Ingredient dispensing in a fluid mixture system using monitored pressure

US11492246B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cana Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Gregory Allen Springer · Los Altos, US
• Jeffery Lance Kizer · Oakland, US
• Matthew Ambauen · San Francisco, US
• Stephan Weidi Tai · San Francisco, US
• Erik J. Shahoian · San Ramon, US
• David Friedberg · San Francisco, US
• Andrés Ornelas Vargas · Mexico City, MX
• Simon Spence · Elmore, AU
• Peter Delmenico · Chicago, US
• Andrew Christopher Jenkins · Melbourne, AU
• Nathan Andrew Ray · Cottles Bridge, AU
• Kristopher Bernardo Dos Santos · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 2021
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67D2210/00146
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Ingredient dispensing systems and methods in a fluid mixture system using a monitored chamber pressure are disclosed. One system includes a chamber, an inlet to the chamber, a set of ingredient reservoirs, in the chamber, storing a respective set of ingredients and sealed by a respective set of valve, a pressure source, and a controller. The system is programmed to set a pressure of the chamber using the pressure source and the inlet to the chamber. The system is also programmed to dispense, using the pressure, at least two ingredients from the respective set of ingredients by actuating at least two valves from the respective set of valves.