The Coca-cola Company

Other

Lancer Partnership, Ltd

Douglas Jon McDougall

Daniel S Quartarone

Richard Clark

Ronald J Stark

Peter S Rohwer

Arthur G Rudick

Thomas R Hecht

Richard A Martindale

Gregg Carpenter

William A Edwards

Gary V Paisley

David O Slagley

Bret D Baker

Shaun Blaise Gatipon

Alexander K Miller

Scott Cuppari

Benjamin John Kingston

Dick P Welch

Stan C Kaplita

Samuel L Orr, Jr

James E Sweetman

Roland E Young

Byron L Eberhart, Iii

Shaun B Gatipon

Byron L Eberhart Iii

The present application provides a beverage dispensing system. The beverage dispensing system may include a cooler and a beverage dispenser positioned within the cooler. The beverage dispenser may include a nozzle, a flow of water, an internal carbonation system in communication with the flow of water and the nozzle, and a number of internal ingredient containers in communication with the nozzle such that the beverage dispenser produces a beverage at the nozzle within the cooler.

Self-serve beverage dispenser

A system for dispensing one or more beverages is disclosed. The system may include a nozzle, one or more macro-ingredients in fluid communication with the nozzle, and a number of micro-ingredients in fluid communication with the nozzle. The nozzle is configured to dispense a beverage formed by the one or more macro-ingredients and one or more of the micro-ingredients.

Systems and methods for incorporating micro-ingredient dispensing functionality into a macro-ingredient beverage dispensing system

A dispenser including a plurality of tower sections allows an operator to remove one or more tower sections from the fluid dispenser without removing the fluid dispenser from a dispensing location. A housing of the dispenser includes multiple arrays of outlets from a housing fluid circuit that is connectable to fluid sources. Separate tower sections including complementary arrays are then coupled to arrays of the housing, thereby extending the housing fluid circuits to the dispense points disposed on the tower sections. The tower sections are secured to the fluid dispenser housing. The tower sections may further include mounting members that mate together to provide additional restraint and to ensure that the dispense points of the attached tower sections are aligned, thereby providing a clean, uniform appearance.

Method and apparatus for a modular dispensing tower

Disclosed are systems and methods for dispensing flavor doses and beverages. A beverage tower 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 that controls the flow rate of beverage additives and water through the beverage tower and a switch module that includes a plurality of switches 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. 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 of the beverage tower the various flavor doses and blended beverages that are capable of being dispensed by the beverage tower.

Systems and methods for dispensing flavor doses and blended beverages

Flavor shot pump

Beverage dispenser

A sliding door assembly of the type at least partially formed from extruded material components wherein the assembly includes at least one movable panel and one stationary or fixed panel. The door assembly includes a lock assembly structured and positioned to be interconnected between portions of the two panels to prevent relative movement therebetween. Both of the panels are supported on a track assembly incorporating various components including a removable, snap-in threshold and a similarly removable track runner for support of the movable panels thereon.

Sliding door assembly

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Douglas Jon McDougall