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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2020
The Coca-cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Marc Katz, Marietta, GA (US);
Arthur G. Rudick, Ormond Beach, FL (US);
Samuel L. Orr, Buford, GA (US);
Stan C. Kaplita, Sammamish, WA (US);
James Alan Sanders, Atlanta, GA (US);
William J. Moore, Atlanta, GA (US);
Lindsey Jane Bozung, Smyrna, GA (US);
Dick P. Welch, Marietta, GA (US);
Jamal Omari Wilson, Snellville, GA (US);
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed herein that include providing a beverage dispensing machine with a cleaning system comprising a first water branch and a second water branch connected in fluid communication with a three-way valve, a cleaning supply connected in fluid communication with the second water branch via a pump, and a nozzle. The three-way valve may be operated in a 'dispensing mode' to provide a flow of at least one of water and carbonated water through the first water branch and a flowpath of the three-way valve to the nozzle, and operated in a “cleaning mode” to provide a flow of a cleaner, and optionally a flow of at least one of water and carbonated water, through the second water branch and a secondary flowpath of the three-way valve to the nozzle to clean the nozzle and/or a drain of the beverage dispensing machine.