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US 11,713,232 B2Granted
Beverage dispensing systems
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsArthur G. Rudick, Dick P. Welch
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Abstract
The present application provides a beverage dispensing system for combining a number of ingredients. The beverage dispensing system may include an ingredient pouch, an ingredient storage tank, a pump, a nozzle, an inlet diverter valve upstream of the pump, and an outlet diverter valve downstream of the pump.
Claims13
A beverage dispensing system for combining a number of ingredients, comprising:
- an ingredient pouch;
- an ingredient storage tank;
- a pump;
- a nozzle;
- an inlet diverter valve upstream of the pump;
- and
- an outlet diverter valve downstream of the pump;
- wherein the outlet diverter valve comprises a first outlet configuration for the pump to pump the ingredient from the ingredient pouch directly to the nozzle and a second outlet configuration for the pump to pump the ingredient from the ingredient pouch to the ingredient storage tank.
5 more elements
A method of pumping an ingredient from an ingredient pouch to a nozzle, comprising:
- pumping the ingredient to the nozzle;
- determining a low level of the ingredient in the ingredient pouch;
- pumping the remaining ingredient to an ingredient storage tank;
- replacing the ingredient pouch;
- and
- pumping a portion of the ingredient back to the ingredient pouch.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.