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US 2025/0011152 A1Published application
Beverage devices, systems, and methods
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorsBRIAN P. MILLS, BRYAN ROGERS, MUDAR ABU-SAYMEH
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Abstract
A beverage mixing device is disclosed herein. The beverage mixing device may comprise: a capsule receiver configured to receive a capsule including a pre-mixed composition, the capsule receiver including a first sensor; a carbonation vessel disposed within the housing, the carbonation vessel configured for on-demand carbonation; and a controller in electronic communication with the first sensor, the controller configured to: determine a drink type based on receiving sensor data from the first sensor, and dispense a carbonated water or a non-carbonated water based on the drink type.
Claims17
A beverage mixing device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a valve;
- a dispensing head spaced apart from the housing;
- a nozzle coupled to the dispensing head;
- a fluid conduit extending from the valve to the nozzle;
- a water supply tank disposed within the housing, the water supply tank configured to be fluidly coupled to the nozzle;
- a plurality of bulk pre-mixed compositions disposed within the housing, wherein each of the plurality of bulk pre-mixed compositions includes a flavoring concentrate and an alcohol;
- a carbonation vessel disposed within the housing, the water supply tank configured to be fluidly coupled to the carbonation vessel, the carbonation vessel disposed downstream from the water supply tank;
- a user interface;
- and
- a controller in electronic communication with the user interface, the controller configured to:
- determine a selected drink type based on a selection from the user interface,
- determine whether the selected drink type includes a carbonated water or a non-carbonated water;
- responsive to determining the selected drink type includes the non-carbonated water as a first mixer, reconfiguring the valve to fluidly couple the water supply tank to the nozzle, and command a first pump to pump water from the water supply tank through the nozzle;
- responsive to determining the selected drink type includes the carbonated water as a second mixer, reconfiguring the valve to fluidly couple the carbonation vessel to the nozzle, wherein the carbonated water is propelled by pressure from the carbonation vessel in response to the carbonation vessel being fluidly coupled to the nozzle;
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- dispense a pre-mixed composition from one of the plurality of bulk pre-mixed compositions and based on the selected drink type being associated with the pre-mixed composition through the nozzle.
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An article of manufacture including a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, by the one or more processors, a selected drink type from a user interface of a beverage mixing device;
- determining, by the one or more processors, a pre-mixed composition associated with the selected drink type and whether the selected drink type includes a carbonated water or a non-carbonated water;
- responsive to determining the selected drink type includes the non-carbonated water as a first mixer, reconfiguring, by the one or more processors, a valve to fluidly couple a water supply tank to a nozzle, and commanding, by the one or more processors, a first pump to pump water from the water supply tank through the nozzle;
- responsive to determining the selected drink type includes the carbonated water as a second mixer, reconfiguring, by the one or more processors, the valve to fluidly couple a carbonation vessel to the nozzle, wherein the carbonated water is propelled by pressure from the carbonation vessel in response to the carbonation vessel being fluidly coupled to the nozzle;
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- commanding, by the one or more processors, pumping of a third pump in fluid communication with a bulk pre-mixed composition including the pre-mixed composition, the pump configured to dispense the pre-mixed composition through the nozzle, wherein the bulk pre-mixed composition includes a flavoring concentrate and an alcohol.
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A control system for a beverage mixing device, the control system, comprising:
- a first pump configured to be in fluid communication with a nozzle;
- a second pump configured to be in fluid communication with the nozzle;
- a fluid pump;
- a first valve in fluid communication with the fluid pump;
- a second valve configured to be in fluid communication with the nozzle;
- a user interface;
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- a controller in electronic communication with the first pump, the second pump, and the user interface, the controller configured to:
- receive a selected drink type from the user interface;
- determine whether the selected drink type includes a carbonated water or a non-carbonated water;
- responsive to determining the selected drink type includes the non-carbonated water as a first mixer, reconfigure the second valve to fluidly couple a water supply tank to the nozzle, and command the fluid pump to pump water from the water supply tank through the nozzle;
- responsive to determining the selected drink type includes the carbonated water as a second mixer, reconfigure the second valve to fluidly couple a carbonation vessel to the nozzle, wherein the carbonated water is propelled by pressure from the carbonation vessel in response to the carbonation vessel being fluidly coupled to the nozzle;
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- command the first pump to pump a first pre-mixed composition from a first bulk pre-mixed composition based on the selected drink type including the first pre-mixed composition, the first bulk pre-mixed composition including a flavoring concentrate and an alcohol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.