Systems for and methods of controlled liquid food or beverage product creation
First Claim
1. A beverage dispenser comprising:
- a chamber configured to hold a receptacle;
a non-diluting heater configured to impinge a heated fluid on at least a portion of an external surface of the receptacle when held in the chamber to heat frozen contents in the receptacle without the heated fluid of the non-diluting heater contacting the frozen contents in the receptacle when held in the chamber;
a reservoir configured to contain a liquid, the reservoir including a reservoir outlet configured to withdraw the liquid from the reservoir;
a product outlet configured to withdraw a food or beverage liquid product from the receptacle when held in the chamber;
a controller and a computer readable memory comprising instructions that when executed by the controller cause the beverage dispenser to selectively perform one or more of;
impinge the heated fluid on the at least a portion of the external surface of the receptacle using the non-diluting heater, orwithdraw the liquid from the reservoir through the reservoir outlet.
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Abstract
Systems for and methods of controlling liquid food or beverage product creation are disclosed. A dispenser for producing a food or beverage liquid product from a frozen contents in a receptacle includes a chamber configured to hold the receptacle and a non-diluting heater configured to heat the receptacle and/or the frozen contents within the receptacle; the non-diluting heater does not add liquid to an interior of the receptacle. The dispenser also includes a reservoir configured to contain a liquid. The reservoir includes a reservoir outlet configured to withdraw liquid from the reservoir. The beverage dispenser further includes a product outlet configured to withdraw a food or beverage liquid product from the receptacle and a controller that causes the dispenser to selectively perform at least one of: heating at least one of the receptacle and the frozen contents using the non-diluting heater and withdrawing liquid from the reservoir through the reservoir outlet.
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29 Claims
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1. A beverage dispenser comprising:
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a chamber configured to hold a receptacle; a non-diluting heater configured to impinge a heated fluid on at least a portion of an external surface of the receptacle when held in the chamber to heat frozen contents in the receptacle without the heated fluid of the non-diluting heater contacting the frozen contents in the receptacle when held in the chamber; a reservoir configured to contain a liquid, the reservoir including a reservoir outlet configured to withdraw the liquid from the reservoir; a product outlet configured to withdraw a food or beverage liquid product from the receptacle when held in the chamber; a controller and a computer readable memory comprising instructions that when executed by the controller cause the beverage dispenser to selectively perform one or more of; impinge the heated fluid on the at least a portion of the external surface of the receptacle using the non-diluting heater, or withdraw the liquid from the reservoir through the reservoir outlet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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