US 2026/0296871 A1 · BEVERAGE DISPENSER

Abstract

Implementations of a beverage dispenser can include a reservoir containing a liquid, a dispensing system associated with the reservoir, the dispensing system including a weighted valve, a dispensing lever, and an actuator, and a control unit including a scanner operable to scan machine-readable codes, the control unit being operable to execute instructions stored in computer-readable memory to perform operations responsive to data determined from a machine-readable code, the operations including: operating the actuator for movement of the dispensing lever to one or more of move the weighted valve from a closed position to an opened position to dispense amounts of the liquid through the weighted valve, and move the weighted valve from an opened position to a closed position to cease liquid dispensing.

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Dependent claims

A beverage dispenser, comprising:

a first reservoir containing a first liquid;
a first dispensing system associated with the first reservoir, the first dispensing system comprising a weighted valve, a dispensing lever, and an actuator;
and
a control unit comprising a scanner operable to scan machine-readable codes, the control unit being operable to execute instructions stored in computer-readable memory to perform operations responsive to data determined from a machine-readable code, the operations comprising:
operating the actuator for movement of the dispensing lever to one or more of move the weighted valve from a closed position to an opened position to dispense amounts of the first liquid through the weighted valve, and move the weighted valve from an opened position to a closed position to cease dispensing of the first liquid.

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A beverage dispenser, comprising:

a plurality of reservoirs comprising a first reservoir containing a first liquid and a second reservoir containing a second liquid;
a plurality of dispensing systems comprising a first dispensing system associated with the first reservoir and a second dispensing system associated with the second reservoir;
and
a control unit comprising a scanner operable to scan machine-readable codes, the control unit being operable to execute instructions stored in computer-readable memory to perform operations responsive to first data determined from a first machine-readable code, the operations comprising:
operating a first actuator of the first dispensing system to move a first weighted valve from a closed position to an opened position to dispense amounts of the first liquid through the first weighted valve, and
after ceasing dispensing of the first liquid, operating a second actuator of the second dispensing system to move a second weighted valve from the closed position to the opened position to dispense amounts of the second liquid through the second weighted valve.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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