IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0853617
(2013-03-29)
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등록번호 |
US-8771774
(2014-07-08)
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초록
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An automatically controllable commercial system for brewing a consistently high quality cold brewed beverage from a supply of purified water, optionally sweetening the brewed beverage, and dispensing the cold brewed beverage is provided. The system of the present invention includes automatically con
An automatically controllable commercial system for brewing a consistently high quality cold brewed beverage from a supply of purified water, optionally sweetening the brewed beverage, and dispensing the cold brewed beverage is provided. The system of the present invention includes automatically controllable integrated components for purifying the water supplied to brew the beverage and for maintaining the system in a sanitary condition that can be serviced on site or from a remote location. The present invention further provides an automated, commercial scale method for brewing tea from real tea leaves and naturally sweetening the tea to produce cold sweet tea with the high quality taste of homemade sweet tea.
대표청구항
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1. A method comprising controllably and automatically producing on a commercial scale from fresh tea leaves a consistent supply of an optionally unsweetened or sweetened cold tea beverage with a superior quality taste, wherein said method further comprises: a. providing, within a controlled access c
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A method comprising controllably and automatically producing on a commercial scale from fresh tea leaves a consistent supply of an optionally unsweetened or sweetened cold tea beverage with a superior quality taste, wherein said method further comprises: a. providing, within a controlled access cabinet means and in fluid communication, an automatically controllable water purification system, tea brewing system, sweetening system, and sanitizing system;b. controlling said water purification system to purify a supply of water from a selected water source to produce a supply of purified water;c. providing a supply of fresh tea leaves of desired tea varieties and controlling said tea brewing system to dispense a selected quantity of fresh tea leaves of a selected variety into one or more tea infuser brew baskets movable between tea leaf receiving and tea leaf dumping positions, to move a tea infuser brew basket with the fresh tea into alignment with a tea brewing means, and to direct purified water to flow through the tea brewing means to brew a high quality tea beverage, wherein brewed tea is directed to a tea reservoir to maintain the brewed tea in a cold condition;d. moving the tea infuser brew basket out of alignment with the tea brewing means and inverting the tea infuser brew basket to a tea leaf dumping position to dump used tea leaves, then returning the tea infuser brew basket to a tea leaf receiving position, wherein a selected quantity of fresh tea leaves is again dispensed into said tea brewing basket;e. providing a supply of a liquid sweetener and maintaining said supply of liquid sweetener in a cold condition;f. providing dispensing means fluidically connected to the tea brewing system tea reservoir and the sweetening system at a dispensing location remote from the cabinet means;controllably dispensing a desired quantity of cold brewed tea; and, optionally, simultaneously automatically and controllably dispensing a desired quantity of cold liquid sweetener to dispense a high quality cold sweetened or unsweetened tea beverage;g. at a selected programmed time interval, controlling the sanitizing system to automatically generate a supply of a sanitizing solution comprising ozonated water generated from said supply of purified water and direct the supply of sanitizing solution through the tea brewing system, the tea brewing system reservoir, the sweetening system and the dispensing means to sanitize them; andh. upon completion of sanitization, initiating operation of the water purification system, tea brewing system, sweetening system, and dispensing means to continue to produce and dispense cold unsweetened or sweetened tea with a superior taste. 2. The method described in claim 1, wherein said method is automatically actuated and controlled on site or at a remote location. 3. The method described in claim 1, wherein said tea brewing system is programmed to automatically brew a predetermined quantity of tea of a desired variety. 4. The method described in claim 1, further comprising, in response to a dispense signal, automatically selectively delivering either a desired quantity of unsweetened cold brewed tea or a desired quantity of cold brewed tea and a desired quantity of sweetener solution to the dispenser means. 5. The method described in claim 1, further comprising at the selected programmed time interval, the sanitizing system is automatically controlled to stop operation of the water purification system, tea brewing and dispensing system and actuate the sanitizing system, wherein the tea brewing system and sweetening system are drained in response to a stop signal and the sanitizing solution is directed through the tea brewing system, the sweetening system and the dispensing means to clean, disinfect, and maintain them in a sanitary condition. 6. The method described in claim 1, further comprising providing a plurality of tea leaf reservoirs containing different varieties of tea leaves, automatically aligning a tea infuser brew basket with a reservoir containing a desired variety of tea, dispensing tea leaves of said desired variety into said tea infuser brew basket, and brewing and dispensing said desired variety of tea. 7. The method described in claim 6, further comprising directing brewed tea of said desired variety to a storage reservoir and maintaining said brewed in a cold condition until dispensing. 8. The method described in claim 7, comprising providing three different varieties of tea, brewing each of said varieties of tea and directing each variety of brewed tea to a separate storage reservoir, wherein said dispensing means is activated to dispense automatically a desired one of said varieties of tea. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a source of pressurized gas in fluid connection with the water purification system, the tea brewing system, the sweetening system, and the sanitizing system and automatically controlling said source of pressurized gas to move said supply of purified water to said tea brewing system, brewed tea to a tea reservoir, and brewed tea and sweetener to said dispensing means in response a dispensing signal or automatically controlling the sanitizing system to stop brewing and dispensing tea and to move sanitizing solution through the tea brewing system, the tea reservoir, the sweetening system, and the dispenser means in response to a signal at said selected programmed time interval. 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing control means for fully automating operation of the water purification system, the tea brewing system, the sweetening system, the dispenser means, and the sanitizing system, whereby an operator activates the control means to set parameters and select times when selected systems are in operation or on stand by so that cold brewed tea and cold sweetener are continuously available to be automatically dispensed at desired times and the sanitizing system is automatically activated at desired times.
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