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US 12,275,632 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 beverage, the method comprising:
- placing a serving container on a nozzle that extends through a counter-top, wherein a check valve disposed on a bottom of the serving container mates with the nozzle;
- filling the serving container with a liquid beverage, wherein the liquid beverage flows from a pressurized container up through the nozzle and into the serving container, wherein the filling comprises opening the nozzle and pressurizing the pressurized container, wherein pressurizing the pressurized container comprises enabling an air pump coupled to the pressurized container;
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- rinsing the check valve after the filling the serving container, wherein the rinsing comprises causing water to flow from the nozzle through the check valve.
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A method for dispensing a beverage, the method comprising:
- engaging a nozzle on a first side of a counter-top with a check valve on a container, wherein the check valve comprises a flow diverter, a spring, and a valve ball;
- opening the nozzle and the check valve;
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- enabling an air pump coupled to a pressurized container, the pressurized container being connected to the nozzle, wherein the beverage moves from a second side of the counter-top, through the nozzle and the check valve from the pressurized container, the second side being opposite the first side.
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A method for dispensing a beverage, the method comprising:
- placing a container on a counter-top, wherein a check valve of the container mates with a nozzle of the counter-top, and wherein an interior of the container is open to ambient atmosphere;
- pressurizing a liquid container connected to the nozzle, wherein the pressurizing is performed at least in part with an air pump;
- dispensing a liquid beverage from the liquid container to the container through the nozzle;
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- rinsing a bottom of the container after the dispensing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.