System and Method for Eco-Friendly Beverage Dispensing Kiosk
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1. A eco-friendly beverage dispensing kiosk that takes in water from a local water supply facility and that dispenses bottled beverage to consumers, comprising:
- at least one filter that filters water from the local water supply facility to remove impurities and to obtain filtered water;
a housing that contains empty beverage containers, each of said containers comprising a compostable material; and
a mechanism that fills at least one of the empty beverage containers with a beverage that contains the filtered water, seals the at least one container with a cap, anddelivers the filled at least one container to a beverage recipient.
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Abstract
A beverage dispensing kiosk that contains empty beverage containers and fills them with water and other beverages. The beverage containers comply with applicable regulations and standards to be designated “compostable.” The kiosk uses municipal water as the base, purifies the water, and adds constituents to meet the taste of the ultimate consumer. The delivered beverage may be commonly known as bottled water or as a soft drink, such as a cola beverage.
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33 Claims
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1. A eco-friendly beverage dispensing kiosk that takes in water from a local water supply facility and that dispenses bottled beverage to consumers, comprising:
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at least one filter that filters water from the local water supply facility to remove impurities and to obtain filtered water; a housing that contains empty beverage containers, each of said containers comprising a compostable material; and a mechanism that fills at least one of the empty beverage containers with a beverage that contains the filtered water, seals the at least one container with a cap, and delivers the filled at least one container to a beverage recipient. - 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, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An eco-friendly beverage dispensing method comprising:
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receiving water from a local water supply facility; filtering water from the standard local water supply facility to remove impurities and to obtain filtered water; filling at least one empty beverage container with a beverage that contains the filtered water, the at least one empty beverage container comprising a compostable material; sealing the at least one container with a cap, and delivering the filled at least one container to a beverage recipient.
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