Patents by Inventor Jurgens Roekens
Jurgens Roekens 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).
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Publication number: 20170116812Abstract: The present application and the resultant patent provide a merchandiser. The merchandiser may include an ambient compartment with at least one ambient product therein, a temperature controlled compartment with at least one temperature controlled product therein, and a rotary internal transport system within the temperature controlled compartment so as to dispense a temperature controlled product in response to an ambient product being placed therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2017Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Bart Carpentier, Jurgen Roekens, Joost Dessing
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Patent number: 9633503Abstract: The present application provides a vendor for vending a number of products. The vendor may include a cooler and a vending device positioned within the cooler. The vending device may include a number of product shelves with a number of product gates and one or more product locking systems that permit the removal of only one product at a time from the product gates.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Jurgen Roekens, Antonio Feltrin, Willy Van Esch
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Publication number: 20170076532Abstract: The present application provides a merchandiser for dispensing a number of products. The merchandiser may include an a temperature controlled compartment with a number of concentric storage wheels for storing the number of products therein, an input system positioned about the temperature controlled compartment, and a vending system positioned about the temperature controlled compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Jurgen Roekens, Bart Carpentier, Erik Van Genechten
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Patent number: 9576419Abstract: The present application and the resultant patent provide a merchandiser. The merchandiser may include an ambient compartment with at least one ambient product therein, a temperature controlled compartment with at least one temperature controlled product therein, and a rotary internal transport system within the temperature controlled compartment so as to dispense a temperature controlled product in response to an ambient product being placed therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Bart Carpentier, Jurgen Roekens, Joost Dessing
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Publication number: 20170024950Abstract: The present application provides a merchandiser. The merchandiser may include a temperature controlled compartment, a product input system adjacent to the temperature controlled compartment, and a multi-chute product dispensing mechanism positioned within the temperature controlled compartment. The multi-chute product dispensing system may include a number of product chutes in communication with a dispense activation mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2014Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Jurgen Roekens, Abram C. Knip, Jacobus P.M. Dessing
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Publication number: 20160348962Abstract: Vacuum cooling assemblies for cooling a beverage are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the vacuum cooling assembly may include a container compartment, a container disposed within the container compartment, and at least one beverage supply line in communication with the container compartment. The at least one beverage supply line may be configured to supply the beverage to the container within the container compartment. The vacuum cooling assembly also may include at least one vapor trap in communication with the container compartment. Moreover, the vacuum cooling assembly may include a vacuum pump in communication with the at least one vapor trap. The vacuum pump may be configured to create a vacuum in the at least one vapor trap and the container compartment, causing at least a portion of the beverage to evaporate, thereby vacuum cooling the beverage within the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2015Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Jurgen Roekens, Abram C. Knip, Jacobus P. M. Dessing
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Patent number: 9508211Abstract: The present application provides a merchandiser for dispensing a number of products. The merchandiser may include an a temperature controlled compartment with a number of concentric storage wheels for storing the number of products therein, an input system positioned about the temperature controlled compartment, and a vending system positioned about the temperature controlled compartment.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2012Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Jurgen Roekens, Bart Carpentier, Erik Van Genechten
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Publication number: 20160313046Abstract: The present application provides a cooler. The cooler may include an outer frame, a product space within the outer frame, and a number of shelf assemblies positioned within the product space. The shelf assemblies may include an evaporator and a phase change material therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Jurgen Roekens, Roberto Horn Pereira, Abram C. Knip, Jacobus P.M. Dessing
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Patent number: 9082254Abstract: The present application provides a product vending module for vending a number of products. The product vending module may include a product row, a product gate positioned about the product row, and a product locking system in communication with the product gate. The product locking system may include a latch and a biased base such that releasing the latch allows the product gate to be opened and one of the number of products to be removed therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Bart Carpentier, Jurgen Roekens, Antonio Feltrin, Willy Van Esch, Jacobus Petrus Maria Dessing
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Patent number: 8925338Abstract: The present application and the resultant patent provide a chest cooler for dispensing a number of products. The chest cooler may include an outer frame, a number of product compartments within the outer frame, an upper door, and a front door. The front door may include a transparent panel. Some or all of the products are accessible via either the upper door or the front door and visible through the transparent panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventor: Jurgen Roekens
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Publication number: 20140367403Abstract: The present application provides a product vending module for vending a number of products. The product vending module includes a product row configured to contain a number of products therein. The product vending module also includes a product gate positioned about the product row and rotatable from a closed position preventing access to the number of products to an open position allowing access to one of the number of products while preventing access to a remainder of the number of products, the product gate including a biased base. The product vending module further includes a product locking system in communication with the product gate, the product locking system including a locking pin releasably engaging the biased base and movable from a first allowing rotation of the product gate toward the closed position to a second position restricting rotation of the product gate toward the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Bart Carpentier, Jurgen Roekens, Antonio Feltrin, Willy Van Esch, Jaacobus Petrus Maria Dessing
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Publication number: 20140246452Abstract: The present application provides a merchandiser. The merchandiser may include an ambient compartment with at least one ambient product therein, a temperature controlled compartment with at least one temperature controlled product therein, and a vending module in communication with the temperature controlled compartment such that the vending module dispenses a temperature controlled product in response to an ambient product being placed in the vending module.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Jurgen Roekens, Bart Carpentier, David Pas, Michael J. Kline
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Patent number: 8757434Abstract: The present application provides a merchandiser. The merchandiser may include an ambient compartment with at least one ambient product therein, a temperature controlled compartment with at least one temperature controlled product therein, and a vending module in communication with the temperature controlled compartment such that the vending module dispenses a temperature controlled product in response to an ambient product being placed in the vending module.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2010Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Jurgen Roekens, Bart Carpentier, David Pas, Michael J. Kline
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Publication number: 20120000744Abstract: The present application provides a merchandiser. The merchandiser may include an ambient compartment with at least one ambient product therein, a temperature controlled compartment with at least one temperature controlled product therein, and a vending module in communication with the temperature controlled compartment such that the vending module dispenses a temperature controlled product in response to an ambient product being placed in the vending module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Jurgen Roekens, Bart Carpentier, David Pas, Michael J. Kline
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Publication number: 20120000927Abstract: The present application and the resultant patent provide a merchandiser. The merchandiser may include an ambient compartment with at least one ambient product therein, a temperature controlled compartment with at least one temperature controlled product therein, and a rotary internal transport system within the temperature controlled compartment so as to dispense a temperature controlled product in response to an ambient product being placed therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Bart Carpentier, Jurgen Roekens, Joost Dessing
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Patent number: D677942Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Jurgen Roekens, Bart Carpentier, Erik Van Genechten
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Patent number: D679735Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventor: Jurgen Roekens
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Patent number: D686851Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2013Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Jurgen Roekens, Bart Carpentier, Erik Van Genechten
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Patent number: D692932Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventor: Jurgen Roekens
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Patent number: D696879Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Jurgen Roekens, Bart Carpentier, Erik Van Genechten