opening valve for CO ² , which was calculated using the 2 bar liquid pressure in stroke. This principle works, for example, up to 8 bar tap water pressure.

In order to prevent an excessive CO ² volume between the CO ² pressure reducer and the opening mechanism, an inventive solution was found which has its own inventive status. The feed head for CO ² and liquids described above, which supplies the pipe strainer carbonation device with the two media, ensures that the bore between the CO ² pressure reducer and the opening valve for CO ² is as small as possible in diameter and length, so that a perfect supply of CO ² is ensured. By adhering to the above description option, it is guaranteed that there is no excess CO ² which could otherwise accumulate in front of the opening valve when the system is closed and could become noticeable as a CO ² bubble during the carbonation process at the tap outlet and represent an unnecessary loss of CO ² .

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Another inventive solution had to be found, namely that when the system is closed and the carbonation process is interrupted by closing the tap outlet, it is likely that around 1/3 of the unused carbonated tap water in the pipe strainer carbonator will separate from the CO ² and this CO ² could settle as a CO ² bubble in the feed head and cause a malfunction the next time soda water is drawn off via the tap outlet, as the CO ² bubble will again interrupt the carbonation process.

This was solved in an inventive manner and has independent inventive status, based on the previously described feed head for CO ² and liquids in order to carbonate liquids with CO^gases) via the pipe sieve carbonator. A check valve is installed in the feed head for CO ² and liquids, which opens in the direction of the tap outlet, i.e. in the direction of the liquid and CO ² flow, and closes in the opposite direction. This aforementioned check valve can also be installed in the pipe sieve carbonator.

A further task was to protect the CO ² pressure reducer from water entering. This was solved in an inventive way, with reference to the feed head for CO ² and liquids for the pipe strainer carbonator, which also has independent inventive status, in that a check valve is fitted in front of the bore (channel) in the direction of the opening valve CO^ which is made up of the existing tap water pressure through a connection between the two valves water and CO ^2. This prevents water (liquids) from entering the pressure reducer for CO ² (gases) and then possibly also into the CO ² storage container if the opening valve for CO 2 fails to close. A further task was to find an ^inventive solution to carbonate tap water with CO ² at a flow pressure of just 2 bar, for example.

This was solved according to the invention in such a way, and also has independent inventive status, that the finest possible sieve material is used, which is or can be similar to a sieve from a water pelator, for example. This sieve should have a flanged edge, which can be made of the same material, and should be provided with a centered center hole. The fine-mesh construction and the flange on the sieve edge ensure that the flange is used as a spacer for the following sieve. This means that the liquid with the CO ² (gases), for example, has good flow properties and that a liquid bubble forms behind each mesh, into which the CO ² is introduced. For example, it is possible to lay up to 400 sieves on top of each other in a pipe. on an adjusting rod pulled through the center hole in the sieve to make a tube sieve carbonator. Due to the high number of sieves and the fine mesh of each individual sieve, a large surface area is created and this guarantees that even with only 2 bar flow pressure from the liquid side, a high quality of soda water can be offered, which is equivalent to the bottle quality of purchased soda water.

Conventional systems for producing soda water, for example, usually require a flow pressure of 5 bar, and producing soda water is not possible without cooling which cools the liquid down to at least 6 degrees Celsius, unless you use a warm carbonator, but these systems are all expensive and cannot be compared to the aforementioned pipe strainer carbonator. A further problem that had to be solved in an inventive way was to use the pipe strainer carbonator in conjunction with the feed head for ^CO2 and tap water to produce high-quality soda water that is comparable to bottled quality, at temperatures that are found in the home, for example 8 degrees Celsius without cooling in the winter months and up to 25 degrees Celsius in the summer months, or in high-rise buildings which, above a certain floor, always get around 20 degrees Celsius from the cold water pipe even in winter. This is guaranteed by the aforementioned pipe strainer carbonator, which also deserves inventive status in its own right.

Because regardless of the water temperature (liquids) and this up to, for example, 60 degrees Celsius, carbonation of ^CO2 and tap water has been made possible and any cooling of liquids can be dispensed with.

Another task was to save CO ² or other gases, e.g. CO ² in the carbonation process with tap water.

This was solved according to the invention as follows and has independent inventive status. The design of the tube sieve carbonator, which can consist of individual sieves, has the advantage over all other previously known systems for carbonating e.g. CO ² and tap water, that some systems work with up to 50% CO ² loss to produce e.g. soda water.

The pipe sieve carbonator works in conjunction with the feed head for CO ² and tap water and produces soda water with only 5% loss. This alone is significant for the environment. Another problem that had to be solved in an inventive way is that all previously known systems for producing soda water, for example, have a high CO ² in the relaxation phase, around 30% in 5 minutes. This was solved in an inventive way and deserves its own inventive status. The pipe sieve carbonator, which can consist of individual sieves, guarantees such good carbonation due to the large surface that was created that the final relaxation phase is only around 10% of that of all previously known systems. The advantage is that even if the soda water is not consumed immediately, the sparkling effect is retained for a longer period of time. Another problem that had to be solved in an inventive way was to keep the final stress phase for soda water as short as possible up to the tap outlet after pausing the pipe strainer carbonator. This has independent inventive status and this problem was solved as follows. After the media, e.g. CO ² and tap water, have passed through the pipe strainer carbonator, the diameter of the supply line leading to the tap outlet must be kept as small as possible. The length of the supply line, for example up to 5 meters or more, is no problem, provided the given liquid pressure is sufficient to ensure carbonation.

Another problem that had to be solved in an inventive way is to equip the tap outlet with a compensator that allows the compensator to be actuated continuously. This was solved in an inventive way and has independent inventive status. A tap outlet equipped with an integrated compensator that has a mechanically or manually adjustable actuation and that can be constructed in such a way that it can be located in the tap head, i.e. after the tap outlet, and e.g. by turning the tap head continuously up to a stop point and by turning, i.e. unscrewing, the stroke of the compensator in the tap outlet is moved and the annular gap between the compensator and the tap outlet can be changed.

Another advantage of the tap outlet is that a conventional and usual tap outlet chamber can be dispensed with. This has the advantage that there is still a squeeze zone up to the tap outlet of carbonated tap water and thus a premature final stress phase can occur. Another task was to make it possible to prepare soda water in various qualities using the aforementioned system of the pipe sieve carbonator and this only by operating the opening and closing mechanism on the tap outlet with integrated compensator.

This was solved in an inventive way and deserves independent inventive status. Through the stroke movement in the direction of the tap outlet, by operating the control part for opening and closing the tap outlet, which is connected to the compensator inside the tap outlet, but can also consist of a component, for example, so that a ^CO2 pressure of 3 bar is set and a liquid pressure of 2.5 bar is present, for example by changing the stroke, i.e. opening the tap outlet, a flow rate of, for example, 1.2 litres per minute of carbonated tap water can be maintained, if the stroke is increased by the annular gap inside the tap outlet, the flow rate also increases, for example to 1.5 litres per minute of carbonated tap water.

However, since the amount of CO ² does not increase, the effect is that, for example, 1.2 liters per minute results in a CO ² enrichment in grams per liter of tap water of 6.5 grams, which is a classic soda water quality. At 1.5 liters per minute, the carbonated tap water still has a CO ² enrichment per liter of tap water of around 4.5 grams, which corresponds to a medium soda water quality. The advantageous operation of the tap spout enables the user to tap any desired soda water quality.

A further object was to be solved in an inventive manner, namely the aforementioned components, for example the feed head for CO ² (gases) and tap water (liquids) with integrated check valve opening mechanism for CO ² and valve control provided with a CO ² pressure reducer and if necessary a water pressure reducer or a control valve for CO ² and tap water, as well as provided with one or more pipe strainer carbonators, a supply line from, for example, a cold or hot water line or both lines, a supply line of carbonized tap water from the pipe strainer carbonator to the tap outlet with integrated compensator, which can be equipped with a jet regulator or pelator at the tap outlet. This aforementioned tap outlet can be equipped with a continuously variable control actuation for the compensator, as well as being equipped with a refillable CO ² supply (gas supply).

Inventive solutions had to be found for these aforementioned components, which make it possible to guarantee the extraction of soda water in conjunction with a conventional, e.g. single-hand or two-hand kitchen faucet, without the conventional functions of the normal kitchen faucet being impaired or restricted.

This was solved in an inventive way and has independent inventive status. For example, the components feed head for CO ² (gases) and tap water are equipped with all the required elements that are mentioned above, as well as the CO ² pressure reducer that can be connected and the pipe strainer carbonator that can be attached to the feed head, as well as a line that can be seen from the end of the pipe strainer carbonator in the direction of the tap outlet, which can be used by e.g. a screw connection with the pipe strainer carbonator and on the other

A connection option must be provided at the end of the line to ensure that the line is connected to the tap outlet. A water pressure reducer must also be considered, and if necessary a supply line from, for example, a double angle valve from the domestic water supply to the connection option at the feed head for CO ² and tap water.

These aforementioned components, with the exception of the cold or hot water supply line from the house supply line, which leads to the soda water tap outlet with integrated compensator, can be integrated into a cupboard-like container if desired and depending on the application, and can thus be easily accommodated and secured in a sink undercounter, for example. The required conventional kitchen faucet (single or two-hand mixer tap) must be modified in such a way that no conventional functions are disturbed or impaired by the integration of the soda water tap outlet.

The advantage of the above principle is that you can continue to use a normal kitchen faucet and at the same time you can always draw fresh soda water, independent of the faucet, in any desired ^CO2 concentration. The only thing that connects the two taps is that they are fed by the existing household supply line for cold and hot water.

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Another advantage is that, for example, if no soda water has been tapped overnight, the normal drain option on the kitchen faucet can be used to drain the stale cold water and also to achieve a lower cold water temperature. After this process, fresh soda water can be tapped, which is then also a little cooler.

The benefit of this is that no unnecessary ^CO2 is wasted with this order of tapping, which is also good for the environment.

Another inventive solution was found: if, for example, a household does not want to part with the existing kitchen faucet, a solution was considered that has its own inventive status, namely the aforementioned principle remains the same, only there is a separate tap outlet for soda water, which can be attached through a hole in the worktop or the sink, and the further connection remains the same principle as with the faucet with integrated soda water tap outlet.

Another inventive solution was developed to make it possible to fill several containers on the worktop, for example, without having to pick up each one individually. This was solved in an inventive way and has its own inventive status, in that the soda water tap spout can be pulled out and can be returned to its original position more easily, for example by a spring device.

A further task was to use the aforementioned principle with the aforementioned components in other areas of application where soda water or mineral-containing soda water can be used.

This was solved in an inventive way and also has independent inventive status. In the dispensing systems also application for soft drinks, because a continuous temperature of 6 degrees Celsius is not required, and the final expansion phase of the ^CO2 lasts much longer and thus an improvement in quality can be expected for all consumers.

It is even possible to do without cooling or at least partially do so depending on the location or time of year.

This has the advantage that you can save energy and the environment thanks us for that. When operating the aforementioned systems and components via a kitchen faucet or separate tap outlet for soda water, there is an ecological and energy-saving advantage: no external energies need to be wasted in the aforementioned soda water production, e.g.

Trucks transporting empty soda water crates from A to B. No valuable raw material for plastic crates or bottle material is wasted, less fuel for the trucks, fewer trucks, less traffic jams and exhaust fumes.

Due to the good carbonization and the extremely long final stress phase, less unused CO ² is wasted and released into the environment.

This also makes it extremely easy for children and older people to drink more soda water and by adding ^CO2 to our very good tap water, an even higher water quality is guaranteed because ^CO2 in the high concentration further suppresses the formation of residual germs, which are also always found in tap water.

