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US 9,346,659 B2Granted
Hybrid beverage dispenser
AssigneeManitowoc Foodservice Companies, Inc.
InventorJames W. Brown
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AssigneeManitowoc Foodservice Companies, Inc.
InventorJames W. Brown
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Disclosed is a hybrid beverage dispenser that can be configured in a number of flexible arrangements, providing the opportunity for a configurable beverage dispensing “station” having a variable “footprint”. The hybrid beverage dispenser may have “on board” refrigeration and/or heating system for providing both hot and cold beverages from the same dispenser. A remote chiller may provide chilled syrups for the beverages. Also disclosed is a countertop hybrid beverage dispensing unit for situations where limited space is an issue. Also disclosed is a hybrid beverage dispenser that provides the ability to dispense from one dispenser beverages which usually are dispensed from separate dispensers. The countertop unit possesses the same beverage dispensing flexibility; however, all ingredients are remotely chilled and pumped to the point of dispensing.
A beverage dispenser comprising:
A user interface for providing sequential stepwise directions to a plurality of individuals for making and dispensing a plurality of beverages from a plurality of beverage nozzles in a beverage dispenser, each beverage nozzle associated with a different type of beverage, the user interface comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.