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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2010
Samuel A. Giordano, Springfield, IL (US);
Burton L. Hart, Springfield, IL (US);
John T. Knepler, Springfield, IL (US);
Samuel A. Giordano, Springfield, IL (US);
Burton L. Hart, Springfield, IL (US);
John T. Knepler, Springfield, IL (US);
Bunn-O-Matic Corporation, Springfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A beverage dispensing system which includes a server, a sensing system coupled to the server for detecting a quantity of beverage retained in the server, a display coupled to the sensing system, and a count-up timer coupled to the system. The display may provide indicia as to the time and/or freshness of the beverage in the server. A method for sensing and displaying a quantity of beverage in a beverage server which can also include a freshness indicator. A resettable timer is incorporated which cannot be reset until at least the sensing system has been physically or operatively uncoupled from the server. The resetting may also require the sensing system to detect an empty server upon recoupling the sensing system with the server. Further, the resetting may also require monitoring a refill function for refill occurring within a predetermined rate parameter or time.