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US 11,440,784 B2Granted
Automated dispensing system for customized beverages
AssigneeStarbucks Corporation
InventorsNatarajan Venkatakrishnan, Andrew Corlett, Jonathan Levey, Brandon Michael Roberts
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Abstract
The disclosure generally relates to an automated modular dispensing platform for creating customized beverages (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The automated dispensing platform may simultaneously aggregate beverage modifiers or ingredients (e.g., sweetener, flavor, and/or color) and facilitate automated, efficient cleaning cycles for modular beverage dispensers.
Claims15
A dispensing system comprising:
- a plurality of modular dispensers, each of the plurality of modular dispensers is configured to store an ingredient, each of the modular dispensers including a dispensing spout for dispensing the ingredient into a vessel placed underneath the dispensing spout;
- a controller within a housing, the controller configured to communicate instructions to the plurality of modular dispensers, the instructions including a quantity of the ingredient to be dispensed from the at least one of the plurality of modular dispensers;
- wherein each of the plurality of modular dispensers comprises a display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.