US 12,246,961 B2
Contactless dispensing valve system
Jason Franz Hejna, Atlanta, GA (US); Michael Lawrence Connor, Atlanta, GA (US); Steve C. Bacha, Buford, GA (US); Patrick Joseph May, Buford, GA (US); and Ronald Loren Kraynick, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/906,917
Filed by The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed May 12, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/031898
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/231516, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/024,090, filed on May 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0139954 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0888 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0036 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage dispenser for dispensing a beverage in a contactless fashion, comprising:
a plurality of adjacent dispensing valves;
each of the plurality of dispensing valves comprising a nozzle; and
a contactless dispensing valve system;
the contactless dispensing valve system comprising one or more proximity sensors positioned under the nozzle of each of the plurality of adjacent dispensing valves;
wherein the one or more proximity sensors for each adjacent dispensing valve comprise differently timed light pulses.