US 12,145,831 B2
In-store beverage container filling arrangement
Edwin Johannes Cornelis Griffioen, Amsterdam (NL); Sergei Bogdanov, Novosibirsk (RU); and Aleksandr Kudriavtsev, Novosibirsk (RU)
Assigned to Heineken Supply Chain B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Appl. No. 17/760,019
Filed by Heineken Supply Chain B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
PCT Filed Mar. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/NL2021/050139
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/177819, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2025041 (NL), filed on Mar. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0064119 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0888 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0857 (2013.01); B67D 1/1238 (2013.01); B67D 2001/1263 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A consumer operable retail beverage container filling arrangement for use in a retail environment, comprising:
a housing,
a beverage dispensing unit for dispensing a beverage, comprising a retail beverage container holder for receiving and holding a retail beverage container, wherein the beverage dispensing unit is at least partially provided in the housing;
a consumer interaction module for receiving a consumer input and generating a consumer control signal based on the received consumer input; and
a dispensing controller arranged for receiving the consumer control signal and controlling the beverage dispensing unit to dispense the beverage in accordance with the consumer control signal,
wherein the beverage dispensing unit comprises a dispensing line connector comprising a first dispensing line engagement element arranged to engage a disposable dispensing line at a first position of the disposable dispensing line and for holding the disposable dispensing line.