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US 2011/0253746 A1Published application
Wine dispensing system
OwnerEdward L. O'Keefe, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A wine dispensing system comprises a cabinet with refrigerated compartments for maintaining bulk wine in boxes and dispenses any one of a number of wine varieties upon pressing an appropriate button. Check valves in the system prevent air from spoiling unused wine, and a computer measures each pour, updates inventory, and accepts demographic information to assist in marketing and sales promotion.
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A wine dispensing cabinet comprising:
- a cabinet comprising a countertop, one or more refrigerator compartments, an upper housing, one or more dispensing nozzles, one or more pumps, connecting hoses, one or more wine selection buttons, and a processor;
- said one or more refrigerated compartments further comprising one or more receptacles for receiving one or more boxes of wine;
- said upper housing further comprising a forwardly extending housing of sufficient height and depth above said countertop to receive one or more glasses for receiving wine between said countertop and said forwardly extending housing, said forwardly extending housing further comprising said one or more wine selection buttons;
- said one or more dispensing nozzles being located in said forwardly extending housing and being situated to dispense wine into glasses placed on said countertop;
- said one or more pumps being electrically connected to said processor and being actuated by receiving a signal from said processor;
- said connecting hoses connecting one or more boxes of wine in said one or more refrigerated compartments to said one or more pumps and said one or more dispensing nozzles;
- said processor being electrically connected to said one or more wine selection buttons and to said one or more pumps such that, when one of said one or more wine selection buttons is pressed, said processor sends an electric signal to one of said pumps, thereby causing wine to be dispensed from one of said wine boxes through one of said connecting hoses to said one of said pumps, and further through one of said connecting hoses to one of said dispensing nozzles and to be dispensed into a glass beneath said dispensing nozzle.
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