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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7866508 | Beverage dispensing system and method A beverage dispensing system and method for dispensing a beverage comprising water from a water source. Some embodiments of the beverage system can include a housing, an inlet adapted to be coupled to the water source, a concentrate source containing concentrate, a ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7337920 | Fluid dispensing apparatus A concentrated flavour dispensing machine having displacement pumps for delivering between a few millilitres and few ounces of fluids having a viscosity value between 1 to 4000 centepoise is described. The dispensing machine includes a cabinet for containing a multi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328815 | Liquid beverage conductivity detecting system The present disclosure relates to a system, method and apparatus for controlling the flavor of a beverage produced from a concentrate, based on the conductivity of the beverage being produced. The apparatus includes a conductivity sensor which provides a controller ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322804 | Metering pump device for a vehicle heater A metering pump device for a vehicle heater includes an inlet chamber, an outlet chamber, a first valve arrangement between the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber, which permits a fluid exchange substantially only from the inlet chamber to the outlet chamber, a di... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7243818 | System and method for dispensing beverages A beverage dispensing system and method employs a beverage concentrate, and optionally liquid sweeteners, and beverage flavorings to provide a tailored single beverage output of high volume. A venturi mixing device is utilized with water as the motive force to mix t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7199711 | Mobile floor cleaner data communication In a method of communicating data from a mobile floor cleaner to a remote receiver a data communication is initiated from a communicator of the mobile floor cleaner to the remote receiver and data is communicated to the remote receiver with the communicator. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182221 | Dispensing system and method of manufacturing and using same with a dispenser tip management A mixing module for use in a dispenser system having a housing with a front end, a rear end and an interior opening between the front and rear end, and the housing having a cap covering at the front end. A rod and a mixing chamber are received within the interior op... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172658 | Cleaning liquid dispensing in a mobile hard surface cleaner A hard surface cleaner includes a motorized scrub head, a fluid recovery device, a primary cleaning liquid component container, a cleaning agent container, a flow control device and a fluid flow path. The flow control device is configured to supply a flow of cleanin... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168593 | Method and apparatus for a mixing assembly A mixing assembly includes a mixing insert and a mixer housing that form a cavity when mated. The mixing insert includes orifices that penetrate the mixer insert. An inner vessel receives a product concentrate from a product concentrate source and the cavity receive... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156259 | Beverage forming and dispensing system A beverage dispensing system includes separate valves for controlling the flow rate of a diluent and a concentrate. Various concentrates of different viscosities can be used and the selected concentrate is identified. The flow rate of the concentrate is determined b... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7111759 | Sanitary, vented and disposable dispensing assembly for post mix beverage dispenser A sanitary, disposable dispensing assembly especially useful in producing a substantially contaminant-free reconstituted mixture of diluent and pure, preservative-free concentrate includes an inner member linearly slidable between open and closed positions in an out... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7093741 | Applicator and integrated concentrate system A pressurized applicator and concentrate carriage system provides a concentrate container support having a spout guide and lock structure which permits a pump dispenser unit to operate when a spout is over a central opening and disenables pump dispenser unit operati... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7080525 | Drink dispensing system A drink dispensing system having sets of faucet dispensers, ice storage bins adjacent to the sets of faucet dispensers, respectively, a common carbonator and circulation pumps associated with fluid circuits provide circulating flow through cold plates defining botto... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077293 | Drink dispensing system A drink dispensing system for at least one dispenser valve. The system includes a carbonator, an ice storage bin having heat transfer coils therein, a two-position valve, a carbonated water circuit, a source of water and a pump circuit. The two-position control valv... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077290 | Beverage forming and dispensing system A beverage dispensing system includes separate valves for controlling the flow rate of a diluent and a concentrate. Various concentrates of different viscosities can be used and the selected concentrate is identified. The flow rate of the concentrate is determined b... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7051399 | Cleaner cartridge A cleaner cartridge includes a container having an interior cavity, in which cleaning agent can be stored. A first end of conduit is fluidically coupled to the interior cavity. A second end of the conduit is connectable to a chemical dispenser. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048148 | Liquid dispensing device A drink dispensing head incorporating a Venturi valve to utilize the motive force of a high pressure liquid to draw a low pressure liquid into the dispensing head without the need for a pumping means. A Venturi valve incorporated into a remote valve structure for ad... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048147 | Liquid dispensing device A drink dispensing head incorporating a Venturi valve to utilize the motive force of a high pressure liquid to draw a low pressure liquid into the dispensing head without the need for additional pumps. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036687 | Liquid beverage mixing chamber The present disclosure relates to a system method and apparatus for mixing a beverage produced from a concentrate. The apparatus includes a mixing chamber having a removable cover with at least one protrusion formed thereon for disrupting a flow of beverage into the... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028864 | Bar gun A bar gun includes a housing assembly with valve seats, separate inlets to those seats and separate outlets from those seats. Valve elements are operatively mounted to the housing to cooperate with the valve seats. Actuators are pivotally mounted relative to the hou... