Patents by Inventor Jimmy Irving Frank

Jimmy Irving Frank 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).

  • Method of cleaning a food or beverage dispenser
    Patent number: 9457386
    Abstract: A food and beverage dispenser for dispensing food and beverage products may have a clean in place (CIP) system that functions with minimal to no operator interface and disassembly. The dispenser may include one or more product barrels and an ingredient supply refrigerator. A nozzle cap containing a cleaning/sanitizing agent may be placed on a dispensing valve of the dispenser, and a CIP connector may be connected to a BIB connector after disconnecting the BIB connector from a BIB package. The CIP connector completes a CIP circuit that places the product barrel in fluid circulation with a water source and optionally another sanitizer source to help clean the dispenser in place. A heater may be included in the CIP circuit to heat the circulating fluid. A microcontroller or other computer processor may control the CIP process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: FBD Partnership, LP
    Inventors: Matthew Grayson Gates, Jimmy Irving Frank, David A. Renaud
  • METHOD OF CLEANING A FOOD OR BEVERAGE DISPENSER
    Publication number: 20160089702
    Abstract: A food and beverage dispenser for dispensing food and beverage products may have a clean in place (CIP) system that functions with minimal to no operator interface and disassembly. The dispenser may include one or more product barrels and an ingredient supply refrigerator. A nozzle cap containing a cleaning/sanitizing agent may be placed on a dispensing valve of the dispenser, and a CIP connector may be connected to a BIB connector after disconnecting the BIB connector from a BIB package. The CIP connector completes a CIP circuit that places the product barrel in fluid circulation with a water source and optionally another sanitizer source to help clean the dispenser in place. A heater may be included in the CIP circuit to heat the circulating fluid. A microcontroller or other computer processor may control the CIP process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Grayson Gates, Jimmy Irving Frank, David A. Renaud
  • Food and beverage dispenser with cleaning system
    Patent number: 9173521
    Abstract: A food and beverage dispenser for dispensing food and beverage products may have a clean in place (CIP) system that functions with minimal to no operator interface and disassembly. The dispenser may include one or more product barrels and an ingredient supply refrigerator. A nozzle cap containing a cleaning/sanitizing agent may be placed on a dispensing valve of the dispenser, and a CIP connector may be connected to a BIB connector after disconnecting the BIB connector from a BIB package. The CIP connector completes a CIP circuit that places the product barrel in fluid circulation with a water source and optionally another sanitizer source to help clean the dispenser in place. A heater may be included in the CIP circuit to heat the circulating fluid. A microcontroller or other computer processor may control the CIP process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: FBD Partnership, LP
    Inventors: Matthew Grayson Gates, Jimmy Irving Frank, David A. Renaud