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US 4,658,872 AGranted
Cup locator for beverage dispenser
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorAnnie T. Ellis
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Abstract
The cup locator includes a straight rear wall about 1" long and a pair of spaced-apart, straight, angled side walls, one at each end of the rear wall, about 1" long and each at an obtuse angle of about 150.degree. to the rear wall. Differently sized beverage cups, placed against the rear wall of this cup locator, will be properly positioned below the nozzle of a beverage dispenser valve assembly.
Claims7
A cup locator for a beverage dispenser comprising:
- (a) an elongated bar and a pair of spaced-apart side arms connected to said bar and extending away from the same side of said bar on opposite ends thereof;
- (b) said bar including a straight rear wall and each of said side arms including a straight side wall facing toward said bar for properly laocating a cup placed in abutting relationship against said rear wall of said cup locator;
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- (c) said side walls each being at an identical, obtuse angle to said rear wall and extending in opposite directions from said rear wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.