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US 11,214,472 B2Granted
Beverage dispensing system
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsJoseph J. Madden, Steven T. Jersey, Scott Thomas Loomis, Fernando A. Ubidia
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Abstract
A beverage dispensing system is provided. The beverage dispensing system can include a nozzle module connected to a beverage dispenser housing. The nozzle module can be vertically and/or horizontally spaced from a beverage dispenser valve and nozzle.
Claims20
A method of retrofitting a nozzle module to a beverage dispenser, the method comprising:
- providing a beverage dispenser, the beverage dispenser comprising:
- a beverage dispenser housing;
- a first beverage dispenser nozzle to dispense a first fluid;
- a second beverage dispenser nozzle positioned adjacent the first beverage dispenser nozzle to dispense a second fluid, the first beverage dispenser nozzle and the second beverage dispenser nozzle aligned along a first horizontal axis;
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- a base disposed at a lower end of the beverage dispenser, wherein the base includes a waste collection portion having a receptacle area;
- providing a nozzle module, the nozzle module comprising:
- a nozzle module housing and a nozzle module nozzle to dispense a third fluid;
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- retrofitting the beverage dispenser with the nozzle module by coupling the nozzle module housing to a top surface of the beverage dispenser housing and positioning the nozzle module nozzle above the first beverage dispenser nozzle and the second beverage dispenser nozzle, the nozzle module nozzle positioned along a second horizontal axis parallel to the first horizontal axis,
- wherein the receptacle area is configured to receive the first fluid, the second fluid, and the third fluid, and
- wherein the first horizontal axis is spaced a first vertical distance from the lower end of a beverage dispenser and the second horizontal axis is spaced a second vertical distance from the lower end of the beverage dispenser.
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A nozzle module, comprising:
- a fixed nozzle module housing having a first end and a second end extending from the first end;
- a nozzle module nozzle positioned adjacent to the second end of the nozzle module housing,
- wherein the nozzle module housing is configured to be retrofit to a beverage dispenser, the beverage dispenser comprising a housing, a beverage dispenser nozzle, and a base disposed at a lower end of the beverage dispenser, wherein the nozzle module housing is coupled to a top surface of the housing of the beverage dispenser, and wherein the base of the beverage dispenser includes a waste collection portion having a receptacle area,
- wherein the nozzle module nozzle is configured to be positioned above the receptacle area,
- wherein the nozzle module nozzle is configured to be spaced a first horizontal distance from the beverage dispenser housing,
- wherein the beverage dispenser nozzle is spaced a second horizontal distance from the beverage dispenser housing, and
- wherein the first horizontal distance is greater than the second horizontal distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.