Automated beverage dispensing system with cup lidding and beverage identification

US9141562B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE COCA-COLA COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Sean Pickett · Riddells Creek, AU
• Kenneth A. Nicoll · Dundee, GB
• Mark Rob · Melbourne, AU
• Andrew Angus · Hastings, AU
• Mark Dockrill · Melbourne, AU
• Ravisha Sellahewa · Melbourne, AU
• Stephen Houghton · Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
• Scott Alexander Anderson · Melbourne, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 2013
• Grant date: Sep 22, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67D2210/00078
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present application provides an automated beverage dispenser using a number of cups and a number of lids. The automated beverage dispenser may include a lid stack with the number of lids, a lidding mechanism, and a positioning device for maneuvering the lidding mechanism so as to remove one of the number of lids from the lid stack and to attach the lid to one of the number of cups.