Patents by Inventor Joseph F. Lynders

Joseph F. Lynders 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).

  • Patent number: 5000345
    Abstract: An automated drinkmaker system which is designed to accept an input drink order, as from a cash register, and deliver the drink order, for different sizes and different flavors, with or without ice, completely finished in lidded containers to an output station. The automated drinkmaker system is designed for labor free processing of drink orders in high volume quick service or fast food establishments. The machine is designed around a carousel type of drink transporter which intermittently carries each drink to and from four circularly spaced stations, cup dispensing, ice dispensing, soda dispensing, lid application and marking. The carousel design allows a cup to be dispensed at one station while another cup is being filled with ice at a second station, and yet another is being filled with soda at a third station, etc. The use of carousels is extended to both cup and lid dispensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: PepsiCo Inc.
    Inventors: Salvatore J. Brogna, Richard J. Casler, John W. Meadows, Joseph F. Lynders, Burt Shulman