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US 12,060,256 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 of dispensing a liquid beverage, the method comprising:
- providing a first container within a first chamber, the first container storing a first liquid product, wherein a first output of the first container is connected to a t-section;
- providing a second container within a second chamber, the second container storing the first liquid product, wherein a second output of the second container is connected to the t-section;
- providing a first set of pressures in the first chamber and the second chamber, the first set of pressures causing the first liquid product from the first container to flow from the first container without causing the first liquid product from the second container to flow from the second container;
- after the providing the first set of pressures, providing a second set of pressures in the first chamber and the second chamber, the second set of pressures causing the first liquid product to flow from the first container and also to cause the first liquid product to flow from the second container;
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- after the providing the second set of pressures, providing a third set of pressures in the first chamber and the second chamber, the third set of pressures causing the first liquid product to flow from the second container 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:
- providing a first container within a first chamber, the first container storing a first liquid product, wherein a first output of the first container is connected to a t-section;
- providing a second container within a second chamber, the second container storing the first liquid product, wherein a second output of the second container is connected to the t-section;
- 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 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 and also to cause the first liquid product to flow from the second container;
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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 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, through a first check-valve, and to a t-section without flowing the first liquid product out of a second container;
- flowing the first liquid product out of the first container, through the first check-valve, and to the t-section while flowing the first liquid product out of the second container, through a second check-valve, and to the t-section;
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- flowing the first liquid product out of the second container, through the second check-valve, and to the t-section without flowing the first liquid product out of the first container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.