公开(公告)号：WO2023076423A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-04

申请号：PCT/US2022/047931

申请日：2022-10-26

申请人： DT WHISKY SOLUTIONS, INC.

发明人： SINGH, Amrit ,  CHUDGARH, Nirmal ,  SMITH, Shawn B. ,  PALLE, Nagendra

IPC分类号： A47J31/40 ,  G06F11/00 ,  B67D1/12 ,  G05B19/00 ,  G05D23/00 ,  G05D7/00 ,  B67D1/00

摘要： Methods and systems for accurately and securely dispensing high value beverages are presented herein. A beverage distribution system includes one or more replaceable beverage cartridges mounted to a beverage dispensing device. Each of the beverage cartridges includes a fluid reservoir with an output port, an output control valve, a flowmeter, and a local controller. The local controller receives signals from the flow meter and determines a cumulative amount of beverage fluid dispensed from the beverage cartridge based on the received signals. In one embodiment, the beverage dispensing device includes a fluid pump and a master controller. The master controller also estimates the cumulative amount of beverage fluid dispensed from each beverage cartridge based on control commands communicated to each beverage cartridge. If a difference between the estimated cumulative amounts of fluid dispensed from a beverage cartridge exceeds a predetermined threshold value, an alert is generated.