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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120102998 | MULTIPLE INLET DISPENSING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PREPARING BEVERAGES A liquid dispensing apparatus and system for controlling the delivery of liquid additives is disclosed. In one aspect, liquid additives are delivered to a beverage preparation system through a multiple inlet pump for preparing a finished beverage. In another aspect, add... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120048887 | Method and apparatus for a beverage dispenser A product dispenser reconfigurable in the field includes a housing, at least one tower unit, and a removable ambient box. The at least one tower unit includes at least one dispense point, whereby a product or diluent is delivered from a diluent or product source to the ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048886 | Method and apparatus for a beverage dispenser A product dispenser reconfigurable in the field includes a housing, at least one tower unit, and a removable ambient box. The at least one tower unit includes at least one dispense point, whereby a product or diluent is delivered from a diluent or product source to the ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120037662 | Method and apparatus for a sanitizable mixing nozzle A mixer assembly includes a mixer body and a mixer cover coupled to the mixer body. The mixer body includes an inner wall defining a mixing chamber having an inlet and an outlet. The inner wall includes a plurality of protrusions disposed on top of the inner wall that f... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120006204 | MODULAR VENDING MACHINE AND CARTRIDGE SYSTEM A refillable vend module includes at least one canister configured to contain an ingredient for a beverage, and a connecting mechanism configured to slidably connect to any one of a plurality of modular vend spaces in a vending machine. In some embodiments, the at least... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110315711 | Touch Screen Interface for a Beverage Dispensing Machine A beverage dispensing system including a control unit and a touch screen. Inputs are made to the touch screen to dispense beverages and apply system adjustments. The control unit controls a plurality of beverage dispensing valves according to inputs made to the touch sc... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110220681 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECIRCULATING STILLWATER AND/OR SEMI-CARBONATED WATER A device for recirculating stillwater in a beverage dispensing system includes a cooling device and a conduit having the stillwater recirculated therein. At least a portion of the conduit is in thermal communication with the cooling device.... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110215112 | Water dispenser that flavors and carbonates water A water dispenser designed to filter and supply cold, hot and lukewarm water that includes a mechanism for adding flavor to the dispensed water and a mechanism for carbonating the dispensed water. The flavor addition mechanism is installed within the casing of the dispe... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110181417 | Method and apparatus for beverage dispensing A beverage dispenser (10) includes a concentrate container (30) coupled to a connector (46). The connector (46) couples gas to the concentrate container (30), and couples concentrate from the container (30) to a dispensing valve... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110168738 | INTEGRATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING BEVERAGE INGREDIENTS An integrated beverage blending system comprising an ice portion control module, an ingredient module; an ice dispensing conduit in communication with the ice portion control module, and an ingredient dispensing valve removably connected to the ice dispensing conduit an... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110163125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A DRIVE SIGNAL A method and computer program product for defining a PWM drive signal having a defined voltage potential. The PWM drive signal has a plurality of “on” portions and a plurality of “off” portions that define a first duty cycle for regulating, at least in part, a f... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110135568 | THICKENED BEVERAGES FOR DYSPHAGIA The present invention relates to thickened beverage compositions. More particularly the invention relates to beverage compositions thickened for the management of dysphagia. More particularly this invention relates to the production of thickened beverages by a dispensin... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110079610 | COMPONENT MIXING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM A mixing device and method for mixing at least one first ingredient and at least one second ingredient. The device includes a body which has a wall defining a cavity. A first inlet communicates with the cavity for introducing the first ingredient and a second inlet comm... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110073618 | Apparatus and method for cleaning and sanitizing a beverage dispenser An apparatus for and method of cleaning and sanitizing a beverage dispenser is characterized by fluid connectors that may quickly and conveniently be manually fluid coupled with either supplies of beverage components to be delivered through flow paths to beverage dispen... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110042413 | PISTON PUMP AND DRIVER THEREFOR A pump driver, a disposable pump cartridge for use with the pump driver and a beverage dispenser employing the pump drive are disclosed. The disposable pump cartridge comprises at least one barrel 20 having an inlet valve 24 and an outlet valve 26 a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042414 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER To provide a beverage dispenser capable of appropriately and smoothly supplying a carbonated beverage as a supercooled beverage. According to the present invention, there is disclosed a beverage dispenser including a carbonator 51 for manufacturing carbonated wat... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110024456 | Control Scheme For Enhanced Filtered Water Systems An enhancement control system that can be used as part of an enhanced water system to produce enhanced filtered water is described. The enhancement control system includes at least one enhancement delivery element that can dispense an enhancement(s) into filtered water ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024455 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM WITH A HEAD CAPABLE OF DISPENSING PLURAL DIFFERENT BEVERAGES A dispensing head is removably attached to a beverage dispensing system base without additional fasteners, wherein beverage forming liquids are supplied through a plurality of separate conduits in the base. Each base conduit has a normally closed valve that normally blo... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110017776 | Automatic Beverage Dispenser A beverage dispenser for providing mixed beverages. The beverage dispenser has a housing containing a plurality of first liquids, a plurality of second liquids, and a water supply, wherein the first liquids comprise liquors, and wherein the second liquids comprise mixer... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100327017 | Multiple brand ice beverage dispenser A beverage dispenser for dispensing beverages includes a touch panel assembly, removable fittings in a carbonator, a carbonator probe, and a carbonator pump assembly removable from a front of the beverage dispenser. The touch panel assembly includes a light source for b... