Automatic Bar Controls, Inc.

William A Martindale

Richard A Martindale

Mojtaba Valiyee

Matthew Straddeck

Gregory J Osborne

The invention provides a method for beverage dispensing control and monitoring. A bottle control cap is attached to a bottle and a micro processor positioned in the bottle control cap is programmed with data to identify that control cap from others in a system of programmable control caps. The micro processor controls an electric motor which opens and closes a flow passage in the control cap on command in response to a command signal from a system control processor located at a remote location. The micro processor is also programmed to request the signal.

Method and system for control and monitoring of beverage dispensing

The invention provides a method for beverage dispensing control and monitoring. A bottle control cap is attached to a bottle and a micro processor positioned in the bottle control cap is programmed with data to identify that control cap from others in a system of programmable control caps. The micro processor controls an electric motor which opens and closes a flow passage in the control cap on command in response to a signal from a system control processor located at a remote location. The micro processor is also programmed to request the signal.

Method and apparatus for control and monitoring of beverage dispensing

A beverage dispensing apparatus includes a beverage dispensing head wherein a rigid plate is disposed over a mixing fluid valve stem and a plurality of base fluid valve stems. The plate has an opening located over each base fluid valve stem for receiving the associated base fluid valve stem therethrough. The plate has a rigid surface disposed over the mixing fluid valve stem. A mixing fluid button contacts the rigid surface of the plate so that, when the mixing fluid button is depressed, only the mixing fluid is dispensed. A first base fluid button covers the opening in the plate disposed over its associated base fluid valve stem. The first base fluid button also contacts the plate so that, when the button is depressed, the button depresses both the base fluid valve stem and the plate. The plate, in turn, depresses the mixing fluid valve stem. A second base fluid button includes a projection which extends through the opening in the plate without contacting the plate for depressing only its associated base fluid valve stem. A brixing valve used in the beverage dispensing device includes a first housing having a plurality of first tubes attached thereto and having first ends extending therefrom. Each first tube has a recess disposed on a side of its first end. A second housing has a plurality of second tubes attached thereto, a first end of each second tube being sized for slideably receiving the first end of an associated first tube therein. The first end of each second tube has an opening which aligns with the recess in its associated first tube when the first and second tubes are matingly engaged. A portion of a fastening clip extends through the opening in a second tube and into the recess in the first tube to lock to first and second housings together. To facilitate decoupling of the first and second housings, a cam is pivotably disposed on one of the first or second housings for pressing the other housing away when the cam is pivoted.

Beverage dispensing apparatus

A beverage dispensing apparatus includes a beverage dispensing head wherein a rigid plate is disposed over a mixing fluid valve stem and a plurality of base fluid valve stems. The plate has an opening located over each base fluid valve stem for receiving the associated base fluid valve stem therethrough. The plate has a rigid surface disposed over the mixing fluid valve stem. A mixing fluid button contacts the rigid surface of the plate so that, when the mixing fluid button is depressed, only the mixing fluid is dispensed. A first base fluid button covers the opening in the plate disposed over its associated base fluid valve stem. The first base fluid button also contacts the plate so that, when the button is depressed, the button depresses both the base fluid valve stem and the plate. The plate, in turn, depresses the mixing fluid valve stem. A second base fluid button includes a projection which extends through the opening in the plate without contacting the plate for depressing only its associated base fluid valve stem.

Beverage dispensing head

A beverage dispensing apparatus for dispensing premixed carbonated beverages from a single beverage dispensing head, the premixed beverages being supplied to a dispenser head by conduits connected to individual premixed beverage sources. The dispenser head consists of a handle having an upper surface portion. The dispenser head has a plurality of channels therethrough, each connected at one end to the conduit and discharging the premixed beverage at the other end. The channel has a tapered portion, which is generally parallel to the upper surface of the dispenser head. A valve is received within the tapered portion and includes a stemmed poppet having a stem at one end and a biasing member which urges the poppet toward the taper so as to seal the valve. The valve is actuated by an obtusely angled lever, having a first portion generally parallel to the first surface of the dispenser head and a second portion, operatively coupled to and essentially perpendicular to the poppet stem. A pushbutton, located proximate to the first surface of the dispenser head, is operatively coupled to the first portion of the lever. The valve on the dispenser head may be opened when the pushbutton is depressed, which causes the second lever portion to slidably engage the poppet stem.

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Vacaville, CA, United States of America

William A Martindale