公开(公告)号：US20210161182A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-03

申请号：US16700367

申请日：2019-12-02

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Eleonor Dorin STOENESCU ,  Emad JAFA ,  Samuel Luke JOHNSTONE

IPC分类号： A23L5/30 ,  B01F11/02 ,  A23G9/04 ,  A23G9/22

摘要： A beverage nucleation device includes a housing, a beverage receiving area defined by the housing for receiving a beverage container containing a supercooled beverage, and a support configured to support the beverage container in an upright orientation in the beverage container receiving area. The beverage nucleation device may further include an applicator configured to contact a sidewall of the beverage container on the support, wherein the applicator includes an elastomeric material. An ultrasonic transducer of the beverage nucleation device is configured to generate and apply ultrasonic energy to the beverage container via the applicator so as to cause nucleation of the supercooled beverage.

公开(公告)号：US20220058908A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-24

申请号：US16997037

申请日：2020-08-19

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Eleonor Dorin STOENESCU

IPC分类号： G07F11/42 ,  G06Q20/18 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G05B19/042 ,  B65G23/24 ,  B65G23/22 ,  B65G1/06 ,  B65G19/02

摘要： A vending machine includes a housing defining a product storage area and a delivery portal. The vending machine may further include an advancing assembly within the product storage area configured to advance a product. The advancing assembly includes an axle having a coupling, a conveyor belt rotatable about the axle, and a pusher secured to the conveyor belt and configured to push the product as the conveyor belt rotates. The vending machine may include a delivery mechanism configured to convey the product from the product storage area to the delivery portal. The delivery mechanism includes an x-y mechanism and a product retrieval assembly movable by the x-y mechanism. The product retrieval assembly includes a cup configured to receive the product from the advancing assembly, and a drive mechanism configured to engage the coupling of the advancing assembly to drive the conveyor belt to advance the product into the cup.

公开(公告)号：US20230235953A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-27

申请号：US18190644

申请日：2023-03-27

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Emad JAFA ,  Eleonor Dorin STOENESCU ,  Thomas Henry HELLIER ,  James Simon OLIVER

IPC分类号： F25D31/00 ,  F25D11/00 ,  F25D17/06 ,  F25D27/00 ,  F25D25/00

CPC分类号： F25D31/007 ,  F25D11/00 ,  F25D17/067 ,  F25D27/00 ,  F25D25/005 ,  F25D2331/803 ,  F25D23/02

摘要： Beverage coolers for storing and cooling bottled beverages. A beverage cooler may include a cooling chamber cooled by a refrigeration system, and openings in the cooling chamber for receiving bottled beverages to be chilled. The openings may have doors and/or seals to minimize heat exchange between the cooling chamber and the environment with or without bottles disposed in the openings. Each of the openings may have a visual indicator, such as a plurality of LEDs, configured to indicate the temperature of the bottle disposed in the opening.

公开(公告)号：US20240138450A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18396478

申请日：2023-12-26

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Eleonor Dorin STOENESCU ,  Emad JAFA ,  Samuel Luke JOHNSTONE

IPC分类号： A23L5/30 ,  A23G9/04 ,  A23G9/22 ,  B01F31/20 ,  B01F31/80 ,  B01F31/86

CPC分类号： A23L5/32 ,  A23G9/045 ,  A23G9/224 ,  B01F31/202 ,  B01F31/28 ,  B01F31/86 ,  B01F31/89 ,  A23V2002/00 ,  B01F2101/14

摘要： A beverage nucleation device includes a housing, a beverage receiving area defined by the housing for receiving a beverage container containing a supercooled beverage, and a support configured to support the beverage container in an upright orientation in the beverage container receiving area. The beverage nucleation device may further include an applicator configured to contact a sidewall of the beverage container on the support, wherein the applicator includes an elastomeric material. An ultrasonic transducer of the beverage nucleation device is configured to generate and apply ultrasonic energy to the beverage container via the applicator so as to cause nucleation of the supercooled beverage.

公开(公告)号：US20230289706A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US17690705

申请日：2022-03-09

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Gino MALPARTIDA ,  Michael SASLOFF ,  Eleonor Dorin STOENESCU

IPC分类号： G06Q10/08

CPC分类号： G06Q10/0832 ,  B67D99/00

摘要： A system for automated vending and delivery of products to consumers is provided. The system may include a mobile delivery unit, a product dispenser, and a web server. The system may also include a pickup area. The web server may instruct the product dispenser to dispense a product to the mobile delivery unity. The web server may also provide instructions to the mobile delivery unit, which may then navigate to the consumer for delivery.