Patents Assigned to SUM LLC
  • Patent number: 12211335
    Abstract: Disclosed is a remote cartridge system for managing concentrate cartridges, both for beverages and cleaning, and the dispenser in which they are installed. Each cartridge contains specific cartridge information which is communicated to a controller of a dispenser allowing remote supervision of maintenance, inventory, cleaning and revision of firmware. The system has a web domain and a mobile app for a smart mobile device which are synchronized, the web domain communicating directly with the controller or indirectly through the smart mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SUM LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Hurd, Stuart Griffin, Diego Solano, Josh Torres, Joseph S. Bird, III
  • Patent number: 11866315
    Abstract: A beverage apparatus and system is disclosed. The beverage apparatus is configurable to add flavors, minerals, vitamins, or other such additives to a source fluid, such as purified water, in response to a user's selection of settings, to provide a customized beverage. Advantageously, the beverage apparatus uses the purified water to cleanse the components that come into contact with the additive as part of the preparation of each beverage and includes this cleansing wash as part of the beverage itself, thus providing a self-cleaning apparatus that does not require a separate drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUM LLC
    Inventors: Tyler G. Hurd, Lloyd G. B. Cooper, Foster Daniel Phillips, Daniel Jacob Bolus, Tarek Midani