This also applies to some types of bacteria in tap water. This fact alone gives the entire system for producing soda water or mineral water an inventive status of its own.

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Another task was to find an inventive solution to use the normal cold water outlet of the existing mixer tap, whether one- or two-hand or just a normal tap valve, before drawing soda water via the tap with integrated compensator that can be adjusted in stroke. The stale and heated tap water, which is used to supply the feed component for CO ² and tap water, which in turn supplies the applied pipe strainer carbonator or carbonators with the required media that are needed for carbonation of soda water, is to be built in such a way that the supply line of cold water from the existing cold water supply line of the respective connection option that is found, through a line that can also be flexible, for example, to the feed component for CO ² and tap water, which can have a connection option to connect a T-piece. This T-piece has the task of connecting the line for cold water that is used to supply and carbonate tap water. The cold water pipe is then connected to the T-piece to supply the normal tap or mixer tap with cold water in order to maintain normal operation (the above principle can also be used with the hot water supply or even cold and hot water at the same time with a separate T-piece or additional component).

For example, if you follow the above installation instructions, before tapping soda water, you can first take stale or warmed tap water from the cold water outlet of the faucet or tap valve, using the cold water control unit that is designed for a normal tap valve, e.g. the one-hand lever. Once enough cold water has drained, the cold water flow is closed and fresh soda water can now be tapping from the soda water tap outlet. This above principle has the advantage that CO ² or other gases, e.g. pure oxygen, are not wasted unnecessarily, and stale tap water, which can also be warmed, is not needed to tapping and preparing soda water.

Another task was to find an inventive solution to allow only tap water to flow through the tap outlet with integrated compensator, without requiring the normal cold water outlet of the normal tap valve or mixer tap. This also has the advantage that not only the required pipes are flushed, in this case the pipe strainer carbonator would also be flushed by stale and heated tap water.

This was solved in an inventive way and has its own, inventive status. The tappet of the check valve is provided with a play to the opening valve, e.g. CO ² , because then it is guaranteed that in a certain position, which is achieved by opening the tap outlet for soda water, that the stroke of the opened check valve is not sufficient to move the lifting rod to open the CO ² valve in order to release the CO ² flow in the direction of the pipe strainer carbonator and so only tap water can be taken from the tap outlet for soda water. The advantage is that the supply line for cold water is flushed free and so is the pipe strainer carbonator or carbonators or other components that can be used to carbonate tap water, e.g. carbonator pots with injection principle. If the aforementioned components are sufficiently flushed, further unscrewing, i.e. by changing the stroke of the integrated compensator in the Soda water tap outlet ensures that the check valve, which is located in the feed component, can open completely with the extended lifting rod and thus open the opening valve for CO ² and release the CO ² flow in the direction of the pipe strainer carbonator or carbonators. Another advantage is that when the tap outlet for soda water is closed, first CO ² and then the water is closed.

This means that no unnecessary ^CO2 or other gases are wasted because the enrichment is not high and if the system is flushed again, no ^CO2 is used up - at least only in small quantities, which are in the pipe strainer carbonator or carbonators, as well as in the line from the pipe strainer carbonator to the tap outlet for soda water, which can be long enough to be pulled out and used with the tap outlet for soda water.

A further task was to find an inventive solution so that no cooled water is wasted when using a flow cooler or other cooling systems, for example during normal operation of a tap valve or mixer tap. This was solved in an inventive way so that a T-piece can be installed at the cold water outlet. A line goes from this T-piece to the normal tap valve or e.g. two-handle mixer tap, another line goes from the T-piece to the cooler for tap water, and a line goes from this cooling device to the feed component for ^CO2 and tap water. This ensures that normal operation with non-cooled tap water is maintained for the normal tap valve or mixer tap, and the pre-cooled tap water can only be used when tapping soda water. The cooling can also be switched so that the carbonated tap water is cooled after carbonation, but this has no obvious advantage.

A further task was to find an inventive solution to prevent tap water from entering the feed component for ^CO2 and tap water, or in the bore(s) or line in the direction of the ^CO2 pressure reducer or control valve, which simultaneously controls ^CO2 and tap water. This is solved in an inventive manner and has independent inventive status. The release valve for the tappet of the check valve is chambered as watertight as possible and a ball check valve is installed at the outlet points for the released ^CO2 , for example, which closes when the pressure increases in the chamber for ^CO2 and tap water, which is secured by two check valves, one with the extended lifting rod, which closes in the direction of the supply line, and the other check valve, which is installed in the direction of the pipe strainer carbonator or carbonators. The two aforementioned check valves can be installed inside or outside the feed component for CO ² and tap water. Closing and the resulting inevitable pressure increase within the feed chamber is achieved by shutting off the tap outlet for soda water. And that is why the ball check valve in front of the outlet point for CO ² is advantageous and if, for example, a plastic ball is used for the valve, which is hollow but does not have to be, a faster closing is guaranteed because such a ball always has a buoyancy tendency compared to a metal ball. Both types of ball should be resistant to food and carbon dioxide.

Another task that had to be solved in an inventive way was to make the compensator in the tap outlet as conical as possible. This was solved in an inventive way and has independent, inventive status by giving the tap outlet a conical bore that is matched to the required compensator, which in turn is matched to the amount of soda water needed in the minimum and maximum range. These are also the criteria that determine the length and diameter of the conical bore and matched to the compensator, which can also be made conical. The tap outlet can also consist of a pressed or cast part, which can have the following advantage.

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The outlet zone for the soda water can be rounded and free of edges, which has the advantage of maintaining the quality and the degree of enrichment of the soda water. The cost is also lower than a turned tap outlet. The compensator should preferably be made of VA steel or carbon dioxide-safe plastic. Both types of compensators can also be manufactured as hollow bodies, for example, which in turn means a saving in material and inevitably a cost saving for production. The required components, for example a jet regulator that is attached to the outlet for soda water, should also be made of carbon dioxide-resistant material, as should the components for changing the stroke of the compensator, should be made of carbon dioxide-resistant materials. The sealing component that is used through the compensator tip should also be made of carbon dioxide-resistant materials, because there should be no long-term reliance on a metallic sealing option via the compensator. This is because if the tap outlet with compensator is used for a long time, wear and tear cannot be ruled out and this would not guarantee that the tap outlet is leak-proof. The opening and closing component should preferably be attached to the head end and designed and constructed in such a way that the compensator is not tilted or subjected to vibrations when soda water is drawn off.

Another task that had to be solved in an inventive way was the feed component for CO ² and tap water, for example, to make the component size as small as possible in terms of length and diameter, so that the complete system with the used and required components and lines is as compact as possible in order to save space for the user and operator of such a system, for example to produce soda water. This was solved in an inventive way and is an independent, inventive step. The feed component should not exceed the width and height of the CO ² pressure reducer used, for example, and the tap water connection option can be attached at the most convenient point, this also applies to the CO ² supply option. The design also ensures that there is enough space for the CO ² storage container, which can be refillable and can also be provided in different container sizes. For example, from 50g CO ² to 1000g CO ² in private households. This has the advantage that large families with a maximum CO ² supply of 1000g do not have to change the CO ² storage container so often.

A further task, for which an inventive solution had to be found, was to protect the pipe strainer carbonator and the pipes to the soda water tap outlet from temperature fluctuations, particularly from heat, which definitely occurs in the summer months. The fact that the complete carbonation system is usually installed in private households in the base cabinet in the sink area, the following inventive solution was found, which is of independent, inventive rank in relation to the system with the aforementioned components of soda water via the pipe strainer carbonator. That the pipe strainer carbonator and all pipes up to the tap outlet for soda water and, for example, also the CO ² storage container are provided with suitable insulation that protects against temperature fluctuations and heat.

A further task, for which an inventive solution had to be found, was to construct the fitting for normal operation with an integrated soda water tap outlet which is or can be pulled out of its holder for a certain length, in such a way that the tap outlet for normal operation, e.g. cold, warm or mixed tap water, can be pivoted independently of the soda water tap. This was solved in an inventive way and has independent, inventive status based on the principle of soda water via a pipe strainer carbonator or other systems for preparing soda water and that in conjunction with a normal tap valve or one or two-hand mixer fitting for extraction via a separate tap outlet or integrated tap outlet into the normal tap outlet for normal cold water or mixed tap water. That e.g. the complete upper part of the aforementioned fitting should maintain normal operation, the construction is similar to previously known fittings and mixer fittings, which are provided with a cold water pipe and a hot water supply pipe or with a separate pipe for a dishwasher connection or an additional supply pipe for filtered tap water, which is frequently used in Japan and the USA. The only difference in construction is that on the aforementioned fitting, as a result of which there is now still e.g. a type of sleeve that can have a holder attached to the tap outlet for soda water operation. This sleeve can be attached, for example, by screwing it onto the aforementioned fittings or taps. The only thing that needs to be taken into account in the overall design is the additional supply hose for the soda tap. The aforementioned option of a complete soda tap has the advantage that no unnecessary space is required to use the soda tap and soda water that is not tapped, whether cooled into a glass or bottle, for example, can flow safely into the existing sink outlet. When using a separate tap outlet with an integrated compensator, positioning it on the sink outlet is advisable because of the aforementioned advantages of the outlet option. The normal tap outlet for normal operation of a fitting can of course also be provided with a pull-out shower outlet.

Another task had to be solved in an inventive way. To make the entire system for producing soda water, with the aforementioned components and a CO ² supply, portable in order to enable users of the system to do so when they do not want to go to their garden house or campsite at the weekend without their soda tap and system and cannot buy a second system for financial reasons, an inventive way was found that deserves its own status. This was solved in the following way: all the required components and the supply line with a connection option for the line to the tap outlet for soda water. The supply line, which runs from the pipe strainer carbonator to the connection option for the supply line to the tap outlet, is connected upstream of a ball stop valve, which is gas-safe, and this system with all the components that are required is housed in a cupboard-like container that also contains the CO ² supply and can have a device to hold a replacement CO ² storage container, as well as a holder for a tap outlet for soda water with integrated compensator.

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The connection options for the supply must be designed in such a way that it is easy to separate the system from the main supply line for the carbonator system, even when there is main pressure, and that the supply line to the tap outlet for soda water also has a good and simple separation option, so that the tap outlet for soda water can also be separated from the supply line and taken with you. Once the soda faucet and the tap water network have been dismantled, the entire soda system can be removed from the base cabinet, for example, and is ready for transport. The removed soda tap outlet can be attached to the bracket provided inside the cabinet, where there is also a flexible, separate line that can be screwed onto a normal cold water tap valve at the position of the tap outlet where the Pelator is located, for example, and then also screwed onto the feed component for ^CO2 and tap water. Now all that is left is to attach the tap outlet to the supply line for soda water outside on a tap holder provided, so that the system for producing soda water is ready for use when the tap water power is released. Before the assembly process mentioned above, it is recommended to use the integrated stability locks for the entire system, which can be located on the cabinet-like body to ensure that the system is stable. Re-stationing is just as easy to handle for re-commissioning, e.g. in the kitchen. Φ

Another task that had to be solved with an inventive solution was to produce the complete system and principle of soda water, also for use in the bath or shower area, in order to also provide beneficial skin care through the advantage of, for example, showering with warm or mixed water or cold. This has the advantage for human skin that the blood circulation in the skin is stimulated and can therefore be beneficial for the cell renewal of the skin surface and serves the well-being of the user and can therefore be beneficial to health. Furthermore, the entire system and principle can also be used, for example, to use an oxygen pressure reducer instead of a CO ² pressure reducer or control valve that controls the CO ² and tap water, and if necessary to dispense with the use of a compensator. The advantage of using oxygen-enriched tap water in the body shower area or when used in the bathing area can be read about in medical studies and publications in specialist literature and confirms the advantage of using this option. This was solved in an inventive manner and has independent, inventive status in terms of the principle and the components for enriching soda water or oxygen-enriched tap water. To produce soda water, the components, feed component for CO ² and tap water are connected to one or more pipe strainer carbonators, as well as to a pressure reducer for CO ² or a control valve for controlling CO ² and tap water, as well as a CO ² storage container, which can be refillable, and a line from the pipe strainer carbonator with integrated adjusting rod for the individual carbonator sieves or without adjusting rod for the carbonator sieves, to the mixer fitting of a body shower outlet to make it possible to shower with tap water enriched with CO ^2. This is made possible, for example, by installing a complete system with the necessary components near or at a distant location and enabling a CO ² supply. Furthermore, the supply option for the feed component or control valve for CO ² and tap water must be guaranteed so that cold or warm tap water, which is needed for carbonation, is available. and can reach the shower fitting after the carbonization process.

