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Systems and methods for dispensing flavor doses and blended beverages

A beverage, dosage technology, applied in the direction of liquid dispensing, dispensing devices, special dispensing devices, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2008-11-05
THE COCA COLA CO
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However, these vending machines are usually limited to dispensing concentrated flavorings

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[0031] The present invention will be described in further detail below in conjunction with specific embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein some, but not all, embodiments are given. Indeed, these inventions may be embodied in many different forms and are not limited to the embodiments set forth herein; these embodiments are merely intended to satisfy practical legal requirements. Wherein the same numerals represent the same components.

[0032] The present invention is described below with reference to block diagrams of systems, methods, apparatuses and computer programs according to an embodiment of the present invention. It should be understood that each part of the block diagrams, and combinations of parts in the block diagrams, respectively, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be loaded into a general purpose computer, special purpose computer or other programmable data processing appara...

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Disclosed are systems and methods for dispensing flavor doses and beverages. A beverage tower (100) may be provided that has a small footprint and that is capable of dispensing a wide variety of flavor doses and blended beverages. The beverage tower may include a flow control module (310) that controls the flow rate of beverage additives and water through the beverage tower and a switch module (315) that includes a plurality of switches (410) that may be selectively opened and closed to control the flow of beverage additives and water through the beverage tower to a point of dispense. A flavor dose or blended beverage may be dispensed by the beverage tower in accordance with user input that is provided to the beverage tower via a control panel (325) . The user input may specify a desired beverage additive, a desired cup size, and an indication of whether a flavor shot or a blended beverage is desired. Additionally, a user may define and program into the memory (605) of the beverage tower the various flavor doses and blended beverages that are capable of being dispensed by the beverage tower.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a beverage vending machine, in particular to a system and method capable of simultaneously providing flavorings and beverages. Background technique [0002] There are many well known beverage dispensers in the prior art. These include carbonated beverage dispensers, still beverage dispensers, beverage mixing systems and beverage dispensing systems. Some vending machines simply dispense premixed beverages from backstage storage tanks or bags. Other vending machines mix the concentrated beverage with water in predetermined ratios to create the final product. However, these types of merchandisers are generally limited to dispensing combined or mixed beverages. [0003] Some other vending machines can only dispense flavors that can be added to existing beverages. Flavor doses can be measured automatically by the dispenser, such as with a hand pump capable of producing known doses each time, or flavor doses can be achiev...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B67D1/00B67D1/08B67D1/12B67D7/74
CPCB67D1/0036B67D1/0051B67D1/12B67D1/005B67D1/06B67D1/0022B67D1/0041B67D2210/0006B67D1/0052B67D1/0888B67D2210/00086B67D1/1256B67D2210/00091B67D1/0044B67D1/1297
Inventor 肖恩·B·加蒂朋道格拉斯·乔恩·麦克杜格尔拜伦·L·埃伯哈特Ⅲ托马斯·R·海赫特罗兰·E·杨理查德·A·马丁代尔布莱特·D·贝克
Owner THE COCA COLA CO
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