US 11,834,319 B2
Flexible beverage dispensing system
William J. Moore, Lilburn, GA (US)
Assigned to THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 16/468,501
Filed by The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 13, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/066142
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 11, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/112053, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/433,893, filed on Dec. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0010311 A1, Jan. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/10 (2006.01); B67D 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0037 (2013.01) [B67D 1/006 (2013.01); B67D 1/0079 (2013.01); B67D 1/0855 (2013.01); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); B67D 1/10 (2013.01); B67D 1/1211 (2013.01); B67D 2001/0827 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage dispensing system, comprising:
a diluent line in communication with a diluent;
a flow meter and a variable flow control module positioned on the diluent line;
a plurality of syrup lines in communication with a plurality of syrups; and
one or more of the plurality of syrup lines each comprise a fixed flow control module positioned thereon;
wherein the fixed flow control module comprises a mechanically fixed flow control valve;
wherein the variable flow control module controls the flow rate of the diluent through the diluent line based upon the flow rate of one of the plurality of syrups through one of the plurality of syrup lines.