US 11,834,321 B2
Monitoring of a beverage dispensing system
Peter Bach, Copenhagen V (DK); Roland Jonathan Koch, Berlin (DE); and Luka Karoli, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to CARLSBERG BREWERIES A/S, Copenhagen (DK)
Appl. No. 17/428,513
Filed by Carlsberg Breweries A/S, Copenhagen V (DK)
PCT Filed Feb. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/053640
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/165277, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19156738 (EP), filed on Feb. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0144616 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B67D 1/04 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0462 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); B67D 1/1243 (2013.01); B67D 1/1247 (2013.01); B67D 2001/0828 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00091 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage dispensing system for dispensing a beverage, said beverage dispensing system comprising:
one or more pressure chambers comprising a connectable base part and lid defining a sealed inner space for accommodating and encapsulating a collapsible beverage container having a beverage outlet connectable to the base part,
a tapping device comprising one or more tapping heads for extracting the beverage from the collapsible beverage container(s),
a tapping line extending from said base part(s) to said tapping device, said tapping line comprising one or more beverage lines, and
at least one measuring device configured for monitoring at least one physical quantity of the tapping line, sealed inner space, base part, lid and/or collapsible beverage container, said measuring device comprising an acceleration sensor configured for monitoring acceleration/movement of the base part, the lid and/or the corresponding collapsible beverage container,
wherein the beverage dispensing system is configured for
processing data from the measuring device(s), and
detecting an event in the system by continuously analysing data from the measuring device(s) and distinguishing between different potential system events based on the data.