Beverage dispensing system

US10029904B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE COCA-COLA COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Gregg Carpenter · Marietta, US
• David R. Newman · Atlanta, US
• Nilang Patel · Mableton, US
• Paul A. Phillips · Bromsgrove, GB
• Arthur G. Rudick · Atlanta, US
• Lawrence B. Ziesel · Woodstock, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 9, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 9, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67D2210/00089
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present application describes a product dispenser, such as a beverage dispenser. The product dispenser may include a nozzle, a first pump in fluid communication with a beverage base source and the nozzle, a second pump in fluid communication with a flavoring source and the nozzle, and a user interface for receiving a request for a beverage. The user interface may include a product button that represents a beverage base, and an additive button that represents a flavor, wherein in response to a first selection of the product button and a second selection of the additive button, the user interface may be adapted to instruct a dispense of the beverage base and the flavor to the nozzle at a given flow rate.