System for activating a dosing apparatus for dispensing predetermined quantities of a beverage from a bottle

• US 4,660,742 A
• Filed: 07/10/1984
• Issued: 04/28/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nazmi Ozdemir
• Original Assignee: Nazmi Ozdemir
• Inventors: Ozdemir, Nazmi
• Primary Examiner(s): SKAGGS JR, H GRANT
• Application Number:
  US06/629,538
• Time in Patent Office: 1,022 Days
• Field of Search: 222/23, 222/41, 222/63, 222/640, 222/641, 222/153, 222/181, 222/504, 222/36, 222/38, 137/356, 248/311.3, 285/DIG. 21, 285/308, 141/346, 141/383, 141/385, 141/311 R
• US Class Current: 222/36
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 1/12 Flow or pressure control devices or systems , e.g. valves, gas pressure control, level control in storage containers
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 2001/0811 provided with coded information
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 2210/00144 Magnets, e.g. used in valves or for stirring
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 3/00 Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes separating and dispensing metered quantities of liquids G01F
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 3/0006 responsive to coded information provided on the neck or spout of the storage container, e.g. bar-code, magnets or transponder
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 3/0045 by filling a predetermined volume before dispensing
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 11/00 Apparatus requiring external operation adapted at each repeated and identical operation to measure and separate a predetermined volume of fluid or fluent solid material from a supply or container, without regard to weight, and to deliver it

Abstract

A system for activating a dosing apparatus to dispense predetermined amounts of a beverage from a bottle and comprising a lever arm containing an annular housing, through which a dosing apparatus is inserted. The lever arm annular housing has an annular electromagnet to control a valve in the dosing apparatus, and an optical reader to identify the type of liquid being dispensed. An electromagnetically operated slidable lock on the lever arm locks the dosing apparatus in position. The dosing apparatus is clamped to the bottle of liquid to be dispensed and has a code on its side such that the optical reader may identify to a controller device the liquid and therefor amount to be dispensed. The lever arm and dosing apparatus are arranged so that depression of the lever arm results in the dispensing of a predetermined liquid amount.

Claims

1. A system for activating a dosing apparatus to dispense predetermined quantities of a beverage from a bottle comprising a substantially annular electromagnet through which a dosing apparatus is disposed, said annular electromagnet being capable of opening and closing a valve within said dosing apparatus, said annular electromagnet being associated with a means for locking said-dosing apparatus within said annular electromagnet while liquid is dispensed, said electromagnet and said locking means being mounted on a pivotally mounted and spring-biased lever arm, said locking means and said annular electromagnet being activated by a control device such that both are activated while said beverage is being dispensed, said control device being connected with said electromagnet and said locking means by a switch capable of cooperating with the lever arm in such a manner that said control device activates said electromagnet and said locking means is activated by the lever arm by depression thereof, after activation of said control device itself.

2. A system for activating a dosing apparatus to dispense predetermined quantities of a beverage from a bottle comprising a substantially annular electromagnet through which a dosing apparatus is disposed, said annular electromagnet being capable of opening and closing a valve within said dosing apparatus, and wherein said annular electromagnet is associated with a means for locking said dosing apparatus within said annular electromagnet while liquid is dispensed, and wherein said locking means and said annular electromagnet are activated by a control device such that both are activated while said beverage is being dispensed, wherein said control device comprises a reader capable of reading a code located on said dosing apparatus during the movement of said dosing apparatus into said annular electromagnet, thereby activating said locking means and said electromagnet, and wherein said annular electromagnet and locking means are mounted on a pivotally mounted and spring-biased lever arm and said control device is connected to said annular electromagnet and locking means through a switch capable of cooperating with said lever arm such that depression of said lever activates said control device and thereby said annular electromagnet and locking means.

3. A system according to claim 2, wherein said locking means comprises an electromagnetically operated slide.

4. A system as in claim 2 wherein said locking means comprises a slide which is slidable by means of an electromagnet and adapted to engage the dosing apparatus and to lock it in said electromagnet during dispensing.

