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US 12,459,802 B2Granted
Systems, methods, and devices for ingredient based dispensing
AssigneeStarbucks Corporation
InventorsJonathan Levey, Ryan T. Bell
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Abstract
The disclosure generally relates to an ingredient-based dispensing system for creating customized beverages with ingredients (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The ingredient-based dispensing system may include a volume-based dispensing system for automatically dispensing ingredients with a varying viscosity (e.g., sauces) and a time-based dispensing system for automatically dispensing ingredients with a consistent viscosity (e.g., flavors, syrups, and/or colors).
Claims10
An ingredient based dispensing system comprising:
- a volume-based dispensing system comprising one or more volume-based dispensers configured to dispense ingredients of a first ingredient type, wherein the ingredients of the first ingredient type have a viscosity that is inconsistent;
- a time-based dispensing system comprising one or more time-based dispensers configured to dispense ingredients of a second ingredient type, wherein the ingredients of the second ingredient type have a viscosity that is consistent;
- a control system comprising:
- a communication module configured to receive a beverage order comprising one or more ingredients and a number of doses of each ingredient of the one or more ingredients;
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- a controller configured to communicate instructions for dispensing the one or more ingredients to the volume-based dispensing system and the time-based dispensing system based on the beverage order,
- wherein the controller is configured to communicate instructions for dispensing each ingredient of the one or more ingredients of the first ingredient type to the volume-based dispensing system to cause the volume-based dispensing system to volumetrically dispense the number of doses of each ingredient of the one or more ingredients of the first ingredient type,
- wherein the controller is configured to communicate instructions for dispensing each ingredient of the one or more ingredients of the second ingredient type to the time-based dispensing system to cause the time-based dispensing system to dispense the number of doses of each ingredient of the one or more ingredients of the second ingredient type based on a predetermined dispensing time for the number of doses.
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