To make it possible to shower with ^CO2- enriched tap water using a special control valve on the shower fitting for personal hygiene, but also to shower without ^CO2- enriched tap water. A special hand-held showerhead spout can also be used. The special feature is that the outlet option for ^CO2- enriched tap water within the hand-held showerhead spout can have individual compensators, which are ensured by a separate supply line within the shower hose, which can be used for the liquid supply for normal operation or the special operation for ^CO2- enriched tap water. The same principle can be applied, for example, if oxygen-enriched tap water is to be used for personal hygiene.

Only the following components would need to be replaced: the CO ² pressure reducer or control valve that controls CO ² and tap water, as well as the CO ² supply, is no longer required and is replaced by an oxygen storage container. In principle, CO ² and oxygen can be used simultaneously. The aforementioned principle with the required components and types of gas that can be used is possible in bathing areas, in a bathtub or a bathtub with a whirlpool. If it is possible to use CO ² or oxygen-enriched tap water, a special bathroom outlet fitting with an integrated compensator is recommended and has the same structure as a kitchen fitting that is used to dispense soda water.

A further task was to be solved in an inventive manner, namely when using a portable system for producing soda water or oxygen-enriched tap water, for example, with all the necessary components and gas storage containers to be secured in stationary use, by means of a special fastening which is required as a wall and cabinet holder for the necessary components.

This was solved in an inventive way and has independent, inventive status in relation to the principle with the components required for the production of soda water and oxygen-enriched tap water. The solution is, for example, that when using a cabinet-like body, where the required components including the gas supply are located, a fastening part that can also be used to fasten and stabilize the gas control valve or pressure reducer used, on the back of the cabinet, for example, the counterpart, which guarantees a more secure hold, can be attached to the wall or the sink base cabinet. This then guarantees a secure hold when the two components are connected to prevent the entire system from tipping over, which should not happen because the removal of ^CO2 is only permitted when the ^CO2 storage container is in an upright position and must be observed in any case.

A further task was to find an inventive solution that would enable the control valve for e.g. CO ² and tap water to be made from one or two pressed parts or cast parts integrated with the feed component for e.g. CO ² and tap water. This would have the advantage that it could be a cost-effective production, which could benefit the end user and could also be used and also for safety reasons, unnecessary connections between the control valve for CO ² and tap water and the feed component for CO ² and tap water could be eliminated.

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This was solved in an inventive way and has independent, inventive status, that, for example, the cast part of the control valve for CO ² and tap water can consist of two parts. One cast part that ensures the component for the feed for CO ² and tap water and the possibility of connecting a CO ² storage container, for example. The second component to enable the required components in the actual control valve for CO ² and tap water.

Another task that had to be solved by an independent, inventive step was to reduce the CO ² consumption in order to produce soda water and to take this soda water from a kitchen or bathroom faucet. This was solved in an inventive way and has an independent, inventive step. The following solution was found through the feed component that is used for CO ² and tap water feed into the pipe strainer carbonator, as well as a connection option for a CO ² pressure reducer, for example. The hole or pipe inside or outside the component that is responsible for supplying CO ² and tap water to the pipe strainer carbonator. The diameter from the connection option for the CO ² pressure reducer to the outlet option within the feed component for CO ² and tap water is to be kept as small as possible, tailored to the hole length inside or outside the feed component for CO ² and tap water. For example, 0.4 mm in diameter on a length of, for example, 10 mm. The length and diameter of the bore or pipe must be adjusted so that the CO ² pressure required to guarantee good carbonation of tap water is sufficient and this is always sufficient from the CO ² side, even at different pressures on the liquid side.

This means, for example, that at 3 bar water pressure it is guaranteed that, for example, a pressure of 3.5 bar is available and that the volume flow is sufficient to maintain good carbonation without adjusting the bore or changing the bore diameter or length, that the system works equally well with higher or lower pressures and can react to possible pressure fluctuations.

This is the case when using such a comparatively smaller borehole, considering how large these ^CO2 supply lines are in conventional systems.

This is also one reason why the CO ² savings are so great compared to conventional systems for producing soda water. Because you can get by with less CO ² input, as was always assumed, and still achieve as high an enrichment as is required. For example, 7.5 grams per liter of liquid. By using a tube sieve carbonator or several tube sieve carbonators, carbonization has been made possible by creating a high surface area, which has the advantage of creating an optimal carbonization of, for example, CO ² and tap water, which is higher than all known systems known to date. Such carbonization has the advantage that only 0.3 grams per liter of liquid can be expected. Other measuring techniques must also be used to adequately check the actual consumption of CO ² , since the conventional measuring techniques do not take into account the possibilities of binding CO ² in tap water, i.e. carbonizing it. For example, the new system with 450 grams of CO ² (carbon dioxide) To enrich 220 liters of tap water with 4 grams of CO ² per liter of tap water, conventional systems manage about 80 liters with the same amount of CO ² .

This was not thought to be possible, but it is possible. It was also examined and tested for months by Linde, to name just one company. Another thing to note in order to reduce ^CO2 consumption is that, for example, the bore or pipe, which after the carbonation process can be so small that a sufficient flow rate is guaranteed to the tap outlet. The pipe from the pipe strainer carbonator should be as small in diameter as the tap volume in liters per minute. This has the advantage and contributes to reducing ^CO2 consumption, measured to one liter of liquid, because the ^CO2 has virtually no opportunity to separate from the tap water on the transport route within the supply line to the tap outlet. This is a decisive advantage that deserves its own, inventive status.

Furthermore, the tap outlet has been designed in such a way that it is equipped with a compensator, the stroke of which can be varied. This coordinated compensator also guarantees that the ^CO2 loss can be reduced and enables the user of the tap outlet to tap different qualities of soda water, e.g. continuously from light to classic soda water, i.e. light, medium or classic soda water.

When using the aforementioned components to produce soda water, costs can be saved by saving ^CO2. The benefit for the environment is incalculable because the aforementioned system with the components mentioned, for example, can generally be used in the soda water industry or in the production of soft drinks, as well as in the production of mineral water or seltzer water, in terms of ^CO2 savings.

A further task had to be solved in an inventive way, namely that it had to be possible to integrate the individual carbonator sieves into a suitable pipe. Because assembly by hand or by machine could be very time-consuming and labor-intensive, the diameter of the individual carbonator sieves had to be very precise to the inside diameter of the pipe in order to ensure good carbonation. This was solved in an inventive way and has its own inventive status based on the aforementioned principle of carbonating ^CO2 and tap water. The individual carbonator sieves have a hole in the middle of the sieve in order to push the individual carbonator sieves onto a round rod, for example. This can be done by hand or by machine, the rod should be precisely matched to the hole in the carbonator sieves and as tight as possible.

This has a great advantage in terms of assembly, that the mounted carbonator sieves, which are required for a tube sieve carbonator, can be seen in the number of individual sieves and in the diameter, as well as the mesh size of each carbonator sieve. This can vary depending on the area of application. The mounted carbonator sieves, which are used and are pulled onto the adjustment rod and secured by special locks, which ensure that no carbonator sieve can slip off the adjustment rod, and are pushed into the respective carbonator tube, this can be done by hand or by machine.

Another task had to be solved in an inventive way. Namely, to prevent any suspended particles that may be in the tap water from getting into the pipe sieve carbonator and thus to prevent the upper carbonator sieves of the pipe sieve carbonator from becoming blocked. This was solved in an inventive way and has independent, inventive status. The carbonator pipe will be long enough that a suspended particles filter can be placed in front of the carbonator sieves, which can be replaced as needed or if it is dirty.

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The suspended particle filter can also consist of individual carbonator sieves without a center hole and can be used advantageously over a suspended particle filter for cost reasons.

Another task was to solve in an inventive way that, with the same components and the same principle, particularly the feed component for CO ² and tap water and the pipe strainer carbonator, a tap outlet without a compensator could also be used to allow the extraction of oxygen-enriched tap water. This was solved in an inventive way and has independent, inventive status. The first point is that an oxygen control valve is used and attached instead of a CO ² pressure reducer, or the control valve, which can control CO ² and tap water simultaneously, can also be replaced with an oxygen control valve or oxygen pressure reducer with a certain, adjustable overpressure of CO ² . Both the CO ² container, which contains the CO ² supply and can be refilled, is exchanged for an oxygen supply, which can also be refilled. The difference between the two media is that the CO ² supply in private households in Germany should not exceed 1 kg. Abroad, this supply can also be larger or smaller depending on the legislation. This can also apply to Germany if the current regulations are changed by the legislators. When using a tap outlet with a compensator to tap oxygen-enriched tap water, the compensator in or in front of the tap outlet can be used to limit the flow rate of the tap water, which can be very important when enriching tap water with oxygen, because in order to avoid any health damage to the consumer, i.e. drinker of the oxygen-enriched tap water, it is extremely important that the amount of oxygen is adjusted to the number of liters of tap water and in any case must be observed. Compliance with the flow rate of tap water or other liquids can be ensured by fixed or variable setting options of the compensator. From the oxygen side, the exact amount of oxygen per liter of liquid can be precisely maintained by an oxygen control valve. Drinking oxygen-enriched tap water has the medically recognized advantage that it can be beneficial to people's well-being. But only through the invention, which can now be used by the applicant in such a simple and cost-effective way in private households, as well as in commercial areas.

This particularly applies to private households, in connection with a kitchen or bathroom faucet or tap. In the commercial sector, it probably applies more to table or stand-alone dispensing systems with integrated cooling options for the liquids used.

Another task was to find an inventive solution that would allow any existing kitchen or bathroom faucet to be retrofitted to dispense soda water or oxygen-enriched tap water. This was solved in an inventive way and has independent, inventive status. This is an adapter that fits as closely as possible to the diameter of the standard faucet, based on the base of the respective faucet that is to be converted. This adapter is used to hold the required tap spout with or without a compensator for dispensing soda water or oxygen-enriched tap water. The existing faucet must also be disconnected from the cold water supply. At this point, the cold water supply line of the feed component for ^CO2 and tap water or the feed component for oxygen and tap water is attached. There is a connection option on the aforementioned component that ensures the cold water supply of the conventional faucet.

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Furthermore, the aforementioned installation of the cold water supply line has now made it possible to use stale tap water via the cold water outlet of the existing fitting and to tap fresh soda water or oxygen-enriched tap water after this process. With the aforementioned option of re-roasting, all components or pipes, as well as check valves or opening valves, and the required carbonators, in particular the pipe strainer carbonator or carbonators, which can also enrich tap water with oxygen, must of course be used.

