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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Emerald Wine Systems, Llc, Traverse City, MI (US);
Inventors:
Edward L. O'Keefe, Jr., Traverse City, MI (US);
Robert G. Kalik, Bethesda, MD (US);
Karl Fritze, Hastings, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 7/78 (2010.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/0004 (2013.01); B67D 3/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wine dispensing system comprises a cabinet with refrigerated compartments for maintaining bulk wine in boxes and dispenses any one of a number of wine varieties upon pressing an appropriate button. Check valves in the system prevent air from spoiling unused wine, and a computer measures each pour, updates inventory, and accepts demographic information to assist in marketing and sales promotion.