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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2016
Applicant:

Cornelius, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Vincenzo DiFatta, Wood Dale, IL (US);

Jeffrey Joray, Lake Villa, IL (US);

Christopher Knight, Lisle, IL (US);

Assignee:

Cornelius, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G07F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G07F 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A beverage dispensing system includes a plurality of beverage sources each containing a beverage component, and at least one flow valve connected to one or more of the beverage sources and operable to control a flow of the beverage component therefrom. The system further includes a graphical display that presents a plurality of available beverages and a gesture capture device that receives a selection gesture input to select a beverage from the plurality of available beverages. A controller is also included that adjusts the at least one flow valve based on the selection gesture input to dispense the selected beverage.


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