A further task was to find an inventive solution to modify the water check valve, which is also located as a safety valve in the feed component for CO ² and tap water, in such a way that it can be used by the previously known and proven design to open the CO ² or oxygen flow and can be used advantageously.

This was solved in an inventive way and has a status of its own. The previously known housing of a water check valve and the previously known spring, which most previously known check valves have, remain part of the newly designed check valve for tap water gas, which now also serves as a gas flow valve within the feed component for gases and liquids. The special feature of the newly designed check valve is that the closing mechanism component of the check valve has an extended rod than conventional check valves, which normally serves to guide the closing and opening component of a check valve. This extended guide rod is now used so that the opposite opening and closing valve for the gas area can be used by the extended guide rod so that when the liquid flow is released, the check valve can open and can be used by the extended guide rod of the check valve to open the valve to release the gas flow.

If the liquid flow is interrupted, this can be achieved, for example, by closing the tap outlet that is in operation. This measure interrupts the liquid flow and the aforementioned check valve closes against the existing liquid flow (liquid supply of the feed component for gases and liquids).

By closing the check valve with extended guide rod, it is possible for the valve opposite the liquid check valve with extended guide rod to be used for gas feed within the feed component for gases and liquids. This is further supported by the fact that the valve can also be operated independently from the gas side, because the gas-side valve can do this independently using a spring. The design of a valve that can be used to open and close the gas flow can, for example, have the same design as a previously known tire valve, which has already proven itself in other areas of application, e.g. in pressure reducers.

The opening and closing component of the aforementioned check valve with extended guide rod can, for example, be adapted to the opposite gas pressure, which mainly refers to the diameter of the movable opening part. This same principle also applies to the liquid pressure. The extended guide rod of the check valve should, for example, be manufactured with sufficient assembly play to open the gas valve.

For example, there is no direct contact between the guide rod and the valve for the gas side, which has an assembly advantage when the valves are mounted in the component for gases and liquids. Another advantage is that a separate component is attached to the guide rod, which is different in diameter from the guide rod, but is also used as a background, e.g. matched to the holes in which the gas valve is located, so that any excess gas does not enter the feed component for gases and liquids directly, but in a controlled manner, and thus also into the pipe strainer carbonator. This would result in a gas hole being created and reduced carbonation taking place for a short period of time, or would result in an enrichment of oxygen in tap water. Another task was to solve in an inventive way that the assembly of the check valve with an extended design of the guide rod, which has the closure plate of the liquid check valve, is coordinated in terms of length and diameter so that the component that should be made as the next step after the assembly of the check valve on the liquid side is also made. This component has the task of establishing the connection to the opening valve on the gas side and is designed in such a way that it prevents an abrupt entry of excess gas into the feed chamber for gases and liquids. The complete components of the check valve for liquids with an extended lifting rod should have an assembly play to simplify assembly in the feed component for gases and liquids. If an assembly play of, for example, three tenths of a millimeter is maintained, individual adjustment of the respective check valve, which is also used to open the gas side, can be dispensed with. The same assembly play can also be used for the opening and closing valve in exactly the same way.

Another task was to find an inventive solution to make it possible to produce a more cost-effective table or stand dispensing system for soda water, which can also, for example, produce several different soft drinks.

The previously known dispensing systems, for example for soft drinks that are non-alcoholic, have a major disadvantage in that they can only produce good soda water quality, which is a prerequisite for soft drinks, at a temperature of 3 to a maximum of 6 degrees. In the summer months or when business is good, this is no longer possible due to the frequent tapping of the respective drinks due to the existing cooling system, the minimum temperature of 6 degrees can be reached. If the specified temperature is exceeded, the carbonation is no longer sufficient to ensure good carbonation of liquids, e.g. CO ² and tap water. In this case, the tapped Coca-Cola does not have enough carbon dioxide and the sparkling effect is not sufficiently present and is rightly criticized by the customer. Another disadvantage of the previously known dispensing systems is that they usually use pressure booster pumps, which are subject to maintenance and are often defective. Another defect is that the previously known dispensing systems have too high a pressure. have high CO ² consumption and according to the new dispensing system regulation from January 1st, 2000, which stipulates that the carbonator and all associated components must be cleaned every 6 months to combat bacteria and germs, the current design of the previously known dispensing systems cannot be maintained at all or only partially. The following solution was found in an inventive way for these sometimes significant deficiencies and has independent, inventive status.

In order to reduce high ^CO2 consumption by up to 50% in a dispensing system for soft drinks, the feed component for gases and liquids is used, which guarantees that the ^CO2 consumption can be reduced by up to 50%.

The component for gases and liquids also has the advantage that 2 electric check valves can be saved in the dispensing system, namely those that control the gas and liquid supply for the carbonator. This is done by the component for gases and liquids and is solved as follows. Because within the component for gases and liquids, the check valve is designed and constructed in such a way that this valve releases the gas flow in the direction of the carbonator, preferably the pipe sieve carbonator.

This was solved in an inventive way in such a way that the structure of the previously known check valves for liquids, which have a guide rod connected to the closure plate and extended, preferably made from one component, a preferred arrangement for the gas outlet side in the direction of the carbonator, preferably a tubular sieve carbonator. The outlet side for gases is reached, for example, by a valve that can have the structure of a car tire valve, for example. The closing and opening of the two valves is carried out via the liquid side,

with a fully assembled dispensing system that is supplied with, for example, a CO ² and liquid flow. By tapping, the liquid valve is opened and the extended lifting rod of the valve for liquids *- opens the opposite gas valve. When the tap is closed, the liquid flow is interrupted and the non-return valve for liquids closes. By closing, the extended lifting rod is taken back and the gas valve can close at the same time as the liquid side. This has the advantage that no gas bubbles can press into the carbonator system because, for example, the gas side can be at an overpressure of 0.5 bar compared to the liquid side. A 50 percent gas saving, for example, in having CO ² required for the carbonation process, was inventively solved in such a way that inside or outside the supply line or bore in front of the opening valve in the direction of the carbonator, preferably a pipe screen carbonator, e.g. a bore diameter of 0.4 mm and a length of e.g. 8 mm, can be arranged.

This can vary depending on the area of application. It was mistakenly not considered that narrowing the supply line for the carbonator, preferably a tubular screen carbonator, can result in large savings of, for example, ^CO2. On the outlet side towards the carbonator, preferably a tubular screen carbonator, on the feed component for gases and liquids, it is possible to insert a component, preferably a screw-on one, a liquid check valve that closes towards the feed component for gases and liquids. This has the advantage that, for example, when using a tubular screen carbonator for carbonation, it is easy to assemble and disassemble in order to carry out a prescribed cleaning of the tubular screen carbonator. If this is necessary, the preferred screw connection in the direction of the supply line to the tap outlet can be quite simply loosened and the tubular screen carbonator can then be removed without interrupting or shutting off the gas and liquid supply for the dispensing system. In order to avoid the disadvantage of exceeding the maximum liquid temperature, which always occurs with the known carbonators, a tube sieve carbonator is used in the dispensing system. This has the advantage that when carbonating with the tube sieve carbonator, even at increasing temperatures, e.g. 12 degrees liquid temperature, there is still sufficient carbonation, e.g. 8 grams per litre of liquid. This good and achievable result is due to the design of the tube sieve carbonator, which can have e.g. 400 individual, round carbonator sieves, which are placed one on top of the other in a carbonator tube.

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These individual carbonator sieves have a center hole so that they can be pulled onto an adjusting rod for carbonator sieves to enable easy assembly in order to bring the individual carbonator sieves into the carbonator tube. Each individual carbonator sieve has, for example, a construction-related edge that can have a height of, for example, 1 mm. This construction ensures that a chamber can form on each subsequent carbonator sieve, which is used so that an artificial vacuum can form behind each mesh of the individual carbonator sieves and CO ² can enter into this vacuum, for example. This creates a surface area of, for example, 2 football fields within the tube sieve carbonator and this is advantageous for the carbonation of, for example, CO ² and tap water if you only have a static liquid pressure of 5 bar available. This fact also means that in a dispensing system that is equipped with the feed component for gases and liquids and the tube sieve carbonator for carbonation works, no pressure booster pump is needed if, for example, a liquid pressure of 3.5 bar is present. If a liquid temperature, or if desired, of up to 15 degrees is sufficient for tapping, cooling for liquids can also be dispensed with, because the pipe strainer carbonator carbonates sufficiently at any liquid temperature, for example liquid temperatures from 3 to 60 degrees Celsius. This means that you can also tap hot soda water.

In order to enable good and economical (with regard to the gas side) carbonation, the supply line from the carbonator (preferably a pipe strainer carbonator) to the compensator tap, which is located in front of the E-valve that opens or closes the release of soda water or soft drink to the tap outlet by electrical or manual actuation, is the supply line. This supply line should have an inner diameter of 3.7 mm, for example. This has the advantage that no major expansion can occur on the transport route from the carbonator (preferably a pipe strainer carbonator) to the tap outlet.

This particularly applies to long distances of e.g. 15 meters to the tap outlet or upstream dosing station for beverage additives.

When using a dispensing system without pressure booster pumps for the liquid supply, a control valve is recommended which controls liquids and gases simultaneously and passes pressure fluctuations from the liquid side to the gas side, e.g. if the liquid pressure drops from 5 bar to 4 bar, the gas pressure also drops. The gas side is set with a variable, adjustable overpressure of up to 0.1 to 0.7 bar, for example, which means that the liquid pressure is 5 bar and the gas pressure 5.5 bar. A further advantage of such a control valve is that no basic setting is necessary when connecting such a control valve, because the liquid side determines the gas pressure. With most refreshment dispensing systems which offer several drinks, e.g.

For Coca-Cola^ant^Sprite^table water, the tap outlets are equipped as a compensator tap or, for example, with a tap with an integrated compensator, which is also known for tapping beer.

This can be offered differently and more cost-effectively with the newly invented dispensing system with or without cooling. The principle of the tap outlet with integrated compensator remains the same, this compensator can preferably be adjustable in stroke, but does not have to be. The soda water or mineral water produced, for example, can be led directly to the tap outlet, but must pass through an electric valve that is used to open and close the liquid flow. It can also be fed to a dosing station that can contain various beverage additives. The soda water that is fed to a dosing station can now be used, for example, to make Coca-Cola and this Coca-Cola can now be tapped from the dosing station to the tap outlet via the electric valve to the tap outlet.

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A high-performance dispensing system, based on the number of liters per minute, must take this into account, based on the tap outlet with an integrated compensator. This means, for example, that with a dispensing volume of 2 liters per minute as opposed to 5 liters per minute, the compensator, for example in the conical area, has a circumference that is 4 cm larger than the compensator for 2 liters per minute. The same principle also results in other liter numbers per minute. For large dispensing systems, based on the number of liters per minute that is to be dispensed, several pipe strainer cabonators and tap outlets with an integrated compensator can also be used, with all the necessary components and gas and liquid supply connections and lines.

A further task was to be solved in an inventive manner, namely that the control valve, which integrates liquids and gases simultaneously in one component, can control and simultaneously regulate pressure from the liquid side and the gas side. If there is an overpressure on the gas side compared to the liquid side of, for example, 0.1 to 0.7 bar, which can also be adjustable in the minus or plus range, and has an adjustment option on the control valve, it must be designed so that the different volume flows, e.g. tap water and CO ² , match, related to the component which is used for the feed, e.g. for CO ² and tap water to supply a carbonator, preferably a pipe strainer carbonator, certain OtWhen designing the feed component for, e.g. CO ² and tap water, it must be taken into account regarding the holes or lines inside or outside the component that the holes or lines up to the opening valve within the feed component are only 10% of the diameter of conventional feed components, e.g.

