公开(公告)号：US20230312327A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18010054

申请日：2021-06-18

Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company

Inventor： Daniel S. Quartarone ,  Quyen Tran ,  Jeff Neaves ,  Austin Igleheart ,  David Vogt ,  Brian Salvati ,  Elaine Von Uffel

IPC: B67D1/12 ,  B67D1/08

CPC classification number: B67D1/124 ,  B67D1/0888 ,  B67D1/1236

Abstract: A beverage dispensing system is configured to facilitate communication between a point-of-sale terminal and a beverage dispenser for receiving and fulfilling beverage orders. The dispensing system comprises a translation server that maps beverage orders between the point-of-sale entry data and beverage dispenser recipe data. An automatic portion control (APC) assembly comprises a mass sensor that is configured to determine a mass of a cup resting thereon. Using the mass of the cup, the dispenser makes a cup size prediction and performs portion control dispensing operations. Based on the cup size prediction, a user interface is modified to allow for quicker interactions. The APC assembly is positioned beneath a nozzle of the beverage dispenser and comprises a removable platform assembly magnetically coupled to a mass sensor assembly. The mass sensor assembly comprises a load cell or other mass sensor.