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
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