公开(公告)号：US20190219338A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US16337011

申请日：2017-09-28

Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company

Inventor： Mingfei GAN ,  Dick P. WELCH ,  Arthur G. RUDICK

IPC: F28D9/00 ,  F25D31/00 ,  F28D20/02 ,  F25D3/02

CPC classification number: F28D9/0093 ,  F25D3/02 ,  F25D31/002 ,  F25D2303/0844 ,  F28D3/00 ,  F28D9/0056 ,  F28D20/02 ,  F28D2020/0013 ,  Y02E60/145

Abstract: A plate heat exchanger is disclosed herein. In some instances, the plate heat exchanger may be disposed in an ice bin of a beverage dispenser for cooling one or more fluids. The plate heat exchanger may include a top plate, a bottom plate, an outer boundary wall, and a fluid flow path disposed between the top plate and the bottom plate. The fluid flow path may include an inlet and an outlet. A fin may be disposed within the fluid flow path from the top plate to the bottom plate between the inlet and the outlet.

公开(公告)号：US20230012450A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17756923

申请日：2021-01-22

Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company

Inventor： Sanjida TAMANNA ,  Dick P. WELCH ,  Zachary Ian STELWAGON

IPC: B67D1/00 ,  B67D1/12

Abstract: The present application provides a beverage dispensing system. The beverage dispensing system may include a syringe cartridge assembly and a nozzle. The syringe cartridge assembly may include an ingredient chamber, a water chamber, and a dosing pump such that the ingredient chamber is in communication with the nozzle and the water chamber is in communication with the dosing pump.

公开(公告)号：US20220063980A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-03

申请号：US16337061

申请日：2017-09-29

Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company

Inventor： Arthur G. RUDICK ,  Dick P. WELCH

IPC: B67D1/00 ,  B67D1/08

Abstract: The present application provides a beverage dispensing system for combining a number of ingredients. The beverage dispensing system may include an ingredient pouch, an ingredient storage tank, a pump, a nozzle, an inlet diverter valve upstream of the pump, and an outlet diverter valve downstream of the pump.

公开(公告)号：US20190352164A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-21

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

IPC: B67D1/07 ,  B08B9/032 ,  B08B3/04

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240051812A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-15

申请号：US18492994

申请日：2023-10-24

Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company

Inventor： Sanjida TAMANNA ,  Dick P. WELCH ,  Zachary Ian STELWAGON

IPC: B67D1/00 ,  B67D1/12

CPC classification number: B67D1/0031 ,  B67D1/1231 ,  B67D1/0037

Abstract: The present application provides a beverage dispensing system. The beverage dispensing system may include a syringe cartridge assembly and a nozzle. The syringe cartridge assembly may include an ingredient chamber, a water chamber, and a dosing pump such that the ingredient chamber is in communication with the nozzle and the water chamber is in communication with the dosing pump.

公开(公告)号：US20220112067A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-14

申请号：US17431595

申请日：2020-02-19

Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

Inventor： Dick P. WELCH ,  Brian R. JOHNSON

IPC: B67D1/00

Abstract: The present application thus provides a beverage dispensing system for combining a micro-ingredient and a diluent. The beverage dispensing system may include a nozzle and a remote micro-ingredient storage system positioned at a distance from the nozzle. The remote micro-ingredient storage system may include a stirring reservoir in communication with the nozzle to agitate the micro-ingredient therein.

公开(公告)号：US20210110365A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-15

申请号：US16499298

申请日：2018-03-29

Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company

Inventor： Dick P. WELCH ,  Ed TELLER ,  Michael Edward HOPKINS ,  Cindy PANG ,  Mark ADAMS ,  Kyusang KIM

IPC: G06Q20/18 ,  G06Q20/14 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G07F13/06 ,  G07F13/02 ,  G07F9/00

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a beverage vending device is provided that includes a network interface and one or more processors. The beverage vending device also includes a computer-readable tangible medium with instructions stored thereon that direct the one or more processors to establish contact with an available network and locate a second beverage vending device on the network. The computer-readable tangible medium also has instructions stored thereon that direct the one or more processors to establish contact with the second beverage vending device on the network, and communicate with the second beverage vending device via the network.