Patents by Inventor Bogdan M. Gheorghe

Bogdan M. Gheorghe 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).

  • Dynamic Mixer apparatuses for beverage dispensers
    Patent number: 10674863
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: 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
  • Dynamic Mixer Apparatuses for Beverage Dispensers
    Publication number: 20170000291
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: 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
  • Hot/Cold Beverage Dispenser and Method
    Publication number: 20140305316
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: 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