Abstract: A soda system for soft drink dispensers which includes an auxiliary tank adapted for maintaining a reservoir of cold soda for immediate dispensing, which soda is also recarbonated in the auxiliary tank. A recirculating pump passes soda from a carbonation unit sequentially to various dispensing stations for a return to the circulating pump. Interposed in the soda path is an auxiliary tank from which the dispensing of soda is actually made. The auxiliary tank communicates with a source of pressurized carbon dioxide to maintain a head of that gas therein for purposes of recarbonating the soda while providing the pressure head for dispensing the soda. Shunt lines are provided in communication with soda dispensing lines to assure that even the soda within the dispensing lines is recirculated and refreshed.

Abstract: Restaurant guest check or the like, comprising perforations which divide the check into at least three (3) portions. The first portion is for listing items purchased in a first category, such as food, the second portion is for listing items purchased in a second category, such as alcoholic beverages, and the third and smallest portion is for indicating the total price of all items purchased. Also disclosed is a tractor feed sheet comprising tractor feed strips along either side and a plurality of transversely extending weakened portions which divide the sheet into individual blank checks as above described. A patron's printed guest check is generated by computer. Food items are printed in the first portion, alcoholic beverage items in the second portion and the total price in the third portion.

Abstract: An automatic dispenser for wine has a first reservoir which holds an inverted bottle of wine and a second reservoir connected to the first reservoir through a check valve for holding a supply of wine received from the first reservoir. A solenoid actuated valve is interposed in a wine dispense line connected to the second reservoir. A source of pressurized nitrogen gas is connected to both the first and second reservoirs for supplying the discharge pressure for dispensing the wine from the second reservoir upon actuation of the solenoid, and for maintaining a nitrogen enriched atmosphere in contact with the wine at all times in the reservoirs to prevent secondary fermentation of the wine in the reservoirs by the oxygen in the air. Nitrogen is supplied automatically to the first reservoir through a demand control valve each time wine is removed from the second reservoir to occupy the space vacated by the dispensed wine.

Abstract: A data processing machine is provided for automatically and efficiently controlling the manufacture of designated end item products and components which are used to make them. Product information is entered and stored in memory as job files, inventory files, and bill of materials files. Actual and planned customer orders as well as work orders are represented in the job file in a common format. Each job includes all of the due dates and quantities which relate to a single customer or part number. Once the job file has been created, the existing inventory stock is dynamically allocated under system control to all of the orders in the job file. The system uses the designated stock quantities in the job file to automatically generate internal work orders for the manufactured components necessary to fill the customer orders.