Patents by Inventor Stan C. KAPLITA

Stan C. KAPLITA 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: 11377338
    Abstract: The present application provides a beverage dispensing system. The beverage dispensing system may include a cooler and a beverage dispenser positioned within the cooler. The beverage dispenser may include a nozzle, a flow of water, an internal carbonation system in communication with the flow of water and the nozzle, and a number of internal ingredient containers in communication with the nozzle such that the beverage dispenser produces a beverage at the nozzle within the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Stan C. Kaplita, Scott Cuppari, Douglas Jon McDougall, Benjamin John Kingston
  • Publication number: 20200407208
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that include providing a beverage dispensing machine with a cleaning system comprising a first water branch and a second water branch connected in fluid communication with a three-way valve, a cleaning supply connected in fluid communication with the second water branch via a pump, and a nozzle. The three-way valve may be operated in a “dispensing mode” to provide a flow of at least one of water and carbonated water through the first water branch and a flowpath of the three-way valve to the nozzle, and operated in a “cleaning mode” to provide a flow of a cleaner, and optionally a flow of at least one of water and carbonated water, through the second water branch and a secondary flowpath of the three-way valve to the nozzle to clean the nozzle and/or a drain of the beverage dispensing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Marc Katz, Arthur G Rudick, Samuel L. Orr, Stan C. Kaplita, James Alan Sanders, William J. Moore, Lindsey Jane Bozung, Dick P. Welch, Jamal Omari Wilson
  • Patent number: 10822219
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that include providing a beverage dispensing machine with a cleaning system comprising a first water branch and a second water branch connected in fluid communication with a three-way valve, a cleaning supply connected in fluid communication with the second water branch via a pump, and a nozzle. The three-way valve may be operated in a “dispensing mode” to provide a flow of at least one of water and carbonated water through the first water branch and a flowpath of the three-way valve to the nozzle, and operated in a “cleaning mode” to provide a flow of a cleaner, and optionally a flow of at least one of water and carbonated water, through the second water branch and a secondary flowpath of the three-way valve to the nozzle to clean the nozzle and/or a drain of the beverage dispensing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Coca Cola Company
    Inventors: Marc Katz, Arthur G. Rudick, Samuel L. Orr, Stan C. Kaplita, James Alan Sanders, William J. Moore, Lindsey Jane Bozung, Dick P. Welch, Jamal Omari Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200079637
    Abstract: The present application provides a beverage dispensing system. The beverage dispensing system may include a cooler and a beverage dispenser positioned within the cooler. The beverage dispenser may include a nozzle, a flow of water, an internal carbonation system in communication with the flow of water and the nozzle, and a number of internal ingredient containers in communication with the nozzle such that the beverage dispenser produces a beverage at the nozzle within the cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Stan C. KAPLITA, Scott CUPPARI, Douglas Jon McDOUGALL, Benjamin John KINGSTON
  • Publication number: 20190352164
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that include providing a beverage dispensing machine with a cleaning system comprising a first water branch and a second water branch connected in fluid communication with a three-way valve, a cleaning supply connected in fluid communication with the second water branch via a pump, and a nozzle. The three-way valve may be operated in a “dispensing mode” to provide a flow of at least one of water and carbonated water through the first water branch and a flowpath of the three-way valve to the nozzle, and operated in a “cleaning mode” to provide a flow of a cleaner, and optionally a flow of at least one of water and carbonated water, through the second water branch and a secondary flowpath of the three-way valve to the nozzle to clean the nozzle and/or a drain of the beverage dispensing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Marc KATZ, Arthur G. RUDICK, Samuel L. ORR, Stan C. KAPLITA, James Alan SANDERS, William J. MOORE, Lindsey Jane BOZUNG, Dick P. WELCH, Jamal Omari WILSON