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公开(公告)号:US11959697B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-16
申请号:US18053675
申请日:2022-11-08
Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
Inventor: Prashant Deshpande , Gurmeet Bhutani , Brian Kelly , Wilton Brown
IPC: F25D3/00
CPC classification number: F25D3/00 , F25D2331/80 , F25D2400/28
Abstract: Beverage chillers are disclosed. A beverage chiller may include a container platform that receives a beverage container and a chiller tank. The chiller tank may have a central axis and may have an agitator. The chiller tank may be filled with water. A conveyor may move the container platform and beverage container into the chiller tank. The container platform and beverage container may rotate in a first direction in the chiller tank and the agitator may rotate the water in a second direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11640741B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-02
申请号:US16820423
申请日:2020-03-16
Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
Inventor: Prashant Deshpande , Gurmeet Singh Bhutani , Brian D. Kelly , Wilton Brown
Abstract: A method for dispensing a beverage container to a consumer. The method includes receiving in a beverage container dispenser a first beverage container that contains a beverage corresponding to a beverage selection of a user. The method further includes dispensing a second beverage container containing the beverage from a temperature-regulated compartment of the beverage container dispenser. The second beverage container that is dispensed from the temperature-regulated compartment corresponds to the beverage selection of the user.
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公开(公告)号:US12059082B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-13
申请号:US16835414
申请日:2020-03-31
Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
Inventor: Prashant Deshpande
CPC classification number: A47F3/02 , A47F3/0408 , A47F3/0478 , F25D29/00 , G07F9/105 , G07F11/34 , G07F17/0071
Abstract: A cooler for storing beverage containers. The cooler includes a housing defining an interior volume for storing a first beverage container at a first predetermined temperature and a compartment within the interior volume of the housing for storing a second beverage container at a second predetermined temperature that is at or below a freezing point of the beverage. The cooler further includes a user interface for receiving a user input to dispense the second beverage container, and a delivery portal for providing access to the second beverage container. A chute is configured to communicate the second beverage container from the compartment to the delivery portal and to cause nucleation of the beverage and form a slush beverage. A cooling unit is configured to maintain the interior volume of the housing at the first predetermined temperature and the compartment at the second predetermined temperature.
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公开(公告)号:US11837059B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-05
申请号:US18169700
申请日:2023-02-15
Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
Inventor: Prashant Deshpande , Gurmeet Singh Bhutani , Brian D. Kelly , Wilton Brown
CPC classification number: G07F9/023 , A23G9/045 , G07F9/105 , G07F11/72 , G07F17/0071
Abstract: A method for dispensing a beverage container to a consumer. The method includes receiving in a beverage container dispenser a first beverage container that contains a beverage corresponding to a beverage selection of a user. The method further includes dispensing a second beverage container containing the beverage from a temperature-regulated compartment of the beverage container dispenser. The second beverage container that is dispensed from the temperature-regulated compartment corresponds to the beverage selection of the user.
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公开(公告)号:US11825962B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-28
申请号:US17172728
申请日:2021-02-10
Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
Inventor: Prashant Deshpande , Gurmeet Singh Bhutani
CPC classification number: A47F3/0434 , A47F3/002
Abstract: A cooler includes a cabinet having an interior volume for storing a beverage container containing a beverage and a door for providing access to the interior volume of the cabinet. The cooler further includes a lock configured to maintain door in a closed position when the lock is engaged. The cooler includes a cooling unit configured to maintain the cabinet at a predetermined temperature and a temperature sensor arranged within the cabinet that detects a temperature within the cabinet. A control unit is in communication with the cooling unit and the temperature sensor, and the control unit is configured to control the cooling unit to maintain a temperature within the cabinet at a predetermined temperature as determined by the temperature sensor. The control unit may be configured to lock the door until a temperature within the cabinet is at the predetermined temperature.
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公开(公告)号:US11519654B2
公开(公告)日:2022-12-06
申请号:US16598695
申请日:2019-10-10
Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
Inventor: Prashant Deshpande , Gurmeet Bhutani , Brian Kelly , Wilton Brown
IPC: F25D3/00
Abstract: Beverage chillers are disclosed. A beverage chiller may include a container platform that receives a beverage container and a chiller tank. The chiller tank may have a central axis and may have an agitator. The chiller tank may be filled with water. A conveyor may move the container platform and beverage container into the chiller tank. The container platform and beverage container may rotate in a first direction in the chiller tank and the agitator may rotate the water in a second direction.
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