Patents Assigned to Cornelius, Inc.
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Publication number: 20200288747Abstract: A method for filling a barrel of a frozen beverage dispenser to create a beverage. The method includes determining a target brix level for the beverage, determining a starting fill setting for a supply line that fills the barrel, and detecting a current condition within at least one of the supply line and the barrel. The method further includes calculating an adjusted fill setting by adjusting the starting fill setting for the supply line based on the current condition detected, and operating the supply line at the adjusted fill setting to fill the barrel such that the target brix level is achieved within the barrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Jacob C. Greenberg, Tomasz K. Kasprzycki, Zachary Dresser
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Publication number: 20200288746Abstract: A system for dispensing a frozen beverage. The system includes a barrel having an inner wall and being configured to retain the frozen beverage therein. A mixing system causes mixing of the frozen beverage within the barrel. A cooling system cools the frozen beverage from radially outwardly of the inner wall. A melting system heats the frozen beverage from radially inwardly of the inner wall. The mixing system causes relatively larger ice crystals to move inwardly from the inner wall, and the melting system reduces a size of the relatively larger ice crystals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Ilie Luca, Jacob C. Greenberg, Tomasz K. Kasprzycki
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Patent number: 10773942Abstract: A beverage machine includes a valve that receives a base fluid and dispenses a mixed beverage comprising the base fluid and an additive fluid. The valve has a bore through which the base fluid flows, and the bore has a perimetral surface that defines a plurality of ports through which the additive fluid is injected to thereby mix with the base fluid. An injector is coupled to the valve and configured to radially inject the additive fluid into the base fluid through the plurality of ports as the base fluid flows through the bore such that the additive fluid mixes into the base fluid to form the mixed beverage.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Christopher F. Zemko, Vincenzo DiFatta
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Patent number: 10759645Abstract: An insert for use with a beverage dispenser includes a diffuser having an upstream end configured to receive the first base fluid, a downstream end with an outlet configured to dispense the first base fluid, and a center bore extending between the upstream end and the downstream end along an axis. A stem is disposed in the center bore of the diffuser and has a first end configured to receive a second base fluid and an opposite second end with an outlet configured to dispense the second base fluid. The outlet of the diffuser is upstream from the outlet of the stem such that the first base fluid dispensed from the outlet of the diffuser mixes with an additive fluid before the second base fluid dispensed from the outlet of the stem mixes with the additive fluid.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Arsalan Aslam, Sandesh Aravinda, Kurt Zoellick, Christopher F. Zemko
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Publication number: 20200273283Abstract: A dispensing system for dispensing containers. The dispensing system includes a storage chamber configured to hold the containers available for dispensing. A release device is coupled to the storage chamber to release the containers therefrom. An input device is configured to receive an order to dispense specific containers from the containers stored within the storage chamber, where the specific containers include at least two individual containers having different shapes. A tray receives the specific containers released from the storage, where the specific containers when released form a nested stack on the tray, and where the nested stack has a stacked height. A control system is operative coupled to the input device and the release device, where the control system determines a sequence for dispensing the specific containers from the order so as to minimize the stacked height of the nested stack on the tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Vincenzo DiFatta, Christopher F. Zemko, Clayton Knight, Jeremy Nocchi, James Bendig
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Publication number: 20200270115Abstract: A beverage dispensing machine includes a countertop for a conveyor that carries a plurality of cup holders around a track. A front side of the beverage dispenser machine is accessible by an operator to remove cups from the plurality of cup holders. A cup tower has a plurality of cup dispenser tubes that are each configured to hold a respective stack of cups. A cup grabber is movable up and down into and between a raised position in which the cup grabber is positioned to grab a cup from one of the stacks of cups and place a cup into one of the plurality of cup holders.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Richard Schultz, David Joyce, James A. Kasallis, Matt Dacanay, Milos Brablec
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Publication number: 20200257426Abstract: Systems and method for beverage dispense from a plurality of users include a beverage dispenser with a touch-sensitive graphical display. A computer of the beverage dispenser receives touch event data points and identifies one or more GUI sections of a plurality of GUI sections associated with the received touch event data points. The computer further operates to interpret a touch event input and provide a command responsive to the input to an associated dispensing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Hector Abrach, Jeffrey Joray, Vincenzo DiFatta, Fernando Sanchez, E. Scott Sevcik
