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US 4,997,012 AGranted
Beverage-dispenser control system
OwnerSwiatoslaw Kuziwinventor
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Abstract
A method of dispensing at a tap an effervescent liquid from a keg-like supply comprises the steps of generally continuously monitoring the weight of the supply and generating an output corresponding thereto, collecting at the tap the liquid that overflows from a vessel into which it is being dispensed, weighing the collected overflow liquid and generating an output corresponding to this weight, comparing the outputs and calculating the difference therebetween, and periodically recording the difference.
Claims6
A method of dispensing at a tap an effervescent liquid from a keg-like supply, the method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring the initial weight of said keg-like supply of effervescent liquid;
- dispensing said supply into at least one vessel having a preset volume;
- generally continuously monitoring the weight of the supply after the dispensing into said at least one vessel and generating an output corresponding thereto;
- collecting at the tap any liquid that overflows from a vessel into which it is being dispensed;
- weighing the collected overflow liquid and generating an output corresponding to this weight;
- comparing the outputs and calculating the difference therebetween;
- periodically recording the difference
- comparing said difference with respect to the initial weight and number of vessels filled;
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- generating a problem signal when said difference deviates from said initial weight less the calculated weight of liquid dispensed into the number of vessels filled.
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