Dispensing – With recorder – register – indicator – signal or exhibitor
Patent
1990-08-10
1992-10-20
Shaver, Kevin P.
Dispensing
With recorder, register, indicator, signal or exhibitor
222 77, 222135, 222173, 141 83, 177230, B67D 506
Patent
active
051562979
ABSTRACT:
A beverage quantity indicator is provided for use with beverage containers of a type which do not include a visual or other type of indication of the quantity of beverage remaining in the container. The indicator is incorporated into a beverage stand and includes a weight scale for weighing beverage containers on the stand, thus providing an indication of the quantity of beverage within the container. A preferred form of beverage stand is also disclosed. The weight scale on the stand includes a hinge-mounted plate on which a beverage container rests. The hinge-mounted plate is movable generally vertically along an arcuate path. A spring on the beverage stand urges the hinge-mounted plate generally upwardly and the amount of flexure of the spring indicates the quantity of beverage in the container on the plate. A downward-movement inhibitor is included to prevent excessive downward movement of the scale when downward pressure is exerted on the container, such as when dispensing beverages from an airpot-type dispenser which includes a beverage dispensing pump.
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Boyd Coffee Company
Derakshani Philippe
Shaver Kevin P.
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