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US 12,515,937 B2Granted
Beverage flavor dosing system
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsGiancarlo Fantappiè, Steven T. Jersey, Diego Macrellino
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Abstract
A flavor dispensing system includes a dispensing system configured to dispense flavor concentrates with minimal installation support. In aspects, the flavoring dispensing system includes one or more concentrate cartridges with a pump cap that are fluidly connected to a nozzle. A pump actuator in the flavor dispensing system moves the concentrate cartridges and thereby actuates the pump cap to dispense concentrate.
Claims17
A flavor dispenser, comprising:
- a housing;
- a nozzle assembly extending from a front wall of the housing;
- a container holder disposed in the housing;
- a concentrate container disposed in the container holder, the concentrate container fluidly connected to the nozzle assembly;
- a container cap disposed on an end of the concentrate container, wherein the container holder is configured to prevent a portion of the container cap from moving with respect to the container holder;
- a pump disposed in the container cap and fluidly connected to an interior of the concentrate container;
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- a pump actuator disposed in the housing configured to move a portion of the concentrate container cap with respect to the container holder, thereby actuating the pump,
- wherein the container cap comprises a tube that fluidly links the cap to the nozzle assembly,
- wherein the tube is pivotally connected to an exterior of the container cap such that the tube can be pivoted between a first position where the tube is fluidly connected to an interior of the concentrate container and a second position where the tube is not fluidly connected to an interior of the concentrate container.
7 more elements
A dispensing system, comprising:
- a container holder disposed in a housing;
- a concentrate container disposed in the container holder, the concentrate container fluidly connected to a nozzle assembly;
- a container cap disposed on an end of the concentrate container, wherein the container holder is configured to prevent a portion of the container cap from moving with respect to the container holder;
- a pump disposed in the container cap and fluidly connected to an interior of the concentrate container;
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- a pump actuator disposed in the housing configured to move a portion of the concentrate container cap with respect to the container holder, thereby actuating the pump,
- a second concentrate container disposed in a second container holder adjacent to the container holder, the second concentrate container fluidly connected to the nozzle assembly;
- a second concentrate cap disposed on an end of the second concentrate container;
- a second pump disposed in the container cap and fluidly connected to an interior of the concentrate container;
- wherein the pump actuator is further configured move a portion of the second concentrate container with respect to the second container holder, thereby actuating the second pump.
7 more elements
A flavor dispenser, comprising:
- a housing;
- a nozzle assembly extending from a front wall of the housing;
- a container holder disposed in the housing;
- a concentrate container disposed in the container holder, the concentrate container fluidly connected to the nozzle assembly;
- a container cap disposed on an end of the concentrate container, wherein the container holder is configured to prevent a first portion of the container cap from moving with respect to the container holder;
- a pump disposed in the container cap and fluidly connected to an interior of the concentrate container, the pump formed by the first portion of the container cap and a second portion of the container cap slidably disposed around the first portion, wherein movement of the second portion with respect to the first portion pumps concentrate from an interior of the concentrate container through the container cap;
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- a pump actuator disposed in the housing configured to move a portion of the concentrate container with respect to the container holder, thereby actuating the pump.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.