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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
May. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Hydration Labs, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Wing, Framingham, MA (US);
Yvan De Boeck, Medford, MA (US);
Sean Grundy, Boston, MA (US);
Elizabeth Becton, Charlestown, MA (US);
Frank Lee, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hydration Labs, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/07 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/10 (2006.01); B67D 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/0022 (2013.01); B67D 1/004 (2013.01); B67D 1/005 (2013.01); B67D 1/0027 (2013.01); B67D 1/0028 (2013.01); B67D 1/0031 (2013.01); B67D 1/0032 (2013.01); B67D 1/0036 (2013.01); B67D 1/0037 (2013.01); B67D 1/0038 (2013.01); B67D 1/0039 (2013.01); B67D 1/0051 (2013.01); B67D 1/0075 (2013.01); B67D 1/0076 (2013.01); B67D 1/07 (2013.01); B67D 1/0875 (2013.01); B67D 1/0884 (2013.01); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); B67D 1/108 (2013.01); B67D 1/1204 (2013.01); B67D 1/1213 (2013.01); B67D 1/1229 (2013.01); B67D 1/1231 (2013.01); B67D 2001/0093 (2013.01); B67D 2210/0001 (2013.01); B67D 2210/0006 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00047 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00089 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00091 (2013.01);
Abstract
Among other things, beverages are dispensed from one or more beverage dispensers based on selections made by users. Information about the dispensing of the beverages is sent to a central server where it is used to manage a variety of functions including replacement of depleted supplies of components. Various features of the beverage dispensers enable the beverages that are dispensed to be uniform and appealing to users.