US 11,912,559 B2
Cleaning device for nozzle assemblies of beverage dispensers
Damian James Reec Mycroft, Decatur, GA (US); Christopher Dennis, Milton, GA (US); Kok Seng Lee, Marietta, GA (US); and Brian Barrett, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 15/734,310
Filed by THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/036750
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/241373, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/684,484, filed on Jun. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0221668 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. B67D 1/07 (2006.01); A46B 9/06 (2006.01); A46B 9/02 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); A46B 5/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/07 (2013.01) [A46B 5/0091 (2013.01); A46B 9/028 (2013.01); A46B 9/06 (2013.01); B08B 1/00 (2013.01); B08B 1/12 (2024.01); B67D 1/0051 (2013.01); A46B 2200/3013 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A method for cleaning a dispensing nozzle assembly of a beverage dispenser, wherein the dispensing nozzle assembly comprises a macro-ingredient/diluent outlet and a plurality of micro-ingredient outlets surrounding the macro-ingredient/diluent outlet, the method comprising:
positioning a guidance protrusion attached to a head end within the a macro-ingredient/diluent outlet;
positioning a first set of bristles attached to the head end and surrounding the guidance protrusion in and around the macro-ingredient/diluent outlet;
positioning a second set of bristles attached to the head end and adjacent to the first set of bristles in and around the plurality of micro-ingredient outlets; and
rotating the head end via a handle rotatably coupled to the head end.