5. A system as in claim 2 wherein said control device comprises a computer adapted to connect the switch with a power source by means of a signal from the reader and also to switch off the current to the switch when a predetermined period of time has passed from the activation of the switch by means of the lever arm, the switch thereby being returned to the starting position from before the actuation of the lever arm.

6. A system as in claim 5 wherein the computer comprises a registration unit adapted to register the dispensing of a drink with regard to number as well as to type, of which the latter is communicated to the computer by means of the code on the dosing apparatus.

7. A system as in claim 2 wherein the reader is adapted to register an at least partial withdrawal of the dosing apparatus from the electromagnet, and wherein the control device is adapted in such a way that the dispensing of a new predetermined quantity of drink is only possible after the reader has registered that the dosing apparatus has been withdrawn at least partially from the electromagnet.

8. A system as in claim 2 wherein the predetermined period of time within which the locking means and the electromagnet are kept active, varies dependent on the type of the drink concerned read by the code on the dosing apparatus.

9. A system as in claim 2 wherein the electromagnet and the reader are embedded in a common housing, so that together they form an annular device.

10. A system for activating a dosing apparatus to dispense predetermined quantities of a beverage from a bottle comprising a substantially annular electromagnet through which a dosing apparatus is disposed, said annular electromagnet being capable of opening and closing a valve within said dosing apparatus, and wherein said annular electromagnet is associated with a means for locking said dosing apparatus within said annular electromagnet while liquid is dispensed, said locking means mounted on a pivotally mounted and spring biased lever arm, and wherein said locking means and said annular electromagnet are activated by a control device by way of a switch such that both are activated while said beverage is being dispensed, said control device comprising a reader capable of reading a code located on said dosing apparatus during movement of said dosing apparatus into said annular electromagnet and a computer adapted to connect the switch with a power source by means of a signal from the reader and also to switch off the current to the switch when a predetermined period of time has passed from the activation of the switch thereby being returned to the starting position from before actuation of the lever arm.

11. A system as in claim 10 wherein the computer comprises a registration unit adapted to register the dispensing of a drink with regard to number and type, of which the latter is communicated to the computer by means of the code on the dosing apparatus.

12. A system for activating a dosing apparatus to dispense predetermined quantities of a beverage from a bottle comprising a substantially annular electromagnet through which a dosing apparatus is disposed, said annular electromagnet being capable of opening and closing a valve within said dosing apparatus, and wherein said annular electromagnet is associated with a means for locking said dosing apparatus within said annular electromagnet while liquid is dispensed, and wherein said locking means and said annular electromagnet are activated by a control device such that both are activated while said beverage is being dispensed, wherein said control device comprises a reader capable of reading a code located on said dosing apparatus during the movement of said dosing apparatus into said annular electromagnet, thereby activating said locking means and said electromagnet, and wherein said annular electromagnet and locking means are mounted on a pivotally mounted and spring-biased lever arm and are activated in response to pivotal movement of the lever arm by the control device which is connected to said annular electromagnet and locking means.

13. A system as in claim 12 wherein said locking means comprises a slide which is slidable by means of an electromagnet and adapted to engage the dosing apparatus and to lock it in the electromagnet during dispensing.

14. A system as in claim 12 wherein the reader is adapted to register an at least partial withdrawal of the dosing apparatus from the electromagnet, and wherein the control device is adapted in such a way that the dispensing of a new predetermined quantity of drink is only possible after the reader has registered that the dosing apparatus has been withdrawn at least partially from the electromagnet.

15. A system as in claim 12 wherein the predetermined period of time within which the locking means and the electromagnet are kept active, varies dependent on the type of the drink concerned read by the code on the dosing apparatus.

16. A system as in claim 12 wherein the electromagnet and the reader are embedded in a common housing, so that together they form an annular device.