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US 11,688,267 B2Granted
Beverage temperature monitoring and communication device and method
OwnerRenan Pereirainventor
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Abstract
A device for monitoring temperature of a beverage and for communicating data, the device comprising: a housing portion configured to be oriented adjacent to a drink in a drink sleeve; a thermal sensor coupled to said housing portion and oriented to take temperature readings of the drink in the sleeve; and a wireless transceiver coupled to said thermal sensor and configured to transmit data representative of a temperature condition.
Claims13
A drink temperature monitoring and communication device, comprising:
- a housing including a housing portion configured to be directed into a drink sleeve and oriented adjacent to the drink in the sleeve;
- a thermal sensor positioned in said housing portion and oriented to take temperature readings of the drink in the sleeve;
- a wireless transceiver coupled to said thermal sensor and configured to transmit data representative of a temperature condition;
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- wherein the housing portion is a first leg of a generally U-shaped housing, said housing further including a second leg configured to maintain said thermal sensor in a desired orientation.
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A system for monitoring and communicating a temperature of a drink, the system comprising:
- a sensor unit configured to monitor the temperature of the drink, and
- a central hub configured to receive communications from the sensor unit and to transmit said communications;
- wherein said sensor unit includes:
- a housing including a housing portion configured to be directed into a drink sleeve and oriented adjacent to the drink in the sleeve;
- a thermal sensor positioned in said housing portion and oriented to take temperature readings of the drink in the sleeve;
- a wireless transceiver coupled to said thermal sensor and configured to transmit data representative of a temperature condition;
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- wherein the housing portion comprises a first leg of a generally U-shaped housing, and wherein said housing further comprises a second leg configured to maintain said thermal sensor in an orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.