This must be structurally coordinated with the control valve, which regulates liquids and gases simultaneously via the liquid pressure, and this was solved in an inventive way and has independent, inventive status. For example, in the connection option for the gas supply of the feed component in the area or in the connection option or through an additional component of, for example, a reduction of, for example, an inner diameter of 1mm over a length of, for example, 3cm. This has the advantage that the control valve can adapt better to the artificially generated back pressure of, for example, CO ^2, and this results in more precise control of the two media, which then also fits together with the feed component with its narrow bores or lines up to the opening valve for gas. Related to this, the saving of up to 50% of gases has been made possible in connection with the tubular sieve carbonator, which can consist of individual carbonator sieves that are mounted and secured on an adjusting rod. Furthermore, the pressure control valve is designed in such a way that a ^CO2 supply, for example, which can be refilled, has a connection option which can be adapted to the gas storage container, for example, in relation to the container valve, which can preferably have an internal thread, left or right-handed.

In this case, the design of the connection piece for the valve on the pressure control valve for gases and liquids must be adapted accordingly and should also have all sealing options. Furthermore, for example, the pressure control valve should have a pressure relief valve on the high pressure side of the gas and also a valve on the high pressure side of the pressure control valve for gases and tap water that can be used to relieve the high pressure side when changing the gas container so that the container can be

the high pressure that is present, for example if you loosen the container one turn from the pressure reducer, control valve and thus interrupt the gas flowing in the direction of the control valve, then you can relax this via the relief valve on the high pressure side of the control valve for gases and liquids and you can unscrew the container for gases, for example, and you won't lose the sealing O-ring, which can be located on the connection option for a gas container on the control valve for gases and liquids. Furthermore, the pressure control valve for gases and liquids must be designed and constructed in such a way that it allows the feed component for gases and liquids to be connected easily and compactly. The pressure control valve for gases and liquids must therefore have the following connection options and safety valves: Connection options for the supply of the control valve, at least one liquid connection, as well as at least one gas connection for the supply of the control valve for gases and liquids, as well as at least one outlet option for liquids, as well as at least one gas outlet option, an overpressure safety valve, as well as a relief valve for the gas high-pressure side. The mechanism that is required within the pressure control valve for the control of gases and liquids can be adopted from the previously known system from diving technology, the ventilation supply for divers, because this is a tried and tested system.

A further task was to find and develop an inventive solution that would enable a carbonization system with novel components that are required to create a carbonization of gases and liquids and to do so more cost-effectively, as for example found in the patent applications and publications listed that have already been published.

For example, the disclosure document with the number: DE35 3411 3A 1,Applicant: Ruhnke,Gottfried,6204 Taunusstein,DE.

This application shows a pelator for faucet mouthpieces. Similar sieves are also used, as in the pipe sieve carbonator, but the carbonator sieves have one major feature compared to the pelator sieves, these do not have a hole in the middle of the sieve, but the main feature is that a pelator with integrated sieves cannot produce soda water, because the gas flow (air) is carried out at the outlet via the tap outlet, in the pipe sieve carbonator the gas flow, e.g. CO ² , is carried out via the feed component for gases and liquids, i.e. before the carbonator sieves. As a further feature, no features are described or mentioned in the published application DE35 3411 3A 1 that the pelator can carbonate.

Another application from the USA with the patent number 5,021,250 shows a method for carbonating liquids. The disclosed drawing clearly shows that the carbonated liquid is taken from a tap outlet that does not have a compensator like the one that is being applied for. In this patent application of mine, also in connection with a kitchen faucet or basically with a mixer tap, single-hand or two-hand faucet with a separate tap outlet with integrated compensator, for the extraction of soda water, it cannot be inferred from the detailed description that this

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In the application with the number 5,021,250, no feed component for gases and liquids is mentioned, nor is a pipe strainer carbonator used in this USA application.

Another US application with the patent number 5,417,348 shows a two-handle tap with a separate line for taking filtered tap water and also for tapping carbonated tap water. This application also does not mention a feed component for gases and liquids that can release the gas flow using the liquid pressure. A separate tap outlet with an integrated compensator is also not mentioned or considered. The carbonation is also not achieved using a pipe sieve carbonator. The principle shown in the US application also does not show any possibility of offering soda water in different qualities, such as classic, medium or still soda water, as my system can. I can do this by adjusting the compensator in the stroke inside the tap outlet, by increasing the flow rate of the liquid using the compensator tap, but the e.g. gas flow is not changed, the range of different soda water qualities can be offered with this invention.

None of the aforementioned systems can provide the feed component (feed head) for gases and liquids with an integrated mechanism to open the gas side from the liquid side and support the closing of the gas side again, which is secured by a valve, and this design can, for example, save at least two electric valves in a dispensing system. Furthermore, the aforementioned publications show no design similar to the inventive basis of the tubular sieve carbonator, which is preferably used for carbonation when, for example, soda water is drawn from a household tap valve with a separate tap outlet with an integrated compensator, the stroke of which can be adjusted, and cannot be compared with previously known publications. The same applies to dispensing systems in general. The design of the tubular sieve carbonator also clearly shows the inventive background it has compared to other carbonators, e.g. the fact that the carbonator tube is made of, for example, Can be made of VA steel, but is easy to manufacture and is not processed in the same way as medical VA steel pipes, for example. This reduces costs considerably. Furthermore, the aforementioned publications show that no carbonator system has or had carbonator sieves in this design and arrangement.

This refers, for example, to the fact that the carbonator screens can be made of VA steel and can be made of braided VA steel threads and can be manufactured very inexpensively. The individual carbonator screens get their shape, for example, by punching and this has the advantage that in one operation, for example, the round shape with the flanged edge, which can be used to ensure distance to the following carbonator screens, and the center hole, for example, can also be made in the punching operation. The center hole is used for the adjustment rod and facilitates the assembly of the tube screen carbonator, which can consist of 400 individual carbonator screens, for example. None of the aforementioned publications can have the same features, e.g. to carbonate CO ² and tap water, that a high surface is created within the tube screen carbonator, this is achieved in the tube screen carbonator by, for example, fine mesh and the high number of individual carbonator screens. Due to this high surface, a Carbonation can be achieved in a flowing state and continuously with, for example, 8 grams of ^CO2 per liter of liquid and at a liquid temperature of, for example, 12 degrees Celsius, all of which cannot be achieved by conventional carbonation systems.

These values are only achieved with warm carbonators, but these are used in private households and in dispensing systems, e.g. for cost reasons. The well-known table soda makers can carbonate at a liquid temperature of 12 degrees Celsius, but only in a closed system and not in a flowing state. Carbonation also only works under high pressure, which must be e.g. 12 bar. The pipe sieve carbonator can have sufficient carbonation in grams per litre of liquid at a flow pressure of e.g. 2.5 bar, e.g. 6.5 grams of CO ² per litre of liquid.

Furthermore, none of the above-mentioned publications can demonstrate good carbonation, this refers to, for example, CO ² losses during carbonation, which are up to 50% CO ² loss in soda water table preparation devices, for example. With carbonation with the feed component for gases and liquids, in conjunction with a carbonator, preferably one or more pipe sieve carbonators in conjunction with all required components, only 0.3% loss on, for example, one liter of tap water carbonated with CO ² .

All of the aforementioned publications may also show carbonation, e.g. of 6 grams per liter of tap water carbonated with CO ² , but the relaxation time after tapping is very high, e.g. within 5 minutes, measured on a glass with a content of 0.2 liter, the CO ² losses are around 30%. With carbonation using the pipe sieve carbonator, in conjunction with the feed component for e.g. CO ² and tap water, under the same conditions as those planned, in the same period of time there is only a 0.3% loss on a glass of soda water with a content of 0.2 liter. This is a huge advantage for the consumer. Another advantage is the cost of manufacturing the feed component for gases and liquids, in conjunction with a pipe sieve carbonator and the required components and connections and lines and the tap spout required to tapping soda water, for example.

For example, a dispensing system for producing soda water cannot do without cooling; this cost factor can be 600 DM, for example, and all other components that are still required to produce soda water have not yet been taken into account. A complete system that can produce soda water, for example, with the components feed component for gases and liquids, control valve that can regulate and control liquids and gases, as well as the pipe sieve carbonator, e.g. with 400 carbonator sieves and adjusting rod, carbonator pipe, all required connections and lines, tap outlet with integrated compensator, the stroke of which can be adjusted, e.g. an electric valve. The aforementioned components have a total cost factor of approx. 180 DM, e.g. the manufacturing price. This is an advantage that all previously known systems for manufacturing a dispensing system cannot achieve, not to mention the required maintenance.

Another task was to find an inventive solution that would allow beer liquid, which only has its own carbon dioxide, which can occur through the fermentation of the beer, to be enriched on site with CO ² and another gas, such as nitrogen, before tapping. This has the advantage that the transport packaging for the beer liquid does not have to be as high-quality as for beer that has already been enriched with carbon dioxide before tapping. This has a major cost advantage that could also benefit the consumer. Another advantage is that when beer is exported, transport costs can be reduced because beer is essentially a hazardous material and therefore no longer has to be transported as hazardous material. This was solved in an inventive way and deserves its own, inventive status.

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The feed component for gases and liquids with integrated opening mechanism is used to release the gas flow on the gas side in the direction of the pipe strainer carbonator and can be used, for example, to feed the beer liquid with the help of a pump to the liquid supply of the feed component for gases and liquids. A gas supply is also required, in this case e.g. CO ² and possibly also nitrogen. The pipe strainer carbonator, which is connected to the feed component for gases and liquids, is used to carbonate the beer liquid in conjunction with the gases for carbonation. The lines that connect the pipe strainer carbonator to the tap now make it possible to tap beer liquid that has been carbonated on site. It is advisable to cool the beer liquid before or after or before and after the carbonation process in order to offer the consumer a cool beer. The aforementioned principle is also recommended for dispensing systems with more than one tap.

Another task was to find an inventive solution that allows the separate tap outlet with integrated compensator, which can be adjusted in stroke, to be integrated into a one-hand or two-hand

Mixer tap, can be swivelled, as can the tap outlets for normal cold, warm or mixed water. This has the advantage that if space is required, the soda water tap outlet can be swivelled away. This was solved in an inventive way and has an independent status: the upper part of the normal tap valve, one- or two-hand mixer tap, is manufactured in such a way that it allows the separate tap outlet for soda water with integrated compensator, which can be adjusted in stroke, to also be swivelled without the entire tap having to be swivelled.

Another task was to find an inventive solution to add an additional boost of CO ² to soda water before tapping, for example, with CO 2. This has the advantage of improving the tingling effect that the carbonic acid has when consumed. This was solved in an inventive way and has independent, inventive status by a separate line that is supplied with CO ² , for example, via the feed component for gases and liquids, at a separate feed point and connection, which can be in the area, for ^example , in the lower third of the pipe strainer carbonator in the direction of the tap outlet supply line.

Another task was to find an inventive solution that the feed component for gases and liquids in connection with all check valves or opening valves and connection options^ liquid connections^ gas connections or supply options for one or more pipe strainer cabonators, supply line or lines, as well as one or more line compensators, which can also be adjustable in stroke, as well as one or more E-valves, one or more tap outlets with or without compensators or which can have a possibility of adding soft drink additives, as well as one or more possibilities of an E-control unit for opening or closing the flow of soda or soft drink for withdrawal.One or more collecting containers for non-tapped liquids that have not been used, with an integrated level indicator for one or more containers, as well as one or more displays to be able to show that the gas supply is running low or is empty.The fact that the liquid withdrawal via a portioner can take place that the

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Withdrawal for e.g. soda water can be connected to a coin store or tokens or e.g. an EC card or other check cards. The carbonated liquids can be cooled before or after or before and after carbonation, preferably continuous flow cooling systems.

