Patents by Inventor Nicholas Michael Giardino

Nicholas Michael Giardino 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).

  • Beverage dispensers with heat exchangers
    Patent number: 11542147
    Abstract: A method for cooling a mixed beverage formed with one or more beverage components includes circulating a refrigerant through a heat exchanger having a phase change material to cool a beverage component and sensing a temperature of the refrigerant. The method further includes detecting a first instance when the sensed temperature of the refrigerant equals a threshold refrigerant temperature, detecting a second instance when the sensed temperature of the refrigerant equals the threshold refrigerant temperature, and stopping circulation of the refrigerant when the second instance is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Giardino, Michael Thomas Marszalek
  • Apparatuses, systems, and methods for injecting gasses into beverages
    Patent number: 11040314
    Abstract: In certain examples, a beverage dispenser includes a gas system configured to collect ambient air, pressurize the ambient air, and dispense the pressurized ambient air, a valve configured to dispense a base fluid, and a concentrate system configured to dispense a concentrate. A manifold is configured to form a gas-injected mixed beverage comprising the base fluid, the concentrate, and the pressurized ambient air, and a nozzle is configured to apply a back-pressure upstream on the gas-injected mixed beverage and dispense the gas-injected mixed beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MARMON FOODSERVICE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Giardino, Michael Thomas Marszalek, Jonathan Robert Wirkus
  • BEVERAGE DISPENSERS WITH HEAT EXCHANGERS
    Publication number: 20210094815
    Abstract: A method for cooling a mixed beverage formed with one or more beverage components includes circulating a refrigerant through a heat exchanger having a phase change material to cool a beverage component and sensing a temperature of the refrigerant. The method further includes detecting a first instance when the sensed temperature of the refrigerant equals a threshold refrigerant temperature, detecting a second instance when the sensed temperature of the refrigerant equals the threshold refrigerant temperature, and stopping circulation of the refrigerant when the second instance is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Giardino, Michael Thomas Marszalek
  • Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods for Injecting Gasses into Beverages
    Publication number: 20200215498
    Abstract: In certain examples, a beverage dispenser includes a gas system configured to collect ambient air, pressurize the ambient air, and dispense the pressurized ambient air, a valve configured to dispense a base fluid, and a concentrate system configured to dispense a concentrate. A manifold is configured to form a gas-injected mixed beverage comprising the base fluid, the concentrate, and the pressurized ambient air, and a nozzle is configured to apply a back-pressure upstream on the gas-injected mixed beverage and dispense the gas-injected mixed beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Giardino, Michael Thomas Marszalek, Jonathan Robert Wirkus