Beverage dispensing device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9521922
APP PUB NO 20130140324A1
SERIAL NO

13715335

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Systems and methods for dispensing beverages are provided. Aspects relate to obtaining measurements regarding dispensing an ingredient (including the dispensing conditions of the ingredient) and determining whether to adjust dispensing conditions of at least one other ingredient. In one embodiment, at least one ingredient of a recipe is not dispensed based upon a dispensing measurement. The adjustment of one or more ingredients may comprise the use of adjustable orifices, which do not require separate measurements of ingredients before dispensing, but rather may measure ingredients' parameters (including dispensing conditions) as they are dispensed. Certain embodiments relate to devices and methods that may determine if an ingredient is a non-Newtonian fluid, and if so, may be configured to conduct measurements on such fluids, including, for example, the strain stress and strain rate as the fluid passes within a conduit.

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  • PEPSICO, INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Deo, Indrani Ossining, US 21 402
Jersey, Steven Laguna Niguel, US 16 351

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