System and apparatus for mixing and selecting fluids and dispensing beverages
A portable apparatus for mixing fluids comprising is provided, and has a housing, inlets for receiving a plurality of fluids at the housing, and a fluid mixer for receiving the fluids from the housing and mixing them. The fluid mixer outputs at least one fluid blend. A fluid blend selector then receives fluids from the inlets and at least one blend from the fluid mixer and outputs a selected fluid, where the selected fluid is one of the fluids from the inlets or one of the at least one fluid blends.
1. A portable apparatus for mixing fluids comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of inlets for receiving a plurality of fluids at the housing;
a fluid mixer for receiving the plurality of fluids from the inlets and outputting at least one fluid blend;
a first fluid blend selector for receiving the plurality of fluids from the inlets and the at least one fluid blend from the fluid mixer and outputting a first selected fluid consisting of one of the plurality of fluids or the at least one fluid mixture;
a first outlet for transmitting the first selected fluid from the housing to a beverage storage, and
a first fluid manifold for a first of the plurality of fluids and a second fluid manifold for a second of the plurality of fluids, wherein each fluid manifold has a first conduit to the first fluid blend selector and a mixer conduit to the fluid mixer.
2. The portable apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a first fluid blend manifold for receiving a first fluid blend from the fluid mixer and a second fluid blend manifold for receiving a second fluid blend from the gas mixer, wherein each fluid blend manifold has a first conduit to the first fluid blend selector.
3. The portable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each fluid manifold has a second conduit to a second fluid blend selector, and the second fluid blend selector outputs one of the plurality of fluids or the fluid blend at a second outlet for transmitting the second selected fluid from the housing.
4. A portable apparatus for mixing fluids comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of inlets for receiving a plurality of fluids at the housing;
a fluid mixer for receiving the plurality of fluids from the inlets and outputting at least one fluid blend,
a first fluid blend selector for receiving the plurality of fluids from the inlets and the at least one fluid blend from the fluid mixer and outputting a first selected fluid consisting of one of the plurality of fluids or the at least one fluid mixture; and
a first outlet for transmitting the first selected fluid from the housing to a beverage storage,
wherein the housing has two internal surfaces and wherein the fluid mixer is on a first of the surfaces and the first fluid blend selector is on the second of the surfaces.
5. The portable apparatus of claim 4 wherein the first internal surface further contains:
a first fluid manifold for a first of the plurality of fluids and a second fluid manifold for a second of the plurality of fluids, wherein each fluid manifold has a first conduit to the first fluid blend selector and a second conduit to a second fluid blend selector and a mixer conduit to the fluid mixer; and
a first fluid blend manifold for receiving a first fluid blend from the fluid mixer and a second fluid blend manifold for receiving a second fluid blend from the fluid mixer, wherein each fluid blend manifold has a first conduit to the first fluid blend selector and a second conduit to the second fluid blend selector,
and wherein the second internal surface further contains the second fluid blend selector.
6. The portable apparatus of claim 4 wherein the housing opens such that the first internal surface rotates relative to the second internal surface.
7. The portable apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first gas mixture selector further comprises a pressure control for selecting a pressure associated with the fluid output at the first fluid selector.
8. A system for dispensing beverages comprising:
a housing containing:
a plurality of inlets for receiving a plurality of fluids at the housing;
a fluid mixer for receiving the plurality of fluids from the inlets and outputting at least one fluid blend;
a first fluid blend selector for receiving the plurality of fluids from the inlets and the at least one fluid blend from the fluid mixer and outputting a first selected fluid consisting of one of the plurality of fluids or the at least one fluid mixture;
a first fluid output for transmitting the first selected fluid from the housing; and
a first fluid manifold for a first of the plurality of fluids and a second fluid manifold for a second of the plurality of fluids, wherein each fluid manifold has a first conduit to the first fluid blend selector and a mixer conduit to the fluid mixer, and
a first beverage storage;
wherein the fluid mixer receives a plurality of fluids from the plurality of inlets, and the first fluid blend selector receives the plurality of fluids and a fluid blend from the fluid mixer and outputs one of the plurality of fluids or the fluid blend at the first fluid output to the first beverage storage.
9. The system of claim 8 further comprising a first fluid blend manifold for receiving a first fluid blend from the fluid mixer and a second fluid blend manifold for receiving a second fluid blend from the fluid mixer, wherein each fluid blend manifold has a first conduit to the first fluid blend selector.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein each fluid manifold has a second conduit to a second fluid blend selector and the second fluid blend selector receives the fluid blend from the fluid mixer, and the second fluid blend selector outputs one of the plurality of fluids or the fluid blend to a second beverage storage.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first beverage storage outputs a first beverage to a first tap.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first beverage storage receives one of the plurality of fluids or the fluid blend from the first fluid outlet and the fluid is received within a beverage in the first beverage storage.
13. The system of claim 12 wherein a beverage storage inlet comprises a valve for receiving the fluid and a post for depositing the fluid within the beverage.
14. The system of claim 13 wherein the post is curved such that the fluid is received within the beverage at an angle relative to a vertical axis of the beverage storage.