A fluid dispensing device includes a housing unit, a storage unit and a discharge module that are disposed within the housing unit. A weighing module includes weighing sensors. Each weighing sensor has an attachment portion attached to a bottom wall of the housing unit, and an abutment portion disposed below the bottom wall oppositely to the attachment portion. A control module controls the discharge module to dispense predetermined amount of fluid outside of the housing unit. The control module is able to determine whether a weight of fluid in the storage unit is smaller than a predetermined value according to a weight of the housing unit measured by the weighing sensors.

An automation system for tracking beverage consumption and methods of its operation are provided herein. The automation system monitors the consumption of beverages with a focus on beverages, such as beer, cider and wine, that are housed in a barrel-like container such as a beer keg. The automation system consists of a sensor plate, cloud application service or local application services, communications services, real-time display, and integration with a mobile form factor. The sensor plate includes electronics, such as weight sensors, battery voltage sensors, and environmental sensors, as well as software to calculate the volume of the beverage based on data captured from the sensors and on-board algorithms. The cloud or local device will send and receive messages and their services will be utilized to parse and analyze the data captured by the sensor plate. The mobile form factor will then display to the user through a user interface the reports generated from the analyzed data. The real-time display will display current readings and calculations.

A ceramic valve unit for a beverage machine including a housing, a water inlet pipe for receiving hot water, an outflow opening, and first and second ceramic elements within the housing. The first and second ceramic elements each have mutually abutting surfaces and are relatively movable in a plane common to the abutting surfaces. The plane common to the abutting surfaces is downstream of the water inlet pipe and the first ceramic element, but upstream of the second ceramic element and the outflow opening. The first ceramic element has at least differently sized first and second openings for allowing a liquid flow there through. The second ceramic element has only a single liquid flow opening permanently aligned with the outflow opening. The first ceramic element is selectively slidable between at least first and second different positions preferably in a path of movement about a centre of rotation beyond the boundaries of the first ceramic element.

This invention is a refrigeration, dispensing, and management system for beverage and beverage containers that includes a tap attached to an upper door and a supply line; a recess base in a recess of a housing; a slide slidably carried by the recess base having a slot; a pressurized gas cylinder connected to the housing and attached to a gas line in fluid communications with the supply line wherein the gas cylinder contains gas selected from the group consisting of O.sub.2, CO.sub.2, N.sub.2 or other inert gas; and, a cap placed on the beverage container so that when the tap is opened, pressurized gas enters the cap and the snorkel through an inlet defined in the cap, forces gas into the beverage container, and forces the beverage out of the outline defined in the cap, through the supply line and out of the tap.

The present invention discloses a liquid dispenser (1000), for transfer of liquid (220) from a storage container (800) to a receiving container (700) having a receiving aperture (710) facing upwards. The liquid dispenser (1000) comprises a flow controller (400), a liquid conductor (210), a liquid outlet element (200), a vertical actuator (100), a spatiality sensor (300) and a control unit (600). A method for production of a receiving container (700), having liquid (220) in its internal volume, is also disclosed.

The present invention discloses a liquid dispenser (1000), for transfer of liquid (220) from a storage container (800) to a receiving container (700) having a receiving aperture (710) facing upwards. The liquid dispenser (1000) comprises a flow controller (400), a liquid conductor (210), a liquid outlet element (200), a vertical actuator (100), a spatiality sensor (300) and a control unit (600). A method for production of a receiving container (700), having liquid (220) in its internal volume, is also disclosed.