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(88) Date of publication A3: 07.09.2023 (43) Date of publication: 04.12.2024 Bulletin 2024/49 (21) Application number: 23747671.8 (22) Date of filing: 27.01.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B01F 35/32(2022.01) B01D 25/00(2006.01) A47J 43/08(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): B01F 23/41; B01F 27/808; B01F 27/88; A47J 31/407; B01F 33/5014; A23L 2/52; A23C 11/00; B67D 1/0001; B67D 1/0462; B67D 1/0888; B67D 1/12; B67D 1/0028; B67D 1/0032; B67D 1/0047; B67D 1/0804; B67D 1/0857; B67D 1/0894; B67D 1/1218; B67D 2001/0091; B67D 2001/0098; B67D 2001/0811; B67D 2001/0814; B67D 2001/0828; B67D 2210/0001; B67D 2210/00031; G07F