US 12,264,059 B2
Automated beverage preparation apparatus capable of flexibly adjusting temperature of beverage
Wu-Chou Kuo, San Francisco, CA (US); Yu-Min Lee, Taipei (TW); and Yu Wei Chen, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Botrista, Inc., Dover, DE (US)
Filed by Botrista, Inc., Dover, DE (US)
Filed on Jul. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/763,816.
Application 18/375,075 is a division of application No. 17/467,960, filed on Sep. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,814,280, issued on Nov. 14, 2023.
Application 18/763,816 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/375,075, filed on Sep. 29, 2023, granted, now 12,077,423.
Application 17/467,960 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/218,314, filed on Mar. 31, 2021, granted, now 11,597,642, issued on Mar. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/636,426, filed on Apr. 19, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/143,217, filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/110,621, filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2025/0002321 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B67D 1/07 (2006.01); B67D 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/07 (2013.01) [B67D 1/1277 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid material dispensing apparatus (100), comprising:
a target nozzle (150), arranged to operably dispense water to a target container (190);
a water drainage port (404);
a temperature adjustment device (420), arranged to operably adjust a temperature of a received water to produce and output a temperature-adjusted water;
a flow direction control device (440), comprising:
an input terminal, coupled with the temperature adjustment device (420), and arranged to operably receive the temperature-adjusted water produced by the temperature adjustment device (420);
a first output terminal, coupled with the target nozzle (150); and
a second output terminal, coupled with the water drainage port (404);
a control circuit (480), coupled with the flow direction control device (440), and arranged to operably control the flow direction control device (440); and
a flowmeter (460), coupled between the temperature adjustment device (420) and the input terminal of the flow direction control device (440), and arranged to operably measure a flow of the temperature-adjusted water to be transmitted to the flow direction control device (440) to generate a corresponding measurement value;
wherein when the measurement value reaches a predetermined threshold, the control circuit (480) controls the flow direction control device (440) to guide the temperature-adjusted water to flow toward the target nozzle (150) through the first output terminal, so that the target nozzle (150) dispenses the temperature-adjusted water into the target container (190).