公开(公告)号：US20230114201A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-13

申请号：US17496989

申请日：2021-10-08

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Advait Rasik BHAT

IPC分类号： G06F30/23 ,  B29C49/78 ,  B29L31/00 ,  G06F111/10 ,  G06F113/22

摘要： Methods for producing blow molding instructions for a bottle preform, including creating a first set of first blow molding experiments for blow molding a selected preform design into a target bottle design, each experiment having a different set of blow molding parameters, simulating each experiment of the first set of blow molding experiments using a simulation software program, selecting a group of experiments from the first blow molding experiments based on downselection criteria including wall thickness, section weight, and elastic modulus×wall thickness, creating a second set of blow molding experiments based on characteristics of the downselected group of first experiments, simulating each experiment of the second set of blow molding experiments using the simulation software program, selecting an experiment from the second blow molding experiments based on characteristics of the selected experiment's simulated preform and simulated blown bottle, and producing blow molding instructions based on the selected experiment.

公开(公告)号：US11584631B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US17046602

申请日：2019-04-15

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Gurmeet Singh Bhutani ,  Rahul Sadashiv Kamble

IPC分类号： B67D1/00 ,  B67D1/08 ,  B67D1/10 ,  B67D1/12

摘要： Beverage dispensers are disclosed. A beverage dispenser may include a carbonation pump, pressure tank, and a pressure switch configured to active the pressure pump when a pressure in the pressure tank falls below a threshold pressure. The pressure switch may cause the carbonation pump to shut off when the pressure in the pressure tank exceeds an upper threshold pressure. The beverage dispenser may be convertible from a carbonated beverage dispenser to a non-carbonated beverage dispenser.

公开(公告)号：US20230022453A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17805626

申请日：2022-06-06

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Alex TAO ,  Guoqing LI ,  Wenxia WANG ,  Leilei ZHENG ,  Chunlei ZHU ,  Xiaoliang LIANG ,  Kuikiu CHAN

IPC分类号： C12P19/56 ,  C12N9/10

摘要： Provided is a method for preparing Rebaudioside J using an enzymatic method, comprising using rebaudioside A as a substrate, and making the substrate, in the presence of a glycosyl donor, react under the catalysis of a UDP-glycosyltransferase-containing recombinant cell and/or UDP-glycosyltransferase prepared therefrom to generate Rebaudioside J.

公开(公告)号：US20230002246A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17855556

申请日：2022-06-30

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Farshad KAMALI ,  Giancarlo FANTAPPIE ,  Steven T. JERSEY

IPC分类号： C02F1/00 ,  C02F1/68 ,  B01D39/16 ,  B01D39/20 ,  B01D29/21 ,  B01D29/56

摘要： A filter medium for removing contaminants from water includes a matrix including a plurality of fibers having an electrostatic charge such that the matrix is configured to remove contaminants from water by electrostatic attraction. The filter medium further includes a filler material including a ceramic substrate containing a mineral. The filler material is embedded in the matrix. When water flows through the filter medium, the mineral at least partially dissolves in the water such that a cavity is formed in the matrix in a location of the at least partially dissolved mineral.

公开(公告)号：US20220411424A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17843197

申请日：2022-06-17

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Yu WANG ,  DaSom NO ,  Yuan FANG ,  Nelson TRUSLER ,  Damian BROWNE ,  George MEYER ,  Xin ZHAO ,  Meng TIAN ,  Shiyi ZHANG

IPC分类号： C07D473/12 ,  A23L2/72 ,  C07D309/10 ,  C07C59/265 ,  A23L2/44 ,  A23L29/25 ,  A23L27/12 ,  A23L2/68

摘要： The present disclosure relates to complexes comprising caffeine and tannic acid as well as emulsions and beverages comprising these complexes which slow the release of the caffeine. Also described are methods of preparing the complexes and emulsions and beverages comprising caffeine-tannic acid complexes.

公开(公告)号：US20220401449A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17843205

申请日：2022-06-17

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Yu WANG ,  DaSom NO ,  Yuan FANG ,  Nelson TRUSLER ,  Damian BROWNE ,  Xin ZHAO ,  Meng TIAN ,  Shiyi ZHANG ,  George MEYER ,  Rohil BHATNAGAR

IPC分类号： A61K31/522 ,  A61K47/54 ,  A61K47/69 ,  A23L2/385 ,  A23L2/68

摘要： The present disclosure relates to colloids comprising caffeine-tannic acid complexes which slow the release of the caffeine. Also described are methods of preparing the colloids and beverages comprising colloids comprising caffeine-tannic acid complexes.

公开(公告)号：US11511984B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-29

申请号：US16509317

申请日：2019-07-11

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Steven Philip Moskowitz

IPC分类号： B67D1/08 ,  G01F23/22

摘要： A beverage dispenser having a beverage-level indicating system. The beverage dispenser includes a housing and a dispensing head arranged on the housing for dispensing a beverage into a beverage container. The beverage dispenser further includes a beverage-level sensor arranged on the housing and which determines a beverage level within the beverage container without contacting the beverage within the beverage container, a beverage-level indicator that provides a visual indication of the beverage level within the beverage container, and a control unit that causes the beverage-level indicator to indicate the beverage level within the beverage container based on the beverage level as determined by the beverage-level sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11501596B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US17104951

申请日：2020-11-25

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Emad Jafa ,  Cheuk Chi Lau ,  Xuejun Li ,  Yong Serock ,  Wai Ting Chan ,  Samuel Luke Johnstone ,  Martyn Thomas Mitchell ,  Euan Morrison ,  Erik David Williams

IPC分类号： G07F11/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G08G1/00 ,  G06Q20/32 ,  G06Q30/06

摘要： Mobile vending machines for storing and dispensing products to consumers at various locations. A mobile vending machine may include a product storage system, a user interface, a powertrain system, and a control unit. A consumer may view a list of products in the mobile vending machine using a mobile device, such as a smart phone. The consumer may summon the mobile vending machine to a location using the mobile device, and the mobile vending machine may automatically complete a transaction with the consumer, where the consumer receives a product from the mobile vending machine. The control unit may enable the mobile vending machine to autonomously travel to the location of the consumer.

公开(公告)号：USD968963S1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-08

申请号：US29765201

申请日：2021-01-06

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

设计人： Advait R. Bhat ,  Donavan Bullock ,  Stefano Giuliani ,  Niklas Gustafsson ,  MinSuk Kim ,  Syed Peer ,  Ellie Vineyard

公开(公告)号：US11479455B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US16875975

申请日：2020-05-15

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Giancarlo Fantappié ,  Diego Macrellino

IPC分类号： B67D1/00 ,  B67D1/08 ,  B67D1/10 ,  B67D1/12

摘要： A drink station is provided with an alkaline filter cartridge in fluid communication with an ambient temperature water line provide alkaline water, and with a chilled water mixed with the alkaline water at a spigot to provide chilled alkaline water. A hot water heating element is located below the spigot so hot water flows upward for dispensing from the spigot, with a vent line between the heating element and spigot helping hot water to flow from the spigot to the heating element. A refrigeration system and a carbonation system is also provided. The refrigeration system uses the ice-bank technology. A submersible agitator pump improves heat exchanged between ice-bank and water by forced convection. The agitator pump operating based on the temperature of the drinking water. A figure eight evaporator coil can provide two cylindrical ice banks and two chilled water coils to increase the chilled water capacity.