Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hot and cold beverage dispenser
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Application No.: US15155633Application Date: 2016-05-16
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Publication No.: US10046958B2Publication Date: 2018-08-14
- Inventor: Xuejun Li , William W. Segiet , Fernando A. Ubidia , John F. Lewis , Aaron M. Stein
- Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY Purchase
- Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Current Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Purchase
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: B67D1/00
- IPC: B67D1/00 ; A47J31/41 ; A47J31/56 ; A47J31/44 ; A47J31/46 ; B67D1/08 ; B67D1/12

Abstract:
An apparatus and method may be configured for detecting selection between a hot version and a cold version of a beverage, causing opening of a first of a plurality of valves and closing of a second of the plurality of valves for providing water to a first of a plurality of mixing chambers based on the selection, causing delivery of beverage concentrate to the first mixing chamber, controlling a flow rate of the water and a flow rate of the beverage concentrate into the mixing chamber for mixing of the water with the beverage concentrate in a controlled ratio to create the beverage, and dispensing the beverage from the mixing chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160257550A1 HOT AND COLD BEVERAGE DISPENSER Public/Granted day:2016-09-08
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