Patents Assigned to Pepsico Inc.
  • Container filling system and valve for same
    Patent number: 11679971
    Abstract: A container filling valve may include a shuttle and a drive sleeve that are magnetically coupled. Movement of the drive sleeve may move the shuttle from a position in which the filling valve is closed to a position in which the filling valve is open. A container handling arm may include a distal end configured to hold a container and a proximal end that includes a load cell. A low flow setpoint system may be configured to arrest closing of a filling valve when that filling valve is partially closed. A pressure control system may be configured to maintain a desired pressure in a reservoir or in a flow path from that reservoir. A product recirculation system may be configured to adjust flow rate in the product recirculation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Eaton, David William Martin, David Jay Warburton, Nathan John Coleman, Samuel Frank Feller, Thomas John Evans, Jason Karl Sorge, Randy A. Straub
  • Display device for illuminating packaged beverages
    Patent number: 11672359
    Abstract: A display device for illuminating a packaged beverage includes a panel having a front end opposite a rear end. The panel further includes a top surface on which a packaged beverage may be placed, and the top surface has transparent portions. A light source is arranged within the panel for illuminating the packaged beverage arranged on the top surface of the panel. The display device further includes an end cap having a front wall arranged at the front end of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandeep Jain, Gurmeet Singh Bhutani
  • Hot airflow management systems and methods for coolers
    Patent number: 11662134
    Abstract: Coolers with airflow management systems are disclosed. The coolers include a cabinet that has a door with a transparent section. A refrigeration unit is coupled to the cabinet. The refrigeration unit has an airflow inlet and an airflow outlet. The cross sectional area of the airflow outlet is less than the cross sectional area of the airflow inlet. The refrigeration unit is fluidly coupled to an airflow management system that is in fluid communication with the airflow outlet. The airflow management system includes discharge vents and turbulence reduction vents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo. Inc.
    Inventor: Prashant Desphande
  • Digital table
    Patent number: 11643314
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a dispensing system, having at least one dispense location with at least one dispensing head configured to dispense a beverage through a bottom portion of a container. In one aspect, the dispensing head may dispense a plurality of different beverage ingredients which a user may select to dispense a custom beverage. In another aspect the dispensing system comprises a modular dispensing system having a plurality of dispense locations each connected through piping to a central, remote ingredient system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Lim, Martin Eduardo Broen
  • Intermediate menu, visual design template, and interactive label
    Patent number: 11645690
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of delivering a self-directed user experience includes encoding access to an intermediate menu in at least one matrix bar code, developing an intermediate menu that facilitates a self-directed user experience, and presenting the at least one matrix bar code to a user via placement on a product. Further in accordance with this aspect, the method may include directing the user to the intermediate menu via the at least one matrix bar code such that the self-directed user experience is responsive to user interaction with intermediate menu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Phillips, Gregory Buckley, William Reeves
  • Beverage container dispenser and method for dispensing beverage containers
    Patent number: 11640741
    Abstract: A method for dispensing a beverage container to a consumer. The method includes receiving in a beverage container dispenser a first beverage container that contains a beverage corresponding to a beverage selection of a user. The method further includes dispensing a second beverage container containing the beverage from a temperature-regulated compartment of the beverage container dispenser. The second beverage container that is dispensed from the temperature-regulated compartment corresponds to the beverage selection of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant Deshpande, Gurmeet Singh Bhutani, Brian D. Kelly, Wilton Brown
  • Smart vending machine with modular control assembly
    Patent number: 11640742
    Abstract: A vending machine includes a product storage cabinet having a housing defining a storage compartment for storing a product and a door movably connected to the housing. A product sensor is configured to detect removal of the product from the storage compartment. The vending machine further includes a control assembly configured to control operation of the vending machine. The control assembly includes a support structure, a control unit mounted on the support structure, a transceiver mounted on the support structure, and a power supply mounted on the support structure. The control assembly is configured to receive information from collected by the product sensor to determine an identity of the product removed from the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheuk Chi Lau, Xuejun Li, Yong Jin Serock, Bilal Bajwa, Naga Vankadari
  • Water filter and filter cartridge
    Patent number: 11634350
    Abstract: A water filter cartridge includes a sediment filter, a carbon filter, and a core having a tubular body with openings that allow water to flow through the core. The core defines an open central area, and the core supports the sediment filter and the carbon filter. A nanofiltration unit is arranged within the open central area of the core. The nanofiltration unit includes a tubular filter element defining a central volume, and a plurality of filaments arranged within the central volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Fantappie, Steven T. Jersey
  • Container for dosing a flowable solid
    Patent number: 11619533
