US 11,837,059 B2
Beverage container dispenser and method for dispensing beverage containers
Prashant Deshpande, Gurgaon (IN); Gurmeet Singh Bhutani, Gurgaon (IN); Brian D. Kelly, Scotch Plains, NJ (US); and Wilton Brown, White Plains, NY (US)
Assigned to PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US)
Filed by PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/169,700.
Application 18/169,700 is a continuation of application No. 16/820,423, filed on Mar. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,640,741.
Claims priority of application No. 201941011449 (IN), filed on Mar. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0196863 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G07F 11/72 (2006.01); G07F 9/02 (2006.01); A23G 9/04 (2006.01); G07F 9/10 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 9/023 (2013.01) [A23G 9/045 (2013.01); G07F 9/105 (2013.01); G07F 11/72 (2013.01); G07F 17/0071 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage dispenser, comprising:
a housing comprising a delivery portal;
a first temperature regulated compartment arranged within the housing for storing a first beverage container at a first predetermined temperature such that a beverage within the first beverage container is chilled;
a second temperature regulated compartment arranged within the housing for storing a second beverage container at a second predetermined temperature such that a beverage within the second beverage container is supercooled;
a control unit configured to receive a user selection, wherein the user selection comprises a selection of a state of a beverage to be dispensed;
a delivery mechanism configured to retrieve the first beverage container from the first temperature regulated compartment or the second beverage container from the second temperature regulated compartment based on the user selection and to transport the first or second beverage container to the delivery portal for access by the user; and
an agitator coupled to the housing, wherein the agitator is configured to receive the second beverage container and to nucleate the supercooled beverage to form a slush beverage within the second beverage container.