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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1989
William S Credle, Jr, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Lawrence B Ziesel, Marietta, GA (US);
Mark S Heflin, Atlanta, GA (US);
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An automatic beverage dispensing system for use with a plurality of remote point of sale units with order entry keyboards, each having selector buttons for different flavors and cup sizes, the dispenser including an automatic cup dropper, an automatic ice dispenser, a transverse conveyor system for conveying an ice filled cup to any of a plurality of parallel lanes each having a forward conveyor system, a beverage dispenser valve associated with each of the lanes, and each forward conveyor system conveying a cup received from the transverse conveyor to a beverage fill station and then to a cup pick-up station. The dispenser can also be operated manually using buttons on the dispenser itself.