The present application provides a beverage dispensing system. The beverage dispensing system may include a nozzle, a first beverage component with a first ingredient in communication with the nozzle via a first pump, and a second beverage component with the first ingredient and a second ingredient in communication with the nozzle via a second pump. The first pump and the second pump may vary the flow rate of the first beverage component and the second beverage component to the nozzle to create different beverages.

A beverage system including a beverage appliance and beverage containers where the functions required for creating beverages may be activated and controlled through a pre-programmed specific App (an application, especially as downloaded by a user to a mobile device), residing external to and wirelessly communicating with the apparatus.

The present invention is a method for developing and providing a personalized distilled spirit, or other beverage, to a user who responds to a collection of stimulus in the form of taste samples, smell samples, written, and/or visual representations. The user's responses to the stimulus may be compared to expert responses in a database to create a recommended recipe resulting in one or more customized product samples being either physical products or written/visual responses in the form of tasting notes or a flavor map, for example. The user can then modify their customized spirit, repeating the process as many times as they wish and then submit for the production and purchase of the recipe based on an array of spirits or other beverages that is then combined using a blending machine.

An arrangement for brewing and dispensing fermented drinks, primarily beers, by portions using concentrates in a personalized, tailor-made manner that is fit for self-service. The arrangement is fitted with a primary alcohol unit and a secondary alcohol unit, which are suitable for adjusting the alcohol content for each portion and contain an alcohol and water mixture of a fermented liquid, and the controlling part is connected to at least one alcohol adjusting part that is suitable for setting the alcohol content of each portion of beverage. A fermented base concentrate and alcohol originating from the fermented beverage, left in and/or extracted from the base concentrate, is used as raw material, and the alcohol content of the beverage is adjusted by adding further alcohol, and the flavour of each portion of beverage is adjusted as desired.

The present invention relates to a dispenser (1) of beverages such as beer, carbonated beverages, non-carbonated beverages and the like, comprising: a regulating unit (2) for regulating the flow rate of at least one beverage, wherein said regulating unit (2) comprises at least one regulating group (20, 21, 22, 23) having at least one lever (200, 210, 220, 230) operable by a user between a rest position, in which said at least one beverage is not dispensed, and at least one operating position, in which said at least one beverage is dispensed with a predetermined flow rate, and a dispensing unit (3) operatively connected to said regulating unit (2), for dispensing said at least one beverage, wherein said dispensing unit (3) comprises at least one first valve (30A, 31A, 32A, 33A) movable between a closed position and an open position to allow the dispensing of said at least one beverage with said predetermined flow rate; and at least one control logic unit (U0, U1, U2, U3) connected to said at least one regulating group (20, 21, 22, 23) and said at least one first valve (30A, 31A, 32A, 33A) respectively, wherein each regulating group (20, 21, 22, 23) comprises a respective processing unit (E0, E1, E2, E3) configured to send an electrical signal to said at least one logic control unit (U0, U1, U2, U3) respectively, when said at least one lever (200, 210, 220, 230) is in said operating position, and wherein said at least one logic control unit (U0, U1, U2, U3) is configured to: receive said electrical signal from said processing unit (E0, E1, E2, E3), and activate the opening of said at least one first valve (30A, 31A, 32A, 33A) for dispensing said at least one beverage.

A beverage dispensing machine includes a dispensing valve having a first flow path configured to dispense a first fluid and a second flow path configured to dispense a second fluid such that the first fluid and the second fluid mix downstream and form a mixed beverage. A flow control device regulates flow rate of the first fluid through the first flow path, and a shutoff valve selectively closes to stop flow of the first fluid through the first flow path. A sensor is configured to sense the flow rate of the first fluid, and a controller automatically controls the flow control device to adjust the flow rate of the first fluid and thereby obtain a desired fluid ratio of the mixed beverage.

A beverage apparatus and system is disclosed. The beverage apparatus is configurable to add flavors, minerals, vitamins, or other such additives to a source fluid, such as purified water, in response to a user's selection of settings, to provide a customized beverage. Advantageously, the beverage apparatus uses the purified water to cleanse the components that come into contact with the N additive as part of the preparation of each beverage and includes this cleansing wash as part of the beverage itself, thus providing a self-cleaning apparatus that does not require a separate drain.

Provided are a water dispensing apparatus and a control method of the water dispensing apparatus. The water dispensing apparatus includes a main body, and an infrared sensing device. The infrared sensing device includes a mounting support, an electric control board having an infrared transmitting device and an infrared receiving device. The infrared receiving device is configured to receive an infrared ray transmitted by the infrared transmitting device. The mounting support has a first through hole at a position corresponding to the infrared transmitting device, and a second through hole at a position corresponding to the infrared receiving device.

This disclosure relates to a sanitary fitting for dispensing prepared liquids, for example, for beverages. A disclosed system includes a first control element for setting a quantity of the prepared liquid to be dispensed and an actuating element for providing the quantity of prepared liquid set by means of the first control element, wherein at least one second control element is configured to select a type of preparation, for example, from at least two different types of preparation, of non-prepared liquid, wherein the first and the at least one second control element are actuatable independently of one another.

A water purifier includes a water tank having a cold water path inside the tank, a coolant inside the water tank, a cooling device including an evaporator inside the water tank and through which a refrigerant flows, and a compressor that is operable to compress the refrigerant. The cooling device is configured to cool the coolant to cool water flowing through a temperature sensor, which is configured to detect a temperature of the coolant and output coolant temperature information about the detected temperature of the coolant. The purifier also includes an agitator operable to agitate the coolant and a controller configured to control the compressor and the agitator to operate simultaneously and control the agitator to stop operating while the compressor is controlled to continue operating based on preset ice-making temperature information and the coolant temperature information. There is also a method of controlling a compressor and an agitator.