Smart inventory management system for a dispensing and blend-in-cup beverage platform
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Apr 2, 2024
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Sep 14, 2023
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Apr 24, 2023
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Apr 24, 2023
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Abstract
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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- 2023 Application Filing Year
- B67D Class
- 308 Applications Filed
- 103 Patents Issued To-Date
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