US 11,702,329 B2
Sanitary fitting for dispensing prepared liquids
Thomas Funke, Eppingen (DE); and Özkan Kaya, Kraichtal (DE)
Assigned to BLANCO GMBH + CO KG, Oberderdingen (DE)
Filed by BLANCO GmbH + Co KG, Oberderdingen (DE)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/993,448.
Application 17/993,448 is a division of application No. 16/930,108, filed on Jul. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,584,630.
Claims priority of application No. 102019210435.5 (DE), filed on Jul. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0078470 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01); E03C 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/004 (2013.01) [A47J 31/465 (2013.01); A47J 31/469 (2018.08); B67D 1/003 (2013.01); B67D 1/0004 (2013.01); B67D 1/0012 (2013.01); B67D 1/0032 (2013.01); B67D 1/0882 (2013.01); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); E03C 1/0411 (2013.01); E03C 1/055 (2013.01); B67D 2210/0001 (2013.01); E03C 2201/40 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing and dispensing a prepared liquid, including beverages, using a sanitary fitting, the method comprising:
setting, by a first control element of the sanitary fitting, a set quantity of prepared liquid to be dispensed;
providing or setting, by at least one second control element of the sanitary fitting, at least one type of preparation, wherein the type of preparation is selected from at least two different types of preparation of a non-prepared liquid;
actuating an actuating element of the sanitary fitting; and
dispensing a prepared liquid and a neutral liquid, by performing operations including:
dispensing a first portion of prepared liquid; and
dispensing a second portion of a neutral liquid, such that before reaching the set quantity, exclusively neutral liquid is dispensed, and that the dispensing is stopped upon reaching the set quantity,
wherein after complete dispensing of the set quantity, prepared liquid has been dispensed in the set quantity and type of preparation.