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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Cornelius, Inc., Osseo, MN (US);
Inventor:
Christopher F. Zemko, Elgin, IL (US);
Assignee:
Cornelius, Inc., Osseo, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/07 (2006.01); B67D 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/0028 (2013.01); B67D 1/07 (2013.01); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); B67D 1/0044 (2013.01); B67D 1/1272 (2013.01);
Abstract
A beverage dispenser and methods of beverage dispensing include a dispenser with a beverage valve and a purge valve. The beverage valve is connected the dispenser body and is actively operable to control a flow of a base beverage into a flow path of the dispenser. The purge valve is selectively operable to control a flow of a purge substance into the flow path. A nozzle is configured to mix a flavoring from a flavoring nozzle with a base beverage from the beverage valve prior to dispensing a mixture of the flavoring and the base beverage from the nozzle.