The above examples of a dispensing system for private or commercial use should be as well lit as possible and have the option of using advertising space. Due to the design of the dispensing system, which can be used from all four sides, for example. This was solved in an inventive way and has its own status. The dispensing system can have a structure similar to a pyramid. The basic structure can be made of metal, e.g. angle profiles. These angle profiles are also used to hold the fields to be filled, which arise from the structural shape of a pyramid. Plexiglass is preferably used to fill the fields. This has the advantage that the lighting effect is or can be used well when the pyramid is illuminated from the inside. In order to use the four fields of the pyramid as advertising space, three sliding surfaces are made on three sides, which can have exchangeable advertising spaces. The advertising space on the fourth side of the pyramid can be made by completely opening it up or removing it. This fourth side is also used to secure the ^CO2 supply, for example, and to use it to change the ^CO2 supply, as well as for assembling the cooling system and the aforementioned components that are needed for carbonation of liquids and gases. For example, the tap is integrated inside the pyramid, as are all the components used that are needed for tapping. Furthermore, the first third of the pyramid, seen from the top, should be covered with foil or something similar on the inside. The rest of the pyramid can be used as advertising space. Advertising space can be inserted into the pyramid using Plexiglas, for example, which is clearly visible to customers and can have a supporting effect thanks to the lighting inside the pyramid. The base of the pyramid, which should preferably have four feet, can be made of perforated metal, for example. This has the advantage that when cooling is used for liquids, the inevitable heat build-up within the pyramid that occurs when the cooling is in operation can be released downwards through the perforated material. Fresh air for cooling can be provided at any point on the four sides of the pyramid, for example.

Furthermore, a possibility, which can preferably be outside the pyramid, must be provided for the liquid supply of the carbonator system; if necessary, an electrical supply must be maintained if required, e.g. for cooling or for lighting or for the electrical actuation valves. Preferably, an E-connection should cover the entire required E-network of the pyramid and also allow the emptying option for the container that collects the liquid that is not drawn outside the pyramid.

A further task was to find an inventive solution so that no liquid can enter the feed component for gases and liquids when the valve for gases is open or when there is no gas, for example when the gas supply is empty. This was solved in an inventive way and has independent, inventive status. The connection point between the lifting rod of the check valve for the liquid side of the feed component for gases and liquids to the opening valve on the gas side within the feed component for gases and liquids is sealed by, for example, a liquid sealing membrane, which has the possibility of a check valve that can have the structure of a ball check valve.

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When using a check valve like this, the ball that closes the chamber for gases should be hollow and made of plastic that is compatible with CO ² , for example. This would have the advantage that a hollow body has a very high buoyancy and supports rapid closing so that no liquid can get into the supply holes or lines after the opening valve for gases.

Another task was to find an inventive solution that the feed component for gases and liquids in conjunction with the pipe sieve carbonator(s) and all the required components and gases, as well as the required liquids, for the carbonation of e.g. CO ² and tap water, to use carbonated tap water in horticulture and agriculture, because carbonated tap water is a very good fertilizer, as shown by the use of carbon dioxide in the greenhouse cultivation of plants. This is used as follows, e.g. the greenhouses are closed in the evening and carbon dioxide is sprayed into the greenhouse. In this case, the carbon dioxide is absorbed by the plants through the leaves and used as fertilizer and for growth. It would be more effective if carbon dioxide were at the roots of the plant or e.g. the vegetables. This was solved in an inventive way and has independent, inventive status, that most greenhouses have an irrigation system for the plants inside the greenhouses. This can be used, for example, to ² and to carbonate tap or well water, for example, the component for the feed for gases and liquids is designed with all the necessary, aforementioned components and is constructed for the amount of gases and liquids, based on the size of the component for gases and liquids. This also applies to the pipe sieve carbonator used. For example, a single carbonator sieve with a center hole for the adjusting rod when using CO ² and tap water to carbonate is 18mm in diameter, the carbonator sieve for irrigating tap water mixed with CO ² for a greenhouse can be 7cm in diameter, the mesh or material thickness of the carbonator sieves can then also be different, the number of carbonator sieves can also vary depending on the liquid to be treated. This also applies to the connecting lines and the gas consumption and the storage quantity. An example is given as construction instructions, e.g. for use in watering plants in a greenhouse or several greenhouses.

The feed component for gases and liquids, which can release the gas flow through a separate gas valve using the liquid pressure, is used. This component must be connected to enough liquid, in terms of liters per minute, and to a gas supply that is also large enough. A control valve is also recommended that can control liquids and gases at the same time, with a certain excess pressure from the gas when using a liquid pressure booster pump. A gas pressure reducer, which can be adjustable, can be used for the gas side. A pipe strainer carbonator with all valves and connections and lines is also required for connecting to the compensator tap outlet, as well as an integrated compensator in a line. The carbonized liquid prepared in this way is connected to lines via the carbonator tap with integrated compensator, which ensures irrigation with carbonized liquids for the plants. Such irrigation of the plants has the advantage that the carbonized tap water or well water can reach the roots of the plants and this has a Advantage, instead of absorbing carbon dioxide through the leaves.

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What follows is a detailed description and, for example, a schematic explanation of Figures 1-12.

Description of the feed component (l)(93), which can have the following components, for example, and shows the area of application, for example, also in connection with components that enable a carbonation process to be carried out, for example to produce soda water, in connection with e.g. CO ² and tap water. The feed component for gases and liquids (l)(93) usually has a liquid supply option (3), which can take place on a liquid supply through the thread (2), for example in the opening (3) of the liquid supply of the component (l)(93) a check valve (l 12)(96) is integrated, which can have all sealing options, for example (5)(6), as well as the spring (7), which supports the closing of the plate (l 11) and ensures that, for example, only from 0.5 bar liquid pressure the check valve 112)(96) opens and directs the liquid flow in the direction Chamber (13) (100) is released. The extended running stroke rod (4) (97) of the check valve (96) (112) is used to open the valve (14) (105) in order to release the gas flow in the direction of the chamber (13) (100) e.g. The inflow of the gas is made possible by the ball check valve (18), e.g.

The ball check valve (18) can be constructed in such a way that it can prevent liquids from entering the gas supply bore (15), for example. The bore (15) within the feed component (l) (93) is, for example, 0.4 mm in diameter and has a length of 8 mm, for example. This has the advantage that such a bore (15) could reduce gas consumption, e.g. of CO ^2, by up to 50%, in order to produce, for example, soda water in conjunction with tap water. By opening the gas flow, which is effected by the guide lifting rod (4) (97), because the opening valve (14) (105) can be opened by the lifting rod (4) (97), it is ensured that the gas side and the liquid side of the component (l) (93) can open simultaneously, for example.

The simultaneous closing of the valves (14) (105) is ensured, for example, by the gas valve (14) (105) being able to close automatically, e.g. by a spring. The closing of the gas valve (14) (105), for example, is made possible by the fact that when the check valve 112) (96) closes, the guide lifting rod (4) (97) clears the way so that the gas valve (14) (105) can close automatically, e.g. The bore (15), e.g. is connected to a bore (19), e.g. connected, which ensures the gas supply of the feed component (l) (93) for example via the connection option Oo) with a gas supply via the thread (17). The chamber (13) (100) for example can maintain the supply in the direction of the pipe sieve carburetor (10), which is secured via a check valve (9) (96) opposite the feed component (l) (93) for example.

The check valve^)^) is, for example, incorporated in a component (12) which prevents, for example, soda water from entering the chamber (13)(100) when the compensator valve (154)(l 11) is closed, making it possible, for example, to save up to 50% of gases through the component (l)(93) for gases and liquids, e.g. through the pipe strainer carbonator (lO).

This is supported by the large surface of the tube sieve carbonator (10). This is achieved by the individual carbonator sieves (31), for example by the mesh size of the individual carbonator sieves (31) and the number of individual carbonator sieves (31), which can be 400 for a tube sieve carbonator (10) (not shown in the picture). The flanged edge of the carbonator sieves (10) ensures a certain amount of space between the individual carbonator sieves (10), which supports the carbonization, for example. The individual carbonator sieves are preferably woven from individual VA steel threads, for example. The individual carbonator sieves (10) are punched from woven VA steel threads and provided with the flanged edge.

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To facilitate the assembly of the carbonator sieves (lO), e.g. the carbonator sieves (lO) are provided with a central hole (not shown in the picture). This has the advantage that an adjusting rod (l 1) is used to bring the individual carbonator sieves (lO) onto the adjusting rod (l 1) and to insert them into the carbonator tube (30) with the adjusting rod (l 1). Before inserting them into the carbonator tube (30), safety devices are attached to both sides of the adjusting rod (l 1) for the carbonator sieves (lO). For example, the above-mentioned method makes assembly easier. A complete carbonator system consists, for example, of the following components: feed component (l) (93) with all integrated components, which are shown in Figures 1 and, for example, Figure 10. The above-mentioned carbonization principle can be used in the following areas, for example: in private kitchens, in private bathrooms, in medical applications, in medical massage areas, in dispensing systems for all areas of Beverage industry, in the fields of agriculture and farming, cleaning industries of all kinds where carbonated liquids are used, for irrigation in greenhouses in general. The areas of application mentioned are to be viewed as examples in relation to the areas of application in which gases and liquids are processed together.

Figure: (1) shows: a schematic example of a feed component (1) for gases and liquids, which via the check valve (3) with extended lifting rod guide (4), which uses the existing liquid pressure via the lifting rod (4) of the check valve (3), to direct the gas flow via the opening valve (14) for gases. The released gas flow can reach the outlet chamber (13) for gases and liquids via the ball check valve (18). The required liquid can be applied via the connection option (2) for liquids with a liquid supply or a liquid supply line for cold or hot water or both (not shown in the picture). The bore or line (15) is designed for the supply of gases, based on the diameter and length (not shown in the picture) of the bore (15) or line (15) to the requirements which, for example, relate to the carbonation of CO ² and tap water. The hole (19) is the connection between the gas supply (not shown in the picture) and the hole or line (15). The threaded (17) connection option can be used to connect a gas pressure reducer (not shown in the picture) or a pressure control valve (35)(72) that can regulate gases and liquids simultaneously. The gases are regulated via the liquid pressure, whereby a certain overpressure from the gas side compared to the liquid pressure is guaranteed, which can also be adjusted via the option (79). Liquid can enter the chamber (13) via the check valve (3) with extended stroke guide rod (4). The check valve (3) has the sealing features (6) as well as the sealing O-ring (5), the spring (7) and the sealing plate (133), as well as the body (134) for the check valve (3) and the lifting rod (4) has a fixed or two-component option for the plate (133), the lifting guide rod (4) can have a component in the direction of the opening valve (14) that can regulate the gas flow. (Not shown in the picture) The component (12) with integrated check valve (9) can be attached to the feed component (1) for gases and liquids on the thread (8). The component (12) also serves to supply gases and liquids (53) via the check valve (9) for the connection option of the pipe sieve carbonator (10)(30) with integrated adjusting rod (11) for carbonator sieves (31). The tube sieve carbonator (10) in conjunction with the carbonator tube (30) carries out the carbonation of, for example, CO ² and tap water by creating a high surface area.

