Patents by Inventor Gary Vance Paisley

Gary Vance Paisley 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).

  • Modular volumetric valve system
    Patent number: 6435375
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing system for providing a beverage from a plurality of beverage concentrate sources. The beverage dispensing system includes a nozzle, a modular diluent valve for supplying diluent to the nozzle, a plurality of modular volumetric concentrate valves each in fluid communication with one of the beverage concentrate sources, and an electronic control board. The electronic control board determines the diluent flow rate through the modular diluent valve and instructs one of the modular volumetric concentrate valves to supply a predetermined volume of a beverage concentrate to the nozzle based upon the diluent flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Samuel Durham, Gary Vance Paisley
  • Modular volumetric valve system
    Publication number: 20010019067
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing system for providing a beverage from a plurality of beverage concentrate sources. The beverage dispensing system includes a nozzle, a modular diluent valve for supplying diluent to the nozzle, a plurality of modular volumetric concentrate valves each in fluid communication with one of the beverage concentrate sources, and an electronic control board. The electronic control board determines the diluent flow rate through the modular diluent valve and instructs one of the modular volumetric concentrate valves to supply a predetermined volume of a beverage concentrate to the nozzle based upon the diluent flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventors: Samuel Durham, Gary Vance Paisley