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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2022
Elkay Manufacturing Company, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Edward Locke, Elmhurst, IL (US);
William Hamilton, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Franco Savoni, Geneva, IL (US);
Damon D. Shaw, Stillman Valley, IL (US);
Raymond T. Hecker, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Joel E. Leiser, Freeport, IL (US);
Ellen Sajdak (Felicelli), Naperville, IL (US);
Trevor Robert Smouter, Waterloo, CA;
Timothy Scott Edward Hiller, Waterloo, CA;
ELKAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for dispensing consumable liquids are disclosed. An example networked system includes a server and a plurality of beverage dispenser stations. Each of the beverage dispenser stations includes a filler including a filler outlet configured to deliver a beverage into a container, an RFID reader configured to read an RFID tag fixed to a water filter through which water for the beverage is to flow, and a controller. The controller is configured determine a duration-of-use of the water filter and a volume of water that has passed through the water filter. Each of the beverage dispenser stations also includes a network communications interface configured to communicate the duration-of-use and the volume of water to the networked administrative server to track use of the water filter among the plurality of beverage dispenser stations.