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An improvement system and apparatus designed to be affixed to a particular type of mixing/cooling/carbonation/bottling equipment comprising a duct for conveying residual fluid from a reservoir, an electronic override to bypass automatic circuitry of the mixing/cooling/carbonation/bottling equipment,

An improvement system and apparatus designed to be affixed to a particular type of mixing/cooling/carbonation/bottling equipment comprising a duct for conveying residual fluid from a reservoir, an electronic override to bypass automatic circuitry of the mixing/cooling/carbonation/bottling equipment, means to observe the conveyance of the residual fluid through the duct, and means to terminate the flow of the residual fluid though the duct. The invention is designed to utilize a venturi effect created at one interface of the duct and the mixing/cooling/carbonation/bottling equipment and to ensure appropriate water to fluid mixing proportions. The invention permits recovery of almost five gallons of residual fluid after every production run of the mixing/cooling/carbonation/bottling equipment and significantly reduces the introduction of a large quanity of sugar to a bottling plant\s sewage system.

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A method for proportionately combining water and a syrup in an automated large-scale bottling system, comprising process (a) and improvement process (b) wherein said process (a) includes the steps of: a. transferring said syrup from a syrup reservoir and said water from a water reservoir adjacent to

A method for proportionately combining water and a syrup in an automated large-scale bottling system, comprising process (a) and improvement process (b) wherein said process (a) includes the steps of: a. transferring said syrup from a syrup reservoir and said water from a water reservoir adjacent to said syrup reservoir into a mixing manifold located directly above said syrup reservoir and said water reservoir, utilizing i. an immersed syrup conduit extending downward from said mixing manifold into, but not to the bottom of, said syrup reservoir and an immersed water conduit extending downward from said mixing manifold into, but not to the bottom of, said water reservoir, ii. a controllable pressurization of said syrup reservoir and said water reservoir wherein said pressurization forces said syrup up through said immersed syrup conduit into said mixing manifold and also forces said water up through said immersed water conduit into said mixing manifold, b. mixing said water and said syrup in said mixing manifold to produce a mixture of said syrup and said water in a ratio determined by the size of a syrup orifice fixture in proportion to the size of a water orifice fixture, wherein i. said syrup orifice fixture connects said mixing manifold and said immersed syrup conduit, ii. said water orifice fixture connects said mixing manifold and said immersed water conduit, c. pumping said mixture with a transfer pump through a transfer line to a carbonation vessel, and d. stopping said process (a) by automatic termination when said syrup in said syrup reservoir falls to the bottom of said immersed syrup wherein a syrup plunger in said immersed syrup conduit and a water plunger in said immersed water conduit are closed simultaneously, leaving a syrup residue in said syrup reservoir, wherein said improvement process (b) comprises the steps of a. reopening said water plunger in said immersed conduit to force said water up into said mixing manifold utilizing said controllable pressurization of said water reservoir, b. creating a venturi effect at a recovery orifice fixture by pumping said water from said mixing manifold through said transfer line past said recovery orifice fixture, wherein said recovery orifice fixture connects a residue transfer tube with said transfer line, c. reopening said syrup plunger to force said syrup residue out of said syrup reservoir and up into said transfer line utilizing i. said residue transfer tube, one end of said residue transfer tube comprising said recovery orifice fixture and the other end comprising a transfer tube orifice fixture, wherein said transfer tube orifice fixture opens into a syrup inlet line underneath said residue in said syrup reservior, ii. said controllable pressurization of said syrup reservoir, d. mixing said syrup residue flowing into said transfer line with said water flowing past said recovery orifice fixture so as to form a residue mixture, e. sizing said recovery orifice so as to ensure that said residue mixture contains said syrup residue and said water in a predetermined proportion, f. pumping said residue mixture to said carbonation vessel.