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6994231 | System and method for dispensing beverages A beverage dispensing system and method employs a beverage concentrate, and optionally liquid sweeteners, and beverage flavorings to provide a tailored single beverage output of high volume. A venturi mixing device is utilized with water as the motive force to mix t... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6957747 | Hydraulically and volumetrically dispensing fluid Systems and methods for hydraulically and volumetrically dispensing target fluid. A hydraulic system includes an actuator, a hydraulic coupler that includes substantially incompressible hydraulic liquid, and a container. The container may include a slidable or movab... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6926170 | Drink dispensing cart and water packaging and supply system A drink dispensing cart includes a drink dispensing machine that is normally plumbed directly into a municipal water pipe at a fixed location. The cart includes a container of water, preferably a disposable container of water such as a bag-in-box container of water,... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6749086 | Pressurized liquid delivery module A pressurized delivery module having two chambers enables refill of the module while liquid material continues to be supplied to a semiconductor processing tool. Initially, the chambers are in fluid communication with each other through a valve assembly, with positi... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6712242 | Fluid dispensing system and dual-mode, system fluid actuated valve for use therein Disclosed is a fluid dispensing system for precisely controlling the mixing of a first fluid (i.e., a diluent such as water) with a second fluid (i.e., a concentrate) at a mixing point within the fluid dispensing system. A valve is positioned in the dispensing syste... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6672481 | On demand carbonation system A beverage dispenser for providing a flow of carbonated water from a pressurized source of gas and a source of water. The dispenser may include a pump. The pump may be driven by the gas from the gas source to pump the water from the water source. The pump... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6644508 | Beverage dispenser A dispenser system includes a product source, a cooling unit, an agitator, a dispensing station coupled with the product source, a sensor, and a controller. The cooling unit cools product delivered to the dispensing station from the product source. The ag... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6349852 | Cold beverage refill system A cold beverage dispensing system for chilling a beverage such that at least a portion of the beverage includes a frozen component. The system includes a beverage hopper or tank for retaining a quantity of beverage and a chilling assembly communicating wi... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6296153 | Self-contained high pressure pneumatic beverage dispensing system The present disclosure relates to a self-contained high pressure pneumatic beverage dispensing system which includes a water pressurization and supply system. In one aspect of the invention, the water pressurization and supply system comprises a water pum... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6253960 | Self-contained high pressure pneumatic beverage dispensing system The present disclosure relates to a self-contained high pressure pneumatic beverage dispensing system. In each embodiment of the dispensing system, the dispensing system comprises a carbonator tank dispensing system which includes a water valve that is ad... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6237811 | Programmable dispenser A programmable dispenser which mixes a substance with water and dispenses a product. In one embodiment, the rate at which substance is dispensed is programmable. The programmable dispenser includes a substance dispensing device which dispenses the substan... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6234349 | Self-contained high pressure pneumatic beverage dispensing system The present disclosure relates to a self-contained high pressure pneumatic beverage dispensing system. In one embodiment, the system comprises a carbonator tank for facilitating absorption of CO2 gas in water to produce carbonated water, a refi... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6216913 | Self-contained pneumatic beverage dispensing system The present disclosure concerns a self-contained, pneumatic beverage dispensing system. In one embodiment, the pneumatic beverage dispensing system comprises a carbonator tank for facilitating absorption of CO2 gas in water to produce carbonate... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6206241 | Automated fluid dispenser An automatic fluid dispenser including a pump mechanism actuated by a piston movable between a first position, and a second position in which a fluid is dispensed. A conduit is coupled to the pump mechanism and couplable to a pressurized fluid source. A v... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6155069 | Cold plate An improved cold plate for use with a beverage dispenser. The beverage dispenser has an ice chest and a carbonator unit. The cold plate is positioned beneath the ice chest. The cold plate includes a first surface in direct contact with the ice chest. The ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6021922 | Self-contained high pressure pneumatic beverage dispensing system A self-contained high pressure pneumatic beverage dispensing system configured for portable or fixed installations. The beverage system is designed to dispense carbonated and noncarbonated mixed beverages, as well as any carbonated and noncarbonated unmix... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5947334 | Post-mix beverage system for use in extra-terrestrial space A system to mix, carbonate, if desired, and dispense beverages in the micro-gravity environment of extra-terrestrial space incorporates chilled sources of beverage syrup, water and CO2, mixing chambers for receiving the fluid components of the ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5915592 | Method and apparatus for dispensing a use solution An apparatus for diluting a liquid concentrate with a liquid diluent to form a use solution is provided. The apparatus includes an aspirator having a first inlet port, second inlet port, and an outlet port. A liquid diluent conducting means is connected t... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5855296 | Combined carbonator and water pressure booster apparatus Disclosed are combined carbonator and water pressure booster apparatuses for holding both carbonated and non-carbonated water at elevated pressures, for the dispensing of carbonated and non-carbonated beverages. Such apparatuses may comprise a tank includ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5743433 | Combination carbonator and plain water booster A carbonator and plain water booster includes a tank and a bladder mounted within the tank that separates the tank into a carbonated water chamber and a plain water chamber. The carbonated water chamber connects to a water source and a CO2 sour... | 04/28/1998 |
