Backroom blending system
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsArthur G. Rudick, Gregg Allen Carpenter
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Abstract
A dispenser for brand specific beverage bases may include a sweetener source pressurized by a carbon dioxide inlet and a blending module configured to receive the sweetener from the sweetener source. The blending module may include more than one micro-ingredient sources and a batch tank, where the micro-ingredient sources are in communication with a batch tank. The blending module may also be in communication with at least one dispensing nozzle. Finally, a diluent inlet may also be in fluid communication with the blending module.
Claims20
A dispenser system, comprising:
- a diluent inlet;
- a blending module comprising at least one batch tank for receiving a diluent from the diluent inlet and a plurality of ingredients to form a beverage base;
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- a plurality of dispensing nozzles in communication with the blending module, each of the plurality of dispensing nozzles being operable to receive the beverage base from the at least one batch tank.
A dispenser system, comprising:
- a diluent inlet;
- a plurality of ingredient sources;
- a plurality of batch tanks for receiving a diluent from the diluent inlet and a plurality of ingredients from the plurality of ingredient sources for forming a plurality of different beverage bases;
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- a plurality of dispensing nozzles in communication with the plurality of batch tanks, each of the plurality of dispensing nozzles being operable to receive one of the plurality of different beverage bases from each of the plurality of batch tanks.
A dispenser system, comprising:
- a diluent inlet;
- a plurality of ingredient sources;
- a plurality of batch tanks;
- a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the diluent inlet, the plurality of ingredient sources, and the plurality of batch tanks, the mixing chamber being configured to receive diluent from the diluent inlet and a plurality of ingredients from the plurality of ingredient sources;
- a multiport valve in fluid communication with the mixing chamber, wherein the multiport valve is configured to dispense the diluent and the plurality of ingredients to each of the plurality of batch tanks for forming a plurality of different beverage bases;
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- a plurality of nozzle assemblies associated with the plurality of batch tanks for dispensing the plurality of different beverage bases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.