Beverage dispenser with beverage-level indicator

    公开(公告)号:US11511984B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US16509317

    申请日:2019-07-11

    申请人: PepsiCo, Inc.

    IPC分类号: B67D1/08 G01F23/22

    摘要: A beverage dispenser having a beverage-level indicating system. The beverage dispenser includes a housing and a dispensing head arranged on the housing for dispensing a beverage into a beverage container. The beverage dispenser further includes a beverage-level sensor arranged on the housing and which determines a beverage level within the beverage container without contacting the beverage within the beverage container, a beverage-level indicator that provides a visual indication of the beverage level within the beverage container, and a control unit that causes the beverage-level indicator to indicate the beverage level within the beverage container based on the beverage level as determined by the beverage-level sensor.

    Water dispensing station
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11479455B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US16875975

    申请日:2020-05-15

    申请人: PepsiCo, Inc.

    摘要: A drink station is provided with an alkaline filter cartridge in fluid communication with an ambient temperature water line provide alkaline water, and with a chilled water mixed with the alkaline water at a spigot to provide chilled alkaline water. A hot water heating element is located below the spigot so hot water flows upward for dispensing from the spigot, with a vent line between the heating element and spigot helping hot water to flow from the spigot to the heating element. A refrigeration system and a carbonation system is also provided. The refrigeration system uses the ice-bank technology. A submersible agitator pump improves heat exchanged between ice-bank and water by forced convection. The agitator pump operating based on the temperature of the drinking water. A figure eight evaporator coil can provide two cylindrical ice banks and two chilled water coils to increase the chilled water capacity.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTANTANEOUS ON-LINE CARBONATION OF WATER THROUGH ELECTROSTATIC CHARGING

    公开(公告)号:US20220203311A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17695416

    申请日:2022-03-15

    申请人: PepsiCo, Inc.

    摘要: Carbonation apparatus is provided for carbonating a mixed input flow of pressurized and refrigerated carbon dioxide and water. A first cartridge is disposed within the carbonation chamber, defining a porous micromesh net in fluid communication with the input flow and a central cavity in fluid communication with the carbonation chamber output port. The micromesh net is configured to break up chains of water molecules passing through the net, to enhance bonding between the water and carbon dioxide molecules within the cartridge. The net also responds to the flow of water and carbon dioxide molecules impacting and passing through the net by generating a passive polarizing field that has a polarizing influence on the water molecules to further enhance bonding. Beads may be provided within the cartridge for capturing and stabilizing carbon dioxide molecules to yet further enhance bonding between the water and the carbon dioxide molecules.

    Real-time quality monitoring of beverage batch production using densitometry

    公开(公告)号:US11347245B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US16791852

    申请日:2020-02-14

    申请人: PepsiCo, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G05D11/13

    摘要: Aspects of the disclosure include a method for producing a batch according to a batch process that includes adding ingredients to water to form a batch, mixing the batch, measuring the drive gain of the batch in real time using an in-line density device, monitoring amplitude variation of the drive gain, comparing the amplitude variation of the drive gain to a predetermined threshold, and providing an indication based on the amplitude variation of the drive gain that the batch is homogeneously dispersed or fully dissolved. Other aspects of the disclosure relate to a method for detecting homogeneity of a mixture and a method of determining the degree of mixing of a batch.

    Analyzing second party digital marketing data

    公开(公告)号:US11321733B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US15969384

    申请日:2018-05-02

    申请人: PepsiCo, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/02

    摘要: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for analyzing second party advertising data. An embodiment operates by determining a set of dimensions that a source uses to aggregate data for an advertising campaign. The embodiment creates a subunit advertising campaign based at least in part on the advertising campaign, the determined set of dimensions, and a dimension of interest. The embodiment receives measurement data associated with an execution of the subunit advertising campaign. The embodiment then analyzes the measurement data.