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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2013
The Coca-cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Andrew Mark Angus, Pearcedale, AU;
Kenneth Andrew Nicoll, Doncaster, AU;
Mark David Rob, East Bentleigh, AU;
Sean Pickett, Riddells Creek, 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 for dispensing a beverage and ice into a cup. The automated beverage dispenser may include an ice dispensing station with an ice auger and a weight sensor, a beverage dispensing station, and a control device. The control device instructs the ice auger to fill the cup with a predetermined amount of ice and instructs the beverage dispensing station to fill the cup with a predetermined amount of the beverage in response to a weight of the cup as determined by the weight sensor.