Patents by Inventor Alice Ro

Alice Ro has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Frozen beverage dispensing manifold
    Patent number: 9131709
    Abstract: A frozen beverage dispensing unit includes a first replaceable frozen beverage module, a second replaceable frozen beverage module, a plumbing module, and a dispensing module. The dispensing module includes a programmable dispensing manifold for preparing frozen beverages in accordance with dispensing profiles. In an embodiment, a rotating turn table turns a beverage container in accordance with a dispensing profile. The dispensing profile includes instructions for layering of contents of different frozen beverage modules being placed in a beverage container. Moreover, the contents of different food add-in modules may also be added to the beverage container based on the selected dispensing profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Hammonds, Alice Ro, Marco Perry, Todd Brunner, Avi Bajpai
  • Frozen Beverage Dispensing Manifold
    Publication number: 20110297272
    Abstract: A frozen beverage dispensing unit includes a first replaceable frozen beverage module, a second replaceable frozen beverage module, a plumbing module, and a dispensing module. The dispensing module includes a programmable dispensing manifold for preparing frozen beverages in accordance with dispensing profiles. In an embodiment, a rotating turn table turns a beverage container in accordance with a dispensing profile. The dispensing profile includes instructions for layering of contents of different frozen beverage modules being placed in a beverage container. Moreover, the contents of different food add-in modules may also be added to the beverage container based on the selected dispensing profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Hammonds, Alice Ro, Marco Perry, Todd Brunner, Avi Bajpai