EP 4227261 A1 20230816 - BEVERAGE DISPENSER, CONTROLLER AND CONTROL SYSTEM
Title (en)
BEVERAGE DISPENSER, CONTROLLER AND CONTROL SYSTEM
Title (de)
GETRÄNKESPENDER, STEUERUNG UND STEUERUNGSSYSTEM
Title (fr)
DISTRIBUTEUR DE BOISSON, DISPOSITIF DE COMMANDE ET SYSTÈME DE COMMANDE
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 202201856 A 20220212
Abstract (en)
Aspects of the present invention relate to a control system (30) for controlling a beverage dispenser (10) having a first sensory mode and a second sensory mode. The control system has a sensor (28) configured to detect if a handle (22) of the dispenser (10) has been moved from a closed position to an open position and to control a sensor output mode in dependence thereon. The beverage dispenser controller (30) is configured to identify the sensor output mode and outputs a signal to cause the beverage dispenser (10) to change from operating in the first sensory mode to operating in the second sensory mode based on the identified mode. A two-wire interface (32) connects the sensor and the beverage dispenser controller. The sensor (28) is a tilt sensor having a +volt terminal and a 0 volt terminal. The sensor (28) has a first sensor output mode in which there is a positive continuous voltage at the +volt terminal and a second sensor output mode in which there is a pulsed positive voltage at the +volt terminal.
IPC 8 full level
B67D 1/06 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP GB)
B67D 1/06 (2013.01 - EP); B67D 1/0874 (2013.01 - EP); B67D 1/0878 (2013.01 - GB); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01 - EP GB); B67D 1/1405 (2013.01 - EP); B67D 7/06 (2013.01 - GB); B67D 1/0855 (2013.01 - GB); B67D 1/0872 (2013.01 - GB); B67D 1/0877 (2013.01 - GB); B67D 1/1275 (2013.01 - EP); B67D 7/565 (2013.01 - GB)
Citation (search report)
- [A] EP 3480162 A1 20190508 - HEINEKEN ESPANA S A [ES]
- [A] US 2017210610 A1 20170727 - HENSON ZACHARY WILLIAM [US], et al
- [A] US 2017174496 A1 20170622 - GOLD COLIN [US], et al
- [A] US 9475685 B2 20161025 - DAVENPORT KELLIE SUE [US], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA
Designated validation state (EPC)
KH MA MD TN
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 4227261 A1 20230816; GB 202201856 D0 20220330; GB 2615577 A 20230816; GB 2615577 B 20240410
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 23155235 A 20230206; GB 202201856 A 20220212