Figure (2) shows: a schematic example of a feed component (20) for gases and liquids. The liquid supply for the component (20) is carried out via the threaded (2) connection option, other connection options for the liquid supply of the component (20) are also possible. (Not shown in the picture) In the component (20), in the area of the connection option (2) for liquids, a check valve (3) without an extended stroke guide rod (4) is integrated. The gas supply of the component (20) is maintained via the threaded connection option (17), so that a gas supply can be used via the option (16) and via the bore (19) the gas supply through the bore or line (15) to the outlet valve (22) that is attached to the component (21). The chamber (13) can supply the tubular sieve carbonator (10) with gases and liquids. The thread (12) can be used as a connection option for the component (12).

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Figure (3) shows: a schematic example of a feed component (23) for gases and liquids to allow gases and liquids to enter a chamber (13) via the connections (26) for liquids and the connection (29) for gases in the direction of the check valve (9). The component (23) has a thread (25), the component (26) has two threads (24)(25) for the liquid supply to the component (23), as well as a thread (25) for the component (29) with the thread (28) which can serve as a connection option for attachment to the component (23). The component (29) has a thread (27) which is intended as a connection option for a gas supply. (Not shown in the picture) The component (29) has one or more holes (15) through which the component (21) is supplied with gases and can reach the chamber (13) via the component (22). The component (23) has a thread (8) that can be used to connect the component (12) by inserting the check valve (9).

Figure (4) shows: a schematic example of a pipe sieve carbonator (54) with an additional gas feed (15) option, which is secured by a check valve (22). Such a pipe sieve carbonator (54) has the following components: a carbonator pipe (30) with a flanged edge (33), the connection option (15) for gases, individual sieves (34), carbonator sieves (31) which can have a flanged edge (not shown in the picture) and a center hole which should be aligned with the adjusting rod (11), as well as a securing option (32) for the carbonator sieves (31), as well as one or more connection options for supply lines which, for example, lead the soda water produced through the pipe sieve carbonator (54) to the tap outlet or tap outlets which can have one or more compensators. (Not shown in the picture)

Figure (5) shows: a schematic example of a housing of a pressure control valve (35) that can regulate gases via the liquid pressure. The pressure control valve (35) consists of two parts (35)(35) that do not have to be the same due to their design. (Not shown in the picture) A connection option (46) for the components (35)(35) at least one liquid connection (38), at least one liquid outlet option (42) at least one liquid check valve (40) at least one gas supply option (47) that is provided with at least one O-ring sealing option (48), for example, and an external wall thread (49) that is matched to the internal wall thread of the gas container valve. (Not shown in the picture) and is protected by a separate patent and utility model application with the numbers &Iacgr;93 5>$S<+.2 Vna 2 $$ 24 &Iacgr;26. b and is intended to receive protection.

The component (47) is fully integrated in the production of the component (35) and is to be manufactured from one component. The component (35)(47) has a pin (50) that can be used to open the gas valve. (Not shown in the picture) The opening (51) on the component (50)(47) is used for the gas supply to the pressure control valve (35). The gas flow can be opened and closed via the check valve (55). The pressure control valve (35) has an overpressure safety valve (39) and a check valve (41) for the gas flow, at least one outlet option (43) and one connection option (45) for the gas side and at least one connection option (44) for the liquid outlet side of the pressure control valve (35). There is an adjustment option (36) on the pressure control valve (35) to regulate the gas pressure via the existing liquid pressure in the housing of the pressure control valve (35). A relief valve (55) is installed on the high-pressure gas side.

Figure (6) shows: a schematic example of a connection option (12) with the possibility of integrating a check valve (9). A gas and liquid supply option (53) to be maintained, as well as a connection option (52). A carbonator pipe (30) with the gas supply option (15) to enable the component (21) and the ball check valve (21) to be connected to the component (12) as a priority. The carbonator pipe (30) is provided with the components (34)(32)(31)(IO)(11)(21)(22) which, for example, enable soda water in combination with CO ² and tap water. (Not shown in the picture)

Figure (7) shows: a schematic example of a feed component (135) for gases and liquids which can have the following components: A T-piece (56) for the liquid supply to the component (135) via the liquid supply option (58) of the T-piece (56) via a liquid supply option (59) for the cold water supply of a tap valve. (Not shown in the picture) The T-piece (135) has threads (57) to ensure the connection to the component (135) and the connection option of a liquid supply via the T-piece (56) in the direction of the component (135).

A check valve (60) is integrated into the component (135) and opens towards the chamber (13). The thread (61) in the component (135) serves to accommodate the component (62), which is provided with at least one bore or line (15), and the release of gases towards the chamber (13) is to be ensured via the ball check valve (18). The component (62) is supplied with gas through the bore in the component (135). The bore (19) is supplied with gases via the connection option (16) on the component (135). The thread (17) on the component (135) can be used to connect a gas supply connection option (not shown in the picture). The thread (8) can be used as a connection option for the component (12) by providing the option (53) and the option of integrating a check valve (not shown in the picture). The carbonator tube (30) can also be connected to the component (12).

Figure (8) shows: a schematic example of a feed component (1) for gases and liquids that can be made from food-safe materials. For example: from VA steel. The liquid supply to the feed component (1) for gases and liquids is carried out via option (3). The thread (2) can, for example: be used as a connection option for a T-piece (56) for the liquid supply to component (1). The component (64) can, for example: be provided with a hole (15) to ensure the gas supply to component (1). The thread (63) can be used as a connection option to component (1) as well as to the gas supply to components (64)(1). (Partly not shown in the picture) The component (18) can, for example: be attached to component (64) by screwing. The component (12) can, for example: be used via a threaded connection to component (1). (Not shown in the picture) The component (12) can also have a check valve. (Not shown in the picture) The carbonator tube (30) can be connected, for example: to the
Component (12) can be used as a connection option. (Not shown in the picture)

Figure (9) shows: a schematic example of a compensator tap (111) made of food-grade materials. The component (111) has a conical (117) finish that is matched to the compensator (116). The fluid supply to the compensator tap (111) can be provided through the option (118). The thread (119) can be used to connect the fluid supply to the compensator tap (111), in the form of a flexible line. (Not shown in the picture) The O-ring (120) has the task of ensuring the fluid flow towards the tap outlet (122) when the compensator (116) is closed in the direction of the fluid supply (118). The compensator (116) is manufactured in such a way that a tap outlet chamber (121) is created. The O-rings (115) are intended to seal in the direction of the compensator (116) operating part (131) (113) for liquids. The thread (114) is used to guide the compensator (116). The upper part of the tap (113) can be connected to the component (113) using a screwable connection. (Not shown in the picture) The component (112) is to be designed as a holder for the component (111), which can have a hole (133). The threads (130) can be used as a connection option for the tap outlet (123). The component (124) can be used to connect to the component (125) via the connection (132). The connections (129)(128) must be provided with a power supply option. (Not shown in the picture) The component (126) is used to dispense liquids via the opening (127).

Figure (10) shows: a schematic example of a pressure control valve (72) and a feed component (93) for gases and liquids. The component (72) can consist of two components that are connected by a connection option (75), preferably screwable. (Not shown in the picture) The thread (109) is used as an adjustment option for the screw (79), which creates a connection to the component (78). The component (78) creates a connection to the component (77). The component (77) is preferably a spring. The component (77) creates a connection to the component (76), which in turn has a connection to the membrane (80), which has a connection to the pressure plate (81) on the gas side. The tappet (106) component has a connection to the valve (82), which is manufactured to close automatically. The O-ring (134) seals the connection option (84). The gas connection is preferably a gas container with a valve matched to the gas connection option (84) on the component (72). (Not shown in the picture) The thread (135) of the component (84) is matched to the valve thread. (Not shown in the picture) The opening (83) is intended for the gas supply to the component (72). The pin (110) is intended to open and release the gas flow from the gas storage container and should be used. The component (85) is for venting the gas side. The component (74) is a pressure relief valve for the gas side. The connection option and gas outlet option (40) can have a connection option (88) that is connected to the gas supply option (90) that has a smaller bore (91) or line, like the supply option for gases (40). The bore or line (92) supplies the valve (105) with gases in the direction of the chamber (100). The mechanism (104) of the valve (105) can be used to open the gas flow via the component (102) of the push rod (97) of the check valve (96). The valve (105) has its own closing mechanism: preferably a spring mechanism. (Not shown in the picture) The thread (136) is used as a connection option for the valve (105). The thread (101) is used for the component that ensures the connection option for connecting a pipe screen carbonator to the component (93). (Not shown in the picture)

The spring (99) helps close the check valve (96) and only releases the flow of liquid, for example: when the liquid pressure reaches 0.5 bar. The tappet rod (97) is connected to the sealing plate (137). The O-ring is used as a sealing option for the chamber in which the check valve (96) is installed. The thread (138) is used as a connection option for component (94). Component (94) is used via option (95) to supply component (93) with gases, which can pass via component (96) into the chamber (100) in the direction of the pipe sieve carbonator. (Not shown in the picture) Option (108) is used to supply liquid via component (94) to component (93), which has a connection option (89).

Figure (11) shows: a schematic example of a feed component (1) for gases and liquids, having a thread (2) to allow a liquid feed (3) into the component (1) via a liquid supply (not shown in the picture), so that the liquid can reach the chamber (70). The liquid can then flow through the option (71) towards the component (66). The thread (63) in the component (1) can be used as a connection option for a valve that releases the gas flow. (Not shown in the picture) The hole (64) is supplied with gases via the hole (19). The thread (17) is used as a connection option for a gas supply to the component (1). The thread (69) is used ^as a connection option for the component (66), which ensures the connection of a tubular sieve carbonator. (Not shown in the picture) The thread (67) serves as a connection option for a carbonator system: preferably a pipe sieve carbonator. (Not shown in the picture)

Figure (12) shows: a schematic example of the feed component (94) for gases and liquids in conjunction with a pressure control valve (72) from figure (10), which can regulate the gas pressure via the liquid pressure with a certain gas overpressure, in conjunction with a pipe sieve carbonator (not shown in the picture) which is connected to the component (94) and is connected to the compensator tap (154) via a supply line (156) in order to preferably release soda water via the opening valve (173) in the direction of the tap outlet (148). It is possible to tap chilled drinks via the tap outlet (148) using a cooling device (169) for liquids. In order to integrate the aforementioned components into a dispensing system, the housing of the dispensing system is designed as a pyramid (139), which refers to the basic structure of the pyramid (139). The fields of the pyramid (139) are made of Plexiglas (142). In order to use a lighting effect (141), the lighting (141) can be connected to the component (145). The lighting (141) is supplied with power by an electrical supply line (157) via the plug (167). The fields (158) of the pyramid (139) can be provided with advertising by removing the fields (158). (Not shown in the picture) The component (159) is used to guide the fields (158). The component (164) is the base of the pyramid (139). The component (164) is designed as a perforated sheet. (Not shown in the picture) The housing of the component (169) contains a liquid cooling device (not shown in the picture) and the complete carbonation unit for carbonating liquids. The component (168) is for the liquid supply for the cooling device, which supplies the feed component (1) from figure (10). The gas supply (171) within the pyramid (139) supplies the pressure control valve (72) from figure (10) with gases via the gas supply line (172) which are taken off via the valve (170). The gas supply is secured via the component (163).

The pyramid (139) stands on the components (165). The component (162) is used as a holder for the components (160) (173) (154). The container (160) is used as a collecting container for unspent liquids that reach the container (160) via the options (149) (150). The liquid from the container (160) can be taken via the line (161) at the component (174). The component (149) on the pyramid (139) is used as a place to put a dispensing vessel in order to dispense liquid via the tap outlet (148). The liquid flow in the direction of the tap outlet (148) can be released via the component (146) via the component (147). The liquid flow is supplied with liquid via the component (173) through the compensator tap (154): preferably soda water. The compensator valve is supplied with liquids enriched with gases via the supply line (156) via the component (93) from figure: in conjunction with the component (72) from figure: 10 the component (155) on the compensator valve (154) can enable the stroke of the condenser to be adjusted.

