US 11,957,136 B2
Connected frozen beverage machine
Owen Kyle Freebairn, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Kyle Lemmon, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Adam Larsen, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Reid Langston, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Justin Allred, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to Freezing Point LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Freezing Point LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/736,351.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/789,484, filed on Jan. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0214316 A1, Jul. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A23G 9/04 (2006.01); A23G 9/28 (2006.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01); H04Q 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC A23G 9/045 (2013.01) [A23G 9/28 (2013.01); H04Q 9/02 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/10 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/82 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connected frozen beverage machine, comprising:
a beverage dispenser comprising at least one hopper and a cooling system comprising a hot gas line;
a plurality of sensors adapted to produce a plurality of signals including at least a power signal, low product signal when a product in the hopper is below a specified level, and cooling signal when the cooling system is running;
a retrofit module comprising a receiver for the plurality of signals and a communication component for sending the plurality of signals to a central system;
wherein a sensor on the hot gas line indicates when the cooling system is running.