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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2005
Marjorie E. Feldman, Springfield, MA (US);
Randolph J. Higgins, Somers, CT (US);
David L. Mathieu, Colchester, CT (US);
James T. Sener, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Christopher D. Hageman, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Joseph M. Paul, Thomaston, CT (US);
James Fitzgerald, Springfield, MA (US);
Marjorie E. Feldman, Springfield, MA (US);
Randolph J. Higgins, Somers, CT (US);
David L. Mathieu, Colchester, CT (US);
James T. Sener, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Christopher D. Hageman, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Joseph M. Paul, Thomaston, CT (US);
James Fitzgerald, Springfield, MA (US);
JMF Group LLC, East Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
A beverage dispensing system and method for dispensing a beverage comprising water from a water source. Some embodiments of the beverage system can include a housing, an inlet adapted to be coupled to the water source, a concentrate source containing concentrate, a dispensing outlet, a fluid line, and a valve. The dispensing outlet can dispense at least one of water and the concentrate. The fluid line can fluidly couple the water source and the dispensing outlet. The valve can be positioned to supply any desired amount of concentrate in a range of concentrate amounts from the concentrate source to the fluid line. The range of concentrate amounts can correspond to a range of water amounts flowing through the fluid line to produce a corresponding range of beverage amounts dispensed from the dispensing outlet.