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a container for dispensing equal doses of a flowable solid. The container may include a body defining an interior volume including a storage volume, an outlet passage, and a dosing chamber in communication with the storage volume and the outlet passage. The container may include a closure that has a lid and a plunger. The lid may be rotatably coupled to the body such that it rotates about a first axis from a closed position to an open position. The plunger may be rotatably coupled to the lid and configured to seal the dosing chamber. The container may be configured to dispense a dose of the flowable solid when the plunger is in the unsealed position and the container is at least partially inverted, and each dose may have an equal volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Xavier Cortadellas, Syed Peer, Toby Richard David Wingfield, Albert Kwak, Charles Simon Paradise, Emma Pearl Willmer-Shiles
  • Beverage cooler
    Patent number: 11614279
    Abstract: Beverage coolers for storing and cooling bottled beverages. A beverage cooler may include a cooling chamber cooled by a refrigeration system, and openings in the cooling chamber for receiving bottled beverages to be chilled. The openings may have doors and/or seals to minimize heat exchange between the cooling chamber and the environment with or without bottles disposed in the openings. Each of the openings may have a visual indicator, such as a plurality of LEDs, configured to indicate the temperature of the bottle disposed in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Emad Jafa, Eleonor Dorin Stoenescu, Thomas Henry Hellier, James Simon Oliver
  • SWEETENING COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20230091319
    Abstract: This disclosure provides aqueous steviol glycoside compositions as well as syrups and beverages comprising these compositions. In certain embodiments, the aqueous steviol glycoside composition comprises water and a sweetening composition, wherein the sweetening composition is solubilized in the water and comprises a stevioside composition and rebaudioside D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Damian BROWNE, Yuan FANG, Naijie ZHANG
  • BEVERAGE CHILLER
    Publication number: 20230077646
    Abstract: Beverage chillers are disclosed. A beverage chiller may include a container platform that receives a beverage container and a chiller tank. The chiller tank may have a central axis and may have an agitator. The chiller tank may be filled with water. A conveyor may move the container platform and beverage container into the chiller tank. The container platform and beverage container may rotate in a first direction in the chiller tank and the agitator may rotate the water in a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant DESHPANDE, Gurmeet BHUTANI, Brian KELLY, Wilton BROWN
  • Contactless autofill dispensing
    Patent number: 11591206
    Abstract: A contactless autofill dispenser includes a housing and a dispense area for receiving a cup. The dispenser includes a supply of consumable product disposed within the housing. The dispenser includes an outlet connected to the supply and extending from the housing into the dispense area for dispensing the consumable product into the cup. The dispenser includes a controller disposed within the housing and connected to the supply, wherein the controller is configured to control dispensing of the consumable product from the outlet. The dispenser includes a time of flight sensor attached to or with a direct line of sight into the dispense area and connected to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazim A. Khan, Terry Tae-il Chung
  • Interactive vending machine
    Patent number: 11587141
    Abstract: A method of presenting product information in a vending machine may include detecting audio information from a consumer and converting the audio information to a text string. The method may include identifying a keyword in the text string, and determining products from a product database associated with the keyword. The method may include returning a list of the products that correspond to the keyword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Emad Jafa, Cheuk Chi Lau, Xuejun Li, Darren Ling, Bernard Yang
  • Multi-layered packaging films
    Patent number: 11584110
    Abstract: A multi-layered packaging film includes (a) an outer print layer, (b) an inner product-side layer, and (c) a lamination layer interposed between the outer print layer and the inner product-side layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Pak Meng Cham, Sridevi Narayan-Sarathy, Brad Dewayne Rodgers, Adam Johnson, Satyabrata Samanta
  • Systems and methods for dispensing a beverage
    Patent number: 11584631
    Abstract: Beverage dispensers are disclosed. A beverage dispenser may include a carbonation pump, pressure tank, and a pressure switch configured to active the pressure pump when a pressure in the pressure tank falls below a threshold pressure. The pressure switch may cause the carbonation pump to shut off when the pressure in the pressure tank exceeds an upper threshold pressure. The beverage dispenser may be convertible from a carbonated beverage dispenser to a non-carbonated beverage dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Gurmeet Singh Bhutani, Rahul Sadashiv Kamble
  • Compositions comprising rebaudioside J
    Patent number: 11582993
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides high purity rebaudioside J and methods of making high purity rebaudioside J. The application also provides the use of rebaudioside J as a sweetener, and in particular, the use in beverages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Erickson, Christophe Galopin, Laura Nattress, William Bonorden
  • Vending machine
    Patent number: 11568702
    Abstract: Vending machines for storing and dispensing products to consumers in a space-efficient manner. A vending machine may include a product compartment, a product storage system, a support structure, a dispensing port, and a product delivery system. The support structure may elevate the product compartment and form a void beneath the product compartment. Other structures may occupy the void beneath the product compartment, or humans may walk through the void beneath the product compartment. A product may be automatically moved from the product compartment to the dispensing port using the product delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Emad Jafa, Cheuk Chi Lau, Xuejun Li, Yong Serock, Wai Ting Chan, Samuel Luke Johnstone, Martyn Thomas Mitchell, Euan Morrison, Erik David Williams
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D976112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Gruskin, Niklas Gustafsson, Koby Hebborn Trout, Damien Z. Moyal, Ricardo Sandoval, James Michael Stelzer
  • Container
    Patent number: D980082
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Niklas Gustafsson, Maria Hanshella R. Magno, Andrew Richard Phinney, Klaus Rosburg, Koby Hebborn Trout, Marc Thomas Wiescinski, Marcos Orlando Ortiz, Joseph Thomas Gar Jun Smith, Matthew Stewart Twiss, Daniel K. Patu