Patents by Inventor Ian Stewart Fitzpatrick

Ian Stewart Fitzpatrick 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).

  • Rotary cabonator
    Patent number: 9440836
    Abstract: The present application provides a rotary carbonator for use with a beverage dispensing system. The rotary carbonator may include an off-center carbonator chamber, a rotor positioned within the off-center carbonator chamber, and a number of vanes extending from the rotor. The vanes may define within the off-center carbonator chamber a first number of vane cavities with an increasing area and a second number of vane cavities with a decreasing area. A water inlet and a gas inlet may be positioned about the first vane cavities and a carbonated water outlet may be positioned about the second vane cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Victor Henry Quittner, William J. Moore, Jonathan Kirschner, Ian Stewart Fitzpatrick
  • Rotary Cabonator
    Publication number: 20160152460
    Abstract: The present application provides a rotary carbonator for use with a beverage dispensing system. The rotary carbonator may include an off-center carbonator chamber, a rotor positioned within the off-center carbonator chamber, and a number of vanes extending from the rotor. The vanes may define within the off-center carbonator chamber a first number of vane cavities with an increasing area and a second number of vane cavities with a decreasing area. A water inlet and a gas inlet may be positioned about the first vane cavities and a carbonated water outlet may be positioned about the second vane cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Victor Henry Quittner, William J. Moore, Jonathan Kirschner, Ian Stewart Fitzpatrick
  • Automated beverage dispensing system with vertical staging
    Patent number: 9327958
    Abstract: The present application provides an automated beverage dispenser for use with a number of cups. The automated beverage dispenser may include a carousel with a number of shelves, a first actuator such that first actuator may maneuver the shelves in a first direction, a second actuator positioned adjacent to the carousel, and a gripper positioned on the second actuator such that the second actuator may maneuver one of the cups by the gripper in a second direction to one of the shelves of the carousel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Angus, Kenneth Andrew Nicoll, Arjun Vinoo Caprihan, Brendyn Murray Rodgers, Christopher John Leigh-Lancaster, Ian Stewart Fitzpatrick
  • Rotary Cabonator
    Publication number: 20150251889
    Abstract: The present application provides a rotary carbonator for use with a beverage dispensing system. The rotary carbonator may include an off-center carbonator chamber, a rotor positioned within the off-center carbonator chamber, and a number of vanes extending from the rotor. The vanes may define within the off-center carbonator chamber a first number of vane cavities with an increasing area and a second number of vane cavities with a decreasing area. A water inlet and a gas inlet may be positioned about the first vane cavities and a carbonated water outlet may be positioned about the second vane cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Victor Henry Quittner, William J. Moore, Jonathan Kirschner, Ian Stewart Fitzpatrick
  • Beverage Dispenser with Integrated Carbonator and a Potable Water/Ice Slurry Refrigeration System
    Publication number: 20140263406
    Abstract: The present application provides a beverage dispenser for mixing a flow of concentrate, a flow of water, and a flow of gas. The beverage dispenser may include a carbonator with a water input in communication with the flow of water, a gas input in communication with the flow of gas, a carbonated water output, and a chilling reservoir in communication with the flow of water, and a dispensing nozzle in communication with the flow of concentrate and a flow of carbonated water from the carbonated water output of the carbonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Charles Bradley Green, Arthur G. Rudick, Daniel S. Quartarone, Ian Stewart Fitzpatrick, Joanne Fleming, David Berardelli
  • Automated Beverage Dispensing System with Vertical Staging
    Publication number: 20140041748
    Abstract: The present application provides an automated beverage dispenser for use with a number of cups. The automated beverage dispenser may include a carousel with a number of shelves, a first actuator such that first actuator may maneuver the shelves in a first direction, a second actuator positioned adjacent to the carousel, and a gripper positioned on the second actuator such that the second actuator may maneuver one of the cups by the gripper in a second direction to one of the shelves of the carousel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Angus, Kenneth Andrew Nicoll, Arjun Vinoo Caprihan, Brendyn Murray Rodgers, Christopher John Leigh-Lancaster, Ian Stewart Fitzpatrick