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The Coca-cola Company

M Zane Farmer

Diane B Farmer

Samuel Durham

Thomas G North, Iii

Jose I Smith

The cup locator includes a plurality of non-concentric rings placed one on one top of the other from smallest to largest. A backstop is integrally formed at the rear of the cup locator. Different sized beverage cups will be properly positioned with respect to the nozzle of the beverage dispenser and the cup lips will be properly positioned within an acceptable range of positions with respect to an ultrasonic transducer.

cup locator for beverage dispenser

A receptacle counting system includes an ultrasonic sound wave transducer for emitting ultrasonic sound waves and for receiving ultrasonic sound waves reflected from a receptacle whose contact level is to be sensed. There is a rim detector, responsive to the reflected ultrasonic sound waves, for determining the location of the rim of the receptacle and a receptacle detector, responsive to the rim detector, for indicating when a receptacle is present. One or more counters, responsive to the receptacle detector, are provided for monitoring the number of receptacles presented to the system.

Automatic level sensing system

A level sensing system including ultrasonic sound wave transducer means for emitting ultrasonic sound waves and for receiving ultrasonic sound waves reflected from a receptacle whose content level is to be sensed; a content level detector, responsive to the reflected ultrasonic sound waves, for determining the level of the contents of the receptacle; a rim detector, responsive to the reflected ultrasonic sound waves, for determining the location of the rim of the receptacle; and a level comparator, responsive to the rim detector and the content level detector, for comparing the content level with the rim location for indicating when the content level and the rim location are a predetermined distance apart.

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Ashburnham, MA, United States of America

M Zane Farmer