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US 10,519,024 B1Granted
System and method for cleaning beverage dispensers
OwnerChad T. McNairinventor
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Abstract
A cleaning system for BIB beverage dispensers may comprise a rinse reservoir, a clean reservoir, and a first cleaning solution and a second cleaning solution. A method of cleaning BIB beverage dispensers may include dispensing from the clean reservoir a fluid having the first cleaning solution mixed therein, dispensing the second cleaning solution, allowing the second cleaning solution to rest in the beverage dispenser, and dispensing a rinse fluid.
Claims6
A method of cleaning a bag-in-box beverage dispenser having a cabinet for containing a bag-in-box beverage product package, the beverage dispenser having a dispenser hose connectable to a bag-in-box product package, the method comprising:
- providing a reservoir body in a bag-in-box beverage dispenser cabinet, the reservoir body constructed as a single body from a rigid and liquid impermeable material, the reservoir body including a first bag-in-box hose connection and a second bag-in box hose connection, the reservoir body further comprising:
- a first internal compartment comprising a clean reservoir, the clean reservoir in fluid communication with said first bag-in-box hose connection, the first bag-in-box hose connection located on a first outwardly accessible face of the reservoir body;
- a second internal storage compartment providing a cleaning bottle including a concentrated cleaning solution, and
- a third internal compartment comprising a rinse reservoir, the rinse reservoir in fluid communication with said second bag-in-box hose connection, the second bag-in-box hose connection located on a second outwardly accessible face of the reservoir body;
- preparing a first cleaning solution in said clean reservoir by adding a predetermined amount of said concentrated cleaning solution to clean water in the clean reservoir;
- connecting the dispenser hose to the first bag-in-box hose connection of the clean reservoir;
- after connecting the dispenser hose to the first bag-in-box hose connection, dispensing the first cleaning solution through the dispenser by drawing the first cleaning solution through the dispenser hose so as to flush the first cleaning solution through the dispenser for a first period of time;
- after dispensing the first cleaning solution through the dispenser, disconnecting the dispenser hose from the first bag-in-box hose connection;
- after disconnecting the dispenser hose from the first bag-in-box hose connection, providing a second cleaning solution stored in the dispenser cabinet and dispensing the second cleaning solution through the dispenser by drawing the second cleaning solution through the dispenser hose so as to flush the second cleaning solution through the dispenser for a second period of time;
- after dispensing the second cleaning solution through the dispenser, allowing the second cleaning solution to rest in the dispenser for a third period of time;
- preparing a rinse liquid in the rinse reservoir by adding a rinse liquid to said rinse reservoir;
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- after allowing the second cleaning solution to rest in the dispenser, dispensing said rinse liquid through the dispenser for a fourth period of time so as to flush the rinse liquid through the bag-in-box beverage dispenser to remove the first cleaning solution and the second cleaning solution from the dispenser.
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A method of cleaning a bag-in-box beverage dispenser having a cabinet for containing a bag-in-box beverage product package, the beverage dispenser having a dispenser hose connectable to a bag-in-box product package, the method comprising:
- providing a reservoir body in a bag-in-box beverage dispenser cabinet, the reservoir body including a first internal reservoir, a second internal reservoir, and a third internal reservoir, wherein the reservoir body forms a single body by coupling each of the internal reservoirs together with fasteners;
- said first internal reservoir in fluid communication with a first bag-in-box hose connection located on a first outwardly accessible face of the reservoir body;
- said second internal reservoir including a storage compartment providing a cleaning bottle including a concentrated cleaning solution, and
- said third internal reservoir in fluid communication with a second bag-in-box hose connection located on a second outwardly accessible face of the reservoir body;
- preparing a first cleaning solution in said first internal reservoir, the first cleaning solution prepared by adding a predetermined amount of said concentrated cleaning solution to clean water in the first internal reservoir;
- preparing a rinse liquid in said third internal reservoir by adding rinse liquid to said third internal reservoir;
- connecting the dispenser hose to the first bag-in-box hose connection of the first internal reservoir;
- after connecting the dispenser hose to the first bag-in-box hose connection, dispensing the first cleaning solution through the dispenser by drawing the first cleaning solution through the dispenser hose so as to flush the first cleaning solution through the dispenser;
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- after allowing the first cleaning solution to rest in the dispenser, dispensing the rinse liquid from said third internal reservoir through the dispenser so as to flush the rinse liquid through the bag-in-box beverage dispenser to remove the first cleaning solution from the dispenser.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.