US 10,947,106 B2Granted

Systems and methods of custom condiment dispensing

AssigneeCornelius, Inc.

InventorsElizabeth Bertness, Nancy Fortunato, Loren Veltrop

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Abstract

Systems and methods of custom condiment dispensing include a reservoir of base condiment and a plurality of flavoring reservoirs. A first pump is pneumatically connected to the reservoir of base condiment. The second pump is pneumatically connected to at least one flavoring reservoir of the plurality of flavoring reservoirs. A nozzle is fluidly connected to the reservoir of base condiment and fluidly connected to the plurality of flavoring reservoirs. The nozzle is configured to simultaneously dispense the base condiment and at least one flavoring therethrough. A controller receives the user selections of the base condiment and the at least one flavoring and operates the first pump and the second pump to dispense base condiment and at least one flavoring.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A custom condiment dispenser comprising:

a first reservoir;
a second reservoir;
a first pump operatively connected to the first reservoir;
a second pump operatively connected to the second reservoir;
a first nozzle fluidly connected to the first reservoir and the second reservoir and the first pump operates to dispense from the first reservoir through the first nozzle;
a second nozzle fluidly connected to the first reservoir and the second reservoir and the second pump operates to dispense from the second reservoir through the second nozzle;
at least one first valve disposed between the first reservoir and the first and second nozzles;
and
at least one second valve disposed between the second reservoir and the first and second nozzles;
a user interface operable to receive a user selection of a condiment to dispense;
and
a controller operatively connected to the user interface, the first pump, and the second pump, wherein the controller receives the user selection of the condiment to dispense and operates at least one of the first pump and the second pump to dispense the user selection of the condiment from the first nozzle or the second nozzle;
wherein in response to the user selection of the condiment to dispenser, the controller operates the at least one first valve to selectively direct flow from the first reservoir to the first nozzle or the second nozzle or the controller operates the at least one second valve to selectively direct flow from the second reservoir to the first nozzle or the second nozzle.

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A custom condiment dispenser comprising:

a first reservoir containing a first sauce;
a second reservoir containing a second sauce, the first sauce being different from the second sauce;
a first pump pneumatically connected to the first reservoir;
a second pump pneumatically connected to the second reservoir;
a first nozzle fluidly connected to at least one of the first reservoir and the second reservoir;
a second nozzle fluidly connected to at least one of the first reservoir and the second reservoir;
a user interface operable to receive a user selection of at least one of the first sauce and the second sauce to dispense;
and
a controller operatively connected to the user interface, the first pump, and the second pump, wherein the controller receives the user selection of the condiment to dispense and operates at least one of the first pump and the second pump to dispense the user selection of at least one of the first sauce and the second sauce from the first nozzle or the second nozzle;
wherein the first nozzle is fluidly connected to the first reservoir and to the second reservoir and when the user selection of the condiment to dispense comprises the first sauce and the second sauce, the controller operates the first pump to provide the first sauce to the first nozzle, then the controller operates the second pump to provide the second sauce to the first nozzle, then the controller operates the second pump to stop providing the second sauce to the first nozzle before the controller operates the first pump to stop providing the first sauce to the first nozzle.

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A custom condiment dispenser comprising:

a first reservoir containing a base condiment;
a second reservoir containing a flavoring;
a first pump pneumatically connected to the first reservoir;
a second pump pneumatically connected to the second reservoir;
a first nozzle fluidly connected to the first reservoir and the second reservoir;
a second nozzle fluidly connected to the first reservoir and the second reservoir;
a user interface operable to receive a user selection of the base condiment and the flavoring to dispense;
and
a controller operatively connected to the user interface, the first pump, and the second pump, wherein the controller receives the user selection of the base condiment and the flavoring to dispense and operates at least one of the first pump and the second pump to dispense the user selection of the base condiment and the flavoring from the first nozzle or the second nozzle;
wherein upon the user selection, the controller operates the first pump to provide the base condiment to the first nozzle, then the controller operates the second pump to provide the flavoring to the first nozzle, then the controller operates the second pump to stop providing the flavoring to the first nozzle before the controller operates the first pump to stop providing the base condiment to the first nozzle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/280,649Filed 20 Feb 2019 · continuation
Priority: 12 Sep 2016
Published: US 2019/0185313 A120 Jun 2019
Granted: 16 Mar 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification22 codes

B67D 7/743
Devices for mixing two or more different liquids to be transferred: electrically or electro-mechanically operated
B01F 25/105
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B01F 33/844
Mixing plants with mixing receptacles receiving material dispensed from several component receptacles, e.g. paint tins: with means for customizing…
B01F 33/846
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Application62/393,370Us provisional application · filed 12 Sep 2016
Application62/393,364Us provisional application · filed 12 Sep 2016
Application62/403,967Us provisional application · filed 4 Oct 2016
Application62/415,801Us provisional application · filed 1 Nov 2016
Application15/353,494Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Nov 2016
US 2019/0185313 A1Pre-grant publication · published 20 Jun 2019
US 10,252,904 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2018/0072557 A1Published application
US 10,947,106 B2This patent

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