ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,230, issued on May 27, was assigned to HYDRATION LABS INC. (Charlestown, Mass.).
"Single nozzle beverage dispensing" was invented by David Watt (Charlestown, Mass.) and Andrew Jaskey (Charlestown, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle for beverage dispensing. The nozzle accepts both hot water lines and cold water lines at the nozzle, where the water may be carbonated or still. Cold carbonated water is received near the top of a double cone-shaped insert within the nozzle interior. The cold carbonated water is depressurized prior to being fully exposed to atmospheric pressure by passing the cold carbonated water down and aroun...