Dispensing – Automatic control – Material level control
Patent
1997-04-17
1999-06-08
Hudson, Gregory L.
Dispensing
Automatic control
Material level control
116110, B67D 508
Patent
active
059098252
ABSTRACT:
A new beverage dispensing system for permitting an uninterrupted flow of a beverage when a beverage container is low on, or runs out of, a beverage. The inventive device includes first and second beverage containers and a dispenser connected to the containers. A system of valves control the flow of beverages from the containers to the dispenser, and manually actuated switches are used to control the valves. A float type of sensor is situated inside each of the beverage containers for sensing the amount of beverage remaining within the containers, and the sensors actuate a signal system for signaling when the amount of beverage remaining within the container reaches a predetermined level. The system is configured such that the beverage in the first container is initially dispensed from the dispenser. When the sensor within the first container senses that the beverage is almost gone, the signal system is actuated thus indicating this low, or empty, condition. The valves are then actuated by the manual switches so as to close the first container and open the second container such that the beverage from the second container is dispensed by the dispenser. The first beverage container can then be replaced, or refilled, when convenient, for later use when the second container runs low or becomes empty.
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patent: 5511694 (1996-04-01), Rohm
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