ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,641, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HYDRATION LABS INC. (Charlestown, Mass.).
"Inline carbonator" was invented by David Watt (Charlestown, Mass.) and Corbin Basler (Charlestown, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inline carbonator can include a body having inlets configured to receive water and carbon dioxide. An inline mixer can be disposed within the body and can comprise a central channel defining an inner flow path extending along the inline mixer in a first direction and a mixing unit defining an outer flow path extending along the inline mixer in a second direction that is generally opposite the first direction. The mixi...