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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2013
The Coca-cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Sean Pickett, Riddells Creek, AU;
Kenneth Andrew Nicoll, Doncaster, AU;
Mark David Rob, East Bentleigh, AU;
Andrew Mark Angus, Pearcedale, AU;
Mark Brian Dockrill, Chadstone, AU;
Ravisha Sellahewa, South Yarra, AU;
Stephen Houghton, Vermont South, AU;
Scott Alexander Anderson, Melbourne, AU;
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The present application provides an automated beverage dispenser using a number of cups and a number of lids. The automated beverage dispenser may include a lid stack with the number of lids, a lidding mechanism, and a positioning device for maneuvering the lidding mechanism so as to remove one of the number of lids from the lid stack and to attach the lid to one of the number of cups.