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公开(公告)号:US11312610B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-26
申请号:US16526720
申请日:2019-07-30
Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
Inventor: Arthur G. Rudick , Rabab Saqib Karori , John Boyd , Keith A. Gibson , Damian J. Mycroft , Scott Cuppari , David Mulcahey
Abstract: A beverage dispenser and method for operating a beverage dispenser may include receiving a handshake request from a mobile device of a user. A communications link may be established with the mobile device. Responsive to receiving control data associated with a beverage order from the mobile device, a physical function may be caused to be performed by the beverage dispenser.
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公开(公告)号:US11247893B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-15
申请号:US15748367
申请日:2016-07-28
Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
Inventor: Arthur G. Rudick , Raymond J. Vanassche , Andrew David Beal , Kim Ritchie Lester , Neil Paul P. Sanut
Abstract: A dispensing system may be provided. The dispensing system may comprise a control architecture internal to the dispensing system. The dispensing system may further comprise an internal portion internal to the dispensing system. The internal portion may be configured to provide an internal ingredient under the control of the control architecture. An external portion may be external to the dispensing system. The external portion may be configured to provide an external ingredient to the dispensing system. The external portion may be under the control of the control architecture.
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公开(公告)号:US11147289B2
公开(公告)日:2021-10-19
申请号:US16535980
申请日:2019-08-08
Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
Inventor: Rafael I. San Miguel , Arthur G. Rudick
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention may provide a frozen beverage dispenser capable of dispensing multiple frozen beverage flavors.
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公开(公告)号:US10858232B2
公开(公告)日:2020-12-08
申请号:US16478370
申请日:2018-01-25
Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
Inventor: Gregg Carpenter , Arthur G. Rudick , David Slagley , Dick P. Welch , Daniel S. Quartarone , Douglas Jon McDougall
Abstract: A system for dispensing one or more beverages is disclosed. The system may include a nozzle, one or more macro-ingredients in fluid communication with the nozzle, and a number of micro-ingredients in fluid communication with the nozzle. The nozzle is configured to dispense a beverage formed by the one or more macro-ingredients and one or more of the micro-ingredients.
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公开(公告)号:US10822219B2
公开(公告)日:2020-11-03
申请号:US16479472
申请日:2018-01-19
Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
Inventor: Marc Katz , Arthur G. Rudick , Samuel L. Orr , Stan C. Kaplita , James Alan Sanders , William J. Moore , Lindsey Jane Bozung , Dick P. Welch , Jamal Omari Wilson
Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that include providing a beverage dispensing machine with a cleaning system comprising a first water branch and a second water branch connected in fluid communication with a three-way valve, a cleaning supply connected in fluid communication with the second water branch via a pump, and a nozzle. The three-way valve may be operated in a “dispensing mode” to provide a flow of at least one of water and carbonated water through the first water branch and a flowpath of the three-way valve to the nozzle, and operated in a “cleaning mode” to provide a flow of a cleaner, and optionally a flow of at least one of water and carbonated water, through the second water branch and a secondary flowpath of the three-way valve to the nozzle to clean the nozzle and/or a drain of the beverage dispensing machine.
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公开(公告)号:US10710031B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-14
申请号:US15753048
申请日:2016-08-15
Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
Inventor: Arthur G. Rudick
Abstract: A chilling reservoir for providing in-line carbonation in a beverage dispenser includes a housing having a first beverage material pathway extending therethrough. The first beverage material pathway may have a flow inlet arrangement and a flow outlet arrangement. The chilling reservoir also includes a heat exchanger arrangement that is positioned and configured to be selectively operated to chill beverage material passing through the first beverage material pathway. The chilling reservoir also includes a carbonation chamber operably positioned in the first beverage material pathway of the housing. The carbonation chamber may be configured to removably receive therein a carbonator.
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公开(公告)号:US20190330043A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-31
申请号:US16478370
申请日:2018-01-25
Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
Inventor: Gregg Carpenter , Arthur G. Rudick , David Slagley , Dick P. Welch , Daniel S. Quartarone , Douglas Jon McDougall
Abstract: A system for dispensing one or more beverages is disclosed. The system may include a nozzle, one or more macro-ingredients in fluid communication with the nozzle, and a number of micro-ingredients in fluid communication with the nozzle. The nozzle is configured to dispense a beverage formed by the one or more macro-ingredients and one or more of the micro-ingredients.
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公开(公告)号:US10373276B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-06
申请号:US15126095
申请日:2015-03-31
Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
Inventor: Gregg Carpenter , David Roy Newman , Arthur G. Rudick , Anisha Joshi , David O. Slagley , Michael Edward Hopkins
Abstract: Embodiments and associated aspects of the disclosure permit regulation of dispense of a product in a self-serve environment via, at least in part, reconciliation of a product order originated in an access device, such as a point-of-sale (POS) device, and a product selection effected at a product dispenser configured to fulfill the product order.
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公开(公告)号:US10287115B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-14
申请号:US15071390
申请日:2016-03-16
Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
Inventor: Adnan Abbas , Arthur G. Rudick , Daniel S. Quartarone , David Joseph Harvey
Abstract: The present application provides an ice dispenser for dispensing a volume of ice. The ice dispenser may include an ice bin and an ice deflector positioned about a top of the ice bin. The ice deflector may include a reverse funnel configuration such that an entrance to the ice deflector is narrower that an exit to the ice deflector so as to prevent the volume of ice from bridging therein in whole or in part.
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公开(公告)号:US20170186110A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-29
申请号:US15126095
申请日:2015-03-31
Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
Inventor: Gregg Carpenter , David Roy Newman , Arthur G. Rudick , Anisha Joshi , David O. Slagley , Michael Edwards Hopkins
CPC classification number: G06Q50/12 , G06K7/1413 , G06Q20/045 , G06Q20/18 , G06Q20/202 , G06Q20/208 , G06Q20/40145 , G06Q30/0185 , G07F13/065
Abstract: Embodiments and associated aspects of the disclosure permit regulation of dispense of a product in a self-serve environment via, at least in part, reconciliation of a product order originated in an access device, such as a point-of-sale (POS) device, and a product selection effected at a product dispenser configured to fulfill the product order.
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