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

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

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：US12054378B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US17021652

申请日：2020-09-15

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 ,  B08B3/04 ,  B08B9/032

CPC classification number: B67D1/07 ,  B08B3/04 ,  B08B9/0325 ,  B67D2001/075

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.