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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2020
Sum Llc, Birmingham, AL (US);
Tyler G. Hurd, Birmingham, AL (US);
Lloyd G. B. Cooper, Birmingham, AL (US);
Foster Daniel Phillips, Birmingham, AL (US);
Daniel Jacob Bolus, Birmingham, AL (US);
Tarek Midani, Birmingham, AL (US);
SUM LLC, Birmingham, AL (US);
Abstract
A beverage apparatus and system is disclosed. The beverage apparatus is configurable to add flavors, minerals, vitamins, or other such additives to a source fluid, such as purified water, in response to a user's selection of settings, to provide a customized beverage. Advantageously, the beverage apparatus uses the purified water to cleanse the components that come into contact with the additive as part of the preparation of each beverage and includes this cleansing wash as part of the beverage itself, thus providing a self-cleaning apparatus that does not require a separate drain.