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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2016
Applicant:

The Coca-cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Gregg Carpenter, Marietta, GA (US);

David R. Newman, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);

Nilang Patel, Mableton, GA (US);

Paul A. Phillips, Marietta, GA (US);

Arthur G. Rudick, Atlanta, GA (US);

Lawrence B. Ziesel, Woodstock, GA (US);

Assignee:

The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 5/56 (2006.01); B67D 5/60 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01); G07F 13/06 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); G07F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/0032 (2013.01); B67D 1/006 (2013.01); B67D 1/0035 (2013.01); B67D 1/0051 (2013.01); B67D 1/0085 (2013.01); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); G07F 13/065 (2013.01); B67D 1/0021 (2013.01); B67D 1/0027 (2013.01); B67D 1/0034 (2013.01); B67D 1/0041 (2013.01); B67D 1/0044 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00089 (2013.01); G07F 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present application describes a product dispenser, such as a beverage dispenser. The product dispenser may include a nozzle, a first pump in fluid communication with a beverage base source and the nozzle, a second pump in fluid communication with a flavoring source and the nozzle, and a user interface for receiving a request for a beverage. The user interface may include a product button that represents a beverage base, and an additive button that represents a flavor, wherein in response to a first selection of the product button and a second selection of the additive button, the user interface may be adapted to instruct a dispense of the beverage base and the flavor to the nozzle at a given flow rate.


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