Claims (55)

1. Feed component for gases and liquids, characterized in that it has in its interior a design releasing a gas flow depending on the liquid pressure. 2. Feed component according to claim 1, characterized in that it has at least one gas valve ( 14 , 105 ). 3. Feed component according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it has at least one liquid check valve ( 96 , 112 , 60 ). 4. Feed component ( 1 , 93 , 135 ) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the gas valve ( 14 , 105 ) has a self-closing mechanism. 5. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the gas valve ( 14 , 105 ) has at least one ball check valve ( 18 ). 6. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it has at least one sealing possibility for the gas bore ( 15 , 92 , 90 ). 7. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it has at least one liquid check valve ( 112 , 60 , 96 ) with an extended guide stroke rod ( 4 , 97 ). 8. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the gas valve ( 14 , 105 ) has at least one fastening thread and sealing components. 9. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the liquid check valve ( 112 , 96 , 60 ) with extended guide stroke rod ( 4 , 97 ) has sealing components ( 6 , 5 , 98 ) and springs ( 7 , 99 ). 10. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that at least one liquid connection ( 2 , 138 ) and one liquid supply bore ( 3 , 95 ) are provided. 11. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that at least one chamber ( 100 , 13 , 145 , 146 ) is provided. 12. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that it has at least one liquid check valve ( 9 , 96 , 60 ) receiving type ( 70 ). 13. Feed component according to one of claims 7 to 12, characterized in that the guide lifting rod ( 4 , 97 ) has at least one guide component ( 102 ). 14. Feed component according to claim 13, characterized in that the guide component ( 102 ) has a guide chamber in front of the gas valve ( 105 , 14 ). 15. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that bores ( 91 , 92 , 15 , 19 ) or lines are provided. 16. Feed component according to claim 15, characterized in that a connection option ( 16 , 63 , 64 ) for the gas supply ( 90 ) is provided. 17. Feed component according to claim 15 or 16, characterized in that at least one supply possibility ( 53 , 65 ) is provided. 18. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 17, characterized in that a thread ( 8 , 101 , 147 , 69 ) is provided. 19. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 18, characterized in that a first component ( 66 ) receiving at least one liquid check valve ( 9 ) is provided. 20. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 19, characterized in that the first component ( 66 ) has at least one connection option for a carbonator pipe ( 30 ). 21. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 20, characterized in that a connection to at least one liquid and at least one gas supply is provided. 22. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 21, characterized in that the parts connected to it, such as the thread ( 12 ), the carbonator tube ( 30 ) including its sieves ( 32 ), the lifting rod ( 4 ), the second component ( 124 ), the push rod ( 97 ), the adjusting rod ( 11 ), the third component ( 21 ), the compensator ( 16 ), the plate ( 111 ), the tap outlet ( 123 ), the connection ( 132 ) and the tap outlet ( 126 ) are made of VA steel. 23. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 22, characterized in that it has a design which reduces gas consumption, in particular during the carbonation of liquids with CO ₂ . 24. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 23, characterized in that it is provided for supplying beer liquid, e.g. CO ₂ for controlling the beer liquid and gas supply. 25. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 24, characterized in that it has a supply of cooled liquid. 26. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 25, characterized in that it has a supply option for gases and liquids in a carbonation process in the kitchen and baking sector, in agriculture, in horticulture and for industrial use and is equipped with a tubular sieve carbonator ( 10 , 54 ). 27. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 26, characterized in that it has a supply of gases and liquids via a pressure control valve ( 35 , 72 ). 28. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 27, characterized in that the feed component ( 1 , 93 , 135 ) and the pressure control valve ( 35 , 72 ) consist of at least two components. 29. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 28, characterized in that the pressure control valve ( 35 , 72 ) which maintains the gas supply for the feed component ( 1 , 93 , 135 ) has a connection option ( 89 ), a screw ( 79 ), a thread ( 109 ), a connection ( 78 ), a spring ( 77 ), a connection ( 76 ), a connection option ( 75 ), a membrane ( 80 ), a pressure relief valve for the gas side ( 74 ), a pressure plate ( 81 ), a tappet ( 106 ), a gas connection option ( 84 ), a thread ( 135 ), a valve ( 82 ), an O-ring ( 134 ), a pin ( 110 ), an opening ( 83 ), a vent ( 85 ), a connection option and gas outlet option ( 40 ), a connection option ( 88 ), a gas supply option ( 90 ), a bore ( 91 ), a connection option for the liquid outlet side ( 44 ), a liquid outlet option ( 42 ), an adjustment option ( 36 ), a liquid connection ( 38 ), a connection option ( 46 ), an overpressure safety valve ( 39 ), a gas supply option ( 47 ), an external wall thread ( 49 ), a pin ( 50 ), an opening ( 51 ), a check valve ( 55 ), a sealing option ( 48 ), a pressure control valve ( 35 ), a check valve for the gas flow ( 41 ), a connection option for the gas side ( 45 ) and an outlet option for the gas side ( 43 ). 30. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 29, characterized in that the tubular sieve carbonator ( 10 , 54 ) is provided in conjunction with the compensator tap ( 111 ) for carbonating liquids. 31. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 30, characterized in that the compensator tap ( 111 ) in connection with the feed component ( 1 , 93 , 135 ) has an O-ring ( 120 ), a liquid supply ( 118 ), a thread ( 119 ), a conical connection ( 117 ), a compensator ( 116 ), O-rings ( 115 ), a bore ( 133 ), a component ( 112 ), a thread ( 114 ), an operating part ( 131 ), a tap top ( 113 ), a tap outlet ( 123 ), a component ( 124 ), a connection ( 132 ), an E-valve ( 125 ), connections ( 128 , 129 ), a tap outlet ( 126 ), an opening ( 127 ) and also an E-valve ( 125 ) with the tap outlet ( 126 ). 32. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 31, characterized in that it can also be used in the construction of dispensing systems for soft drinks, in particular in table or stand dispensing systems. 33. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 32, characterized in that the gas and liquid control valve ( 35 , 72 ) has a control of the gas pressure dependent on the liquid pressure, which has an overpressure adjustable via an adjustment option ( 36 ) and screw ( 79 ). 34. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 33, characterized in that the pressure control valve ( 35 , 72 ) for liquids and gases consists of pressed parts or cast parts. 35. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 34, characterized in that the pressure control valve ( 35 , 72 ) for liquids and gases has fastening parts for securing the pressure control valve ( 35 , 72 ). 36. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 35, characterized in that the carbonator sieves ( 31 , 34 ) consist of VA steel wire. 37. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 36, characterized in that the carbonator sieves ( 31 ) have at least one central hole and a flanged edge which consists of the same material as the carbonator sieves ( 31 ). 38. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 37, characterized in that the adjusting rod ( 11 ) for the carbonator sieves ( 31 ) is matched to the hole(s) of the carbonator sieves ( 31 ) or the sieve ( 31 ). 39. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 38, characterized in that the carbonator tube ( 30 ) has a flanged edge ( 30 ) acted upon by a union nut for fastening the carbonator tube ( 30 ). 40. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 39, characterized in that the securing means ( 32 ) for fixing the carbonator sieves ( 31 ) are provided on the adjusting rod. 41. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 40, characterized in that the carbonator sieves ( 34 ) are designed as suspended particles filters and a blocking of the bore by the adjusting rod is provided in the feed area of the component and in the area of the connection of the line running from the tubular sieve carbonator ( 10 , 54 ) to the compensator tap ( 111 ) or to other tapping points. 42. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 41, characterized in that the carbonator tube ( 30 ) has at least one separate feed possibility ( 15 ) for gases. 43. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 42, characterized in that a connection ( 29 ), a third component ( 21 ), an outlet valve ( 22 ), a bore ( 19 ), a line ( 15 ) and components ( 62 , 195 ) as a gas throttle for connection to the feed component ( 1 , 93 , 135 ) or to other systems are provided as components for the gas feed. 44. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 43, characterized in that when using the feed component ( 1 , 93 , 135 ) to supply the carbonator system with gases and liquids, the tubular sieve carbonator ( 10 , 54 ) is integrated into a dispensing system and the dispensing system housing is designed as a pyramid ( 139 ) which is provided as a standing pyramid dispensing system ( 139 ) or as a table dispensing system. 45. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 44, characterized in that the dispensing system housing ( 139 ) and the fields ( 14 ) are made of plexiglass ( 142 ) and the fields ( 158 ) consist of drawers. 46. Feed component according to claim 45, characterized in that the drawers are designed as advertising surfaces. 47) Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 46, characterized in that the dispensing system pyramid housing ( 139 ) has at least the fourth component ( 140 ), a chamber ( 146 ), a thread ( 147 ), a tap outlet ( 148 ), a tap vessel storage facility ( 149 ), a soda water return ( 150 ), a container ( 160 ), a pipe ( 151 ), a tap outlet ( 148 ), a water line ( 161 ), a holder ( 163 ), a valve ( 170 ), a gas bottle ( 171 ), a support component ( 165 ), a base ( 164 ), a gas line ( 172 ), a holder ( 162 ), a valve ( 174 ), a plug ( 167 ), a liquid supply ( 168 ), a cooling device ( 169 ), an electrical supply line ( 157 ), the guide component ( 159 ), a water supply line ( 156 ), a compensator tap ( 154 ), a rotary handle ( 155 ), a Plexiglas covering ( 142 ), a lighting ( 141 ), a chamber ( 145 ) and a container ( 173 ). 48. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 47, characterized in that it can generally be used for carbonization in other systems and/or other fields of application. 49. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 48, characterized in that the compensator ( 116 ) is connected to the feed component for gases and liquids ( 1 , 93 , 135 ) and has a release option for the gas flow in the form of a mechanical actuation depending on the liquid pressure in the direction of the chamber ( 13 , 100 ), in which a mechanism ( 97 , 4 , 112 , 96 ) is provided for opening the gas valve ( 14 , 105 ) and the hollow body. 50. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 49, characterized in that the connection ( 84 ) on the gas supply ( 170 ) is matched to a gas valve ( 170 ) which can be connected exclusively to the connection ( 84 ) of the pressure control valve ( 35 , 72 ), via which the gas pressure can be controlled as a function of the liquid pressure, including a certain overpressure prevailing on the gas side. 51. Feed component according to claim 50, characterized in that the pressure control valve ( 35 , 72 ) has at least one liquid connection ( 38 , 73 ) and at least one liquid outlet ( 42 , 108 , 94 ) and at least one gas supply connection ( 84 , 47 ) and a gas outlet ( 43 ). 52. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 51, characterized in that the housing ( 139 ) of the dispensing system has a base ( 164 ) made of perforated material. 53. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 52, characterized in that a refillable gas supply can be connected to the pressure control valve ( 35 , 72 ). 54. Feed component according to claims 1 to 53, characterized in that it is installed in a carbonator system, preferably in a tubular screen carbonator ( 10 , 54 ) and the carbonator system is transportable and has adapter options for gases and liquids that maintain operation. 55. Feed component according to one of claims 1 to 54, characterized in that it and the components required for its installation, the pipe strainer carbonator ( 10 , 54 ), the tap outlet ( 111 ), the pressure control valve ( 35 , 72 ) and the required connections and lines or other taps with or without compensator are to be accommodated in a cabinet-like component.