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Publication number: 20200215498Abstract: In certain examples, a beverage dispenser includes a gas system configured to collect ambient air, pressurize the ambient air, and dispense the pressurized ambient air, a valve configured to dispense a base fluid, and a concentrate system configured to dispense a concentrate. A manifold is configured to form a gas-injected mixed beverage comprising the base fluid, the concentrate, and the pressurized ambient air, and a nozzle is configured to apply a back-pressure upstream on the gas-injected mixed beverage and dispense the gas-injected mixed beverage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Michael Giardino, Michael Thomas Marszalek, Jonathan Robert Wirkus
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Patent number: 10703619Abstract: A beverage dispenser has a diluent manifold that dispensing a first diluent, a second diluent, or a mixed diluent to a beverage dispensing valve that receives and dispense the first diluent, the second diluent, or the mixed diluent with a concentrate from a concentrate source. The diluent manifold has a first inlet configured to receive the first diluent, a second inlet configured to receive the second diluent and an outlet that dispenses the first diluent, the second diluent, or a mixed diluent comprising the first diluent and the second diluent. A flow control spool is included that selectively permits the first diluent, the second diluent, or both the first diluent and the second diluent to convey through the diluent manifold such that the first diluent, the second diluent, or the mixed diluent dispenses from the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: David K. Njaastad, Stan Valsaint, E. Scott Sevcik
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Publication number: 20200207603Abstract: A beverage dispensing machine for dispensing a mixed beverage has a first inlet configured to receive a concentrate; a second inlet configured to receive a base fluid; a gas inlet configured to receive a gas; a gas injection device configured to pulsate the gas into the concentrate such that the gas agitates the concentrate and is injected into the concentrate to form a gas-injected concentrate; and a dispensing valve configured to dispense the base fluid and the gas-injected concentrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.Inventor: E. Scott Sevcik
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Patent number: 10689241Abstract: Food product dispensing machines and methods for dispensing food product into a cup. The food product dispensing machine includes a cup holder having a target element, a sensor that senses the target element, and a controller. The cup holder is configured to hold a cup such that the cup prevents the sensor from sensing at least a portion of the target element. The controller determines whether a cup is present in the cup holder and/or a size of the cup based on a remaining portion of the target element that is sensed by the sensor when the cup is held by the cup holder. Drive mechanisms are configured to move the first and second cup holders along first and second radial paths, respectively, with respect to the common dispensing position. An indicator is configured to indicate a remaining number of cup dispenses to the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Zachary Dresser, Slawomir Kielian, Anthony Caringella
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Patent number: 10689240Abstract: A beverage dispensing machine includes a countertop for a conveyor that carries a plurality of cup holders around a track. A front side of the beverage dispenser machine is accessible by an operator to remove cups from the plurality of cup holders. A cup tower has a plurality of cup dispenser tubes that are each configured to hold a respective stack of cups. A cup grabber is movable up and down into and between a raised position in which the cup grabber is positioned to grab a cup from one of the stacks of cups and place a cup into one of the plurality of cup holders.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: CORNELIUS, INC.Inventors: Richard Schultz, David Joyce, James A. Kasallis, Matt Dacanay, Milos Brablec
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Patent number: 10674863Abstract: A beverage dispenser for dispensing either a hot or cold beverage, for example tea, from a common mixing chamber and a method for making and/or operating the same is disclosed. The dispense has a source of hot water, usually a heater, and a source of water, a refrigeration system to cool the water and one or more sources of flavor. The hot or cold water, or both can be provided to the common or same, mixing chamber and mixed assisted with a static and/or dynamic mixer and then dispensed. The last portion of the water is used to rinse for the next beverage. Flavor or syrup pump current is sensed to provide the appropriate amount of flavor concentrate to a known quantity of water to form a beverage of appropriate strength or syrup.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Scott E. Sevcik, David K. Njaastad, Andrew J. Tobler, Vincenzo DiFatta, Daniel Prochaska, Fernando Sanchez, Dusan N. Ivancevic, Kurt F. Zoellick, Bogdan M. Gheorghe
