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US 11,767,214 B2Granted
Liquid food dispenser system and method
Assigneefairlife, LLC
InventorsTimothy Peter Doelman, Vincent A. Baxter
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Abstract
A system and method for dispensing fluids is introduced. A preferred embodiment comprises a sealed tank, a bag containing fluid inside the sealed tank, an outlet for dispensing the liquid in the bag, and a pressure generating device to create pressure in the sealed tank.
Claims20
A method for dispensing a liquid beverage, the method comprising:
- dispensing a liquid stored in a first container within a first chamber at a first flow rate until the first container is substantially empty;
- after the first container is almost empty, dispensing a liquid stored in a second container within a second chamber at a second flow rate while dispensing the remaining liquid stored in the first container at a third flow rate until the first container is empty, wherein the liquid flowing from the first container is combined with the liquid flowing from the second container to form a combined flow, the combined flow comprising a fourth flow rate;
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- after the first container is empty, dispensing the liquid stored in the second container within the second chamber at a fifth flow rate.
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A method of dispensing a liquid beverage, the method comprising:
- providing a first container within a first chamber, the first container storing a first liquid product;
- providing a second container within a second chamber, the second container storing the first liquid product;
- raising a first pressure in the first chamber above a second pressure in the second chamber, the raising the first pressure causing the first liquid product from the first container to flow from the first container at a first flow rate without causing the first liquid product from the second container to flow from the second container;
- modifying the first pressure and the second pressure a first time to cause the first liquid product to flow from the first container at a second flow rate and also to cause the first liquid product to flow from the second container at a third flow rate, the first liquid product and the second liquid product combining and flowing at a fourth flow rate;
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- modifying the first pressure and the second pressure a second time to cause the first liquid product to flow from the second container at a fifth flow rate without causing the first liquid product to flow from the first container.
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A method of dispensing a liquid beverage, the method comprising:
- flowing a first liquid product out of a first container at a first flow rate without flowing the first liquid product out of a second container;
- flowing the first liquid product out of the first container at a second flow rate while flowing the first liquid product out of the second container at a third flow rate to form a combined fourth flow rate;
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- flowing the first liquid product out of the second container at a fifth flow rate without flowing the first liquid product out of the first container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.