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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2019
Applicant:
The Coca-cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/10 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/12 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/0882 (2013.01); B67D 1/0871 (2013.01); B67D 1/10 (2013.01); B67D 1/1247 (2013.01); B67D 1/0021 (2013.01); B67D 1/0025 (2013.01); B67D 1/0079 (2013.01); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01);
Abstract
A beverage dispenser and process of dispensing a beverage may include pumping a micro-ingredient from a micro-ingredient container via a fluid path toward a nozzle to dispense a beverage inclusive of the micro-ingredient. The micro-ingredient may be reverse pumped via the fluid path back to the micro-ingredient container to cause an air bubble in the fluid path to be pushed into the micro-ingredient container.