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Patent number: 10671270Abstract: Systems and method for beverage dispense from a plurality of users include a beverage dispenser with a touch-sensitive graphical display. A computer of the beverage dispenser receives touch event data points and identifies one or more GUI sections of a plurality of GUI sections associated with the received touch event data points. The computer further operates to interpret a touch event input and provide a command responsive to the input to an associated dispensing unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Hector Abrach, Jeffrey Joray, Vincenzo DiFatta, Fernando Sanchez, E. Scott Sevcik
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Patent number: 10654702Abstract: A beverage dispensing machine includes a valve body configured to receive a first fluid and a second fluid and dispense the first fluid through a first orifice and the second fluid through a second orifice. A first valve seal is movable to open and close the first orifice, and a second valve seal is movable to open and close the second orifice. An arm is pivotally coupled to the valve body, and pivoting of the arm relative to the valve body moves the first valve seal and the second valve seal and thereby opens the first orifice and the second orifice. The machine also includes a solenoid valve configured to pivot the arm, and a handle with a leg that is pivotable into and between a rest position in which the valve seals are closed and an active position in which the valve seals are open. As the handle moves from the rest position to the active position, the leg acts on the solenoid valve such that the arm pivots and the valve seals open.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Tomasz K. Kasprzycki, Hansel Sjukur
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Patent number: 10589978Abstract: A beverage dispensing valve includes a manifold that receives and dispense a first liquid and a second liquid. The manifold has a first flow channel through which the first liquid is conveyed and a second flow channel through which the second liquid is conveyed. A first shutoff assembly has a valve seal on a leg disposed in the first flow channel and a second shutoff assembly has a valve seal on a leg disposed in the second flow channel. A handle assembly is coupled to the first shutoff assembly and the second shutoff assembly and movement of the handle assembly simultaneously moves the leg of the first shutoff assembly and the leg of the second shutoff assembly into an open position such that the first liquid flows through the first flow channel, the second liquid flows through the second flow channel, and the first liquid and second liquid mix downstream to form a mixed beverage.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: E. Scott Sevcik, Rodney John Adams, Guy Andrew Brinton
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Patent number: 10515327Abstract: A computer-implemented method of evaluating a beverage dispenser configuration includes the steps of providing operations data regarding beverage fulfillment operations and generating a beverage dispensing model based on the operations data. The method further includes providing a demand input to the beverage dispensing model to simulate, by a processor, the beverage fulfillment operations. At least one performance result is then calculated based on the simulation, and the performance result is displayed on a display.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventor: Roland Derik Davis
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Patent number: 10507479Abstract: Dispensing nozzles and systems for dispensing edible products include a nozzle sleeve and a nozzle insert. The nozzle sleeve defines an open interior and the nozzle insert is positioned within the nozzle sleeve. A base inlet and a flavoring inlet are defined in the nozzle insert. The nozzle sleeve and the nozzle insert are configured to mix a base substance with a flavoring substance.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Elizabeth Bertness, Nancy Fortunato, Loren Veltrop
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Publication number: 20190352161Abstract: A system for automatically dispensing beverages according to a drink order. The system includes a conveyor that conveys a plurality of cup holders in and between a cup receiving location, a dispensing location, and a serving location. A cup dispenser is configured to dispense a cup into each of the plurality of cup holders at the cup receiving location. A plurality of additive dispensers is configured to dispense additives to the cup at the dispensing location. A controller is configured to receive the drink order, create a recipe from the drink order and link the recipe with one of the plurality of cup holders via a marker, dispense a cup to the cup holder via the cup dispenser, and thereafter control the conveyor and the plurality of additive dispensers so that the cup is filled with a beverage according to the recipe and then conveyed to the serving location.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Clayton Knight, Vincenzo DiFatta, Michal Augustyniak
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Patent number: 10477883Abstract: A gas injection assembly for injecting a gas into a liquid to form a solution includes a vessel that receives the liquid, a flow channel that conveys the liquid from the vessel through an upstream inlet to a downstream outlet that is configured to dispense the solution, and a sparger having a porous surface positioned in the flow channel such that the liquid flows across the porous surface and the porous surface injects the gas into the liquid as the liquid flows across the porous surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas M. Giardino, Tomasz K. Kasprzycki, Jacob Lukjanowicz, Jose Renteria, Michael Kurtz