Smart inventory management system for a dispensing and blend-in-cup beverage platform

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11945710
APP PUB NO 20230286796A1
SERIAL NO

18306005

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A smart inventory management system is described for a dispensing and blend-in-cup beverage platform including a container having an information tag that is configured to store unique information specific to a particular product, a reader configured to read the stored information from the information tag, a control board configured to host a software based decision engine which is configured to interpret the information specific to a particular product and to control one or more system components based at least in part on the information, a pump controlled by the control board and configured to pump beverage concentrates out of the containers in order to dispense the beverage concentrate into a beverage holder, and a check valve located between an opening on the container and the pump, the check valve configured to provide backflush prevention of foreign solutions into the container.

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FRESH BLENDS LTD51 FREDERICK STREET NASSAU

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bergmann, Dennies Hannover, DE 2 3
Hildmann, Marc Hannover, DE 2 3
Lange, Marc-Alexander Boca Raton, US 3 4

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