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US 12,421,097 B2Granted
Dispenser system and method of use
AssigneeEBAR Initiatives LTD
InventorsSamuel Pettipher, Nicholas Beeson, Daniel Godfrey, Nicholas Earl, Clive Edmonds, Keith Brookes, Kyle O'Callaghan
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Abstract
The invention provides a system for dispensing a beverage into a container comprising at least one dispenser unit. The dispenser unit comprises at least one fluid port and a moveable seal member which is configured to form a sealing barrier between at least a portion of the container and the dispenser head.
Claims21
A method of dispensing a beverage into a container, the method comprising:
- providing a beverage dispenser system comprising at least one dispenser unit, the at least one dispenser unit comprising:
- a dispenser body;
- at least one support member mounted on the dispenser body;
- and
- a dispenser head, wherein the dispenser head comprises:
- at least one fluid port;
- and
- a seal member;
- wherein the at least one support member is configured to contact and support the container at a lip and/or a rim of the container and to align the lip and/or rim of the container with the seal member;
- contacting the at least one support member with a lip and/or rim of the container;
- moving the seal member to contact a lip and/or rim of the container to form a seal between the dispenser head and the container;
- holding the container stationary throughout the formation of the seal;
- pressurising an interior volume of the container with a pressurised fluid;
- and
- pumping the beverage into an interior volume of the container through the at least one fluid port, wherein the seal member is configured to maintain the seal while the beverage is pumped into the container.
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A method of dispensing a beverage into a plurality of containers, the method comprising:
- providing a beverage dispenser system comprising plurality of dispenser units, wherein each dispenser unit comprises:
- at least one support member mounted on a body of the dispenser unit;
- and
- a dispenser head, wherein the dispenser head comprises:
- at least one fluid port;
- and
- a seal member;
- wherein the at least one support member is configured to contact and support the container at a lip and/or a rim of the container and to align the lip or rim of the container with the seal member;
- positioning a first container on a first dispenser unit;
- contacting the at least one support member with the lip and/or rim of the container;
- moving the seal member to contact the lip and/or rim of the first container to form a seal between the dispenser head and the first container;
- holding the container stationary throughout the formation of the seal;
- pressuring an interior volume of the first container;
- and
- pumping the beverage into the interior volume of the first container through the at least one fluid port, wherein the seal member is configured to maintain the seal while the beverage is pumped into the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.