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100314410 | INTEGRATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING BEVERAGE INGREDIENTS An integrated beverage blending system comprising: a controller for menu selection; an ice portion control module; an ingredient module; a dispensing apparatus in communication with the ice portion control module and the ingredient module, wherein the ice and the ingred... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100314412 | COMPONENT MIXING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM A removably attachable mixing device for use with a beverage dispensing apparatus for mixing ingredients to produce a beverage. The beverage dispensing apparatus includes a controllable water source, an ingredient source. The removably attachable mixing device being att... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100308078 | Mixed Beverage Dispense System and Method A mixed beverage dispense system and method for pumping a first liquid and a second liquid using a controlled gas source. The dispense system can include a first pump that pumps the first liquid and a second pump that pumps the second liquid. The first pump and the seco... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100301066 | MIXING NOZZLE A beverage dispenser provides numerous inventive features in its refrigeration system, diluent delivery system, concentrate delivery system, mixing and dispensing system, and control system. The refrigeration system employs a plate heat exchanger to provide on demand re... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100276451 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER There is disclosed a beverage dispenser capable of appropriately and smoothly supplying a supercooled beverage without being influenced by a type of raw water. The present invention is a beverage dispenser 1 comprising: a raw water treatment device 63 whic... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100263543 | MODULAR MANUFACTURING OF BEVERAGE PRODUCTION MACHINES A modular method of manufacturing a set of beverage production machines with different beverage-related functions. The machines are designed for producing a beverage on the basis of pre-portioned ingredient packages. The method includes providing a plurality of identica... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100224649 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM USING HIGHLY CONCENTRATED BEVERAGE SYRUP A fountain beverage dispenser for constituting a beverage by mixture of a beverage syrup and a diluent for the syrup is characterized by use of a highly concentrated beverage syrup supply and at least one diluent and syrup blending station for diluting the highly concen... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100219203 | Friendly dispensers A user friendly system that permits an unskilled person to quickly add dispersant material to a fluid system with the user friendly system utilizing operator evident dispersant carriers such as drawers, hangars or insertable cartridges.... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100187258 | POST-MIX DISPENSER ASSEMBLY A beverage dispensing assembly which has one or more urns to which a manual, post-mix valve is engaged, on front walls thereof. The urn or urns do not contain fluid, rather, at least, a pair of fluid lines carrying pressurized fluid to the post-mix valve, which may be a... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100176155 | Coupling for pump and container An improved coupling is disclosed for connecting a pump to a container. A first embodiment of the improved coupling incorporates a slidable coupling sleeve for piercing a frangible seal for providing liquid communication from the container to the pump. A first embodimen... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100163572 | Beverage Dispenser There is disclosed a beverage dispenser in which a cooled pre-mixed carbonated beverage, or a carbonated beverage component such as soda water, is dispensed through a delivery valve (2b-5b) into a delivery- tube (2c-5c... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100147417 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM A beverage dispensing system has a container with an upper lip, a bottom and a cylindrical sidewall. A read/write radio frequency identification tag is on a container. A beverage dispenser has a plurality of dispensing valves associated with a plurality of different bev... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100147875 | Device for introducing additive fluids into a primary fluid A device for introducing additive fluids to a primary fluid is characterized by a body having a central bore for flow therethrough of a stream of primary fluid, and a plurality of fluid flow channels in the body. Each channel extends between an inlet to the channel for ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100133293 | Dispensing Nozzle Assembly A dispensing nozzle assembly for dispensing a number of micro-ingredients into a fluid stream. The dispensing nozzle assembly may include a micro-ingredient mixing chamber, a number of micro-ingredient lines in communication with the micro-ingredient mixing chamber such... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100127015 | BEVERAGE PROPORTIONING A semi-frozen beverage dispenser with an improved flow proportioning mechanism is provided. In a filling cycle, a first valve regulating the syrup flow opens first to deliver a predetermined volume before it closes and a second valve regulating the water flow opens to d... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100116842 | RECONFIGURABLE CONTROL PANEL FOR A BEVERAGE DISPENSER Reconfigurable control systems for beverage dispensers, beverage dispensers with a reconfigurable control panel, beverage dispensers that sequence the dispensing of beverage fluids that make up a selected beverage, beverage dispensers that allow for the dispensing of us... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100107887 | Machine For The Preparation Of Beverages A beverage preparation machine for dispensing beverages comprising: a housing; a first reservoir station; a first reservoir for containing an aqueous medium, the first reservoir being connectable to said first reservoir station; an auxiliary module station for receiving... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100096406 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER Apparatus for storing water, especially purified water, for use in a beverage dispenser is provided with a microbiological agent to kill or deter microbiological growth and maintain the quality of the water. The agent is provided in a physical form to promote contact wi... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100089944 | REPLACEABLE CONCENTRATE/EXTRACT CARTRIDGE FOR A LIQUID CONCENTRATE/EXTRACT BEVERAGE DISPENSER A concentrate/extract cartridge for a beverage dispenser adapted to dispense a liquid concentrate/extract and a diluent is provided. The cartridge includes a hollow body for containing liquid concentrate/extract and an aperture. A pumping device is connected to the holl... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100058931 | BEVERAGE VENDING MACHINES The vending machine including a housing (3) provided with an openable wall (8). In said housing devices for the preparation of at least one beverage are arranged. At least some of said devices are supported by a supporting structure (11), which is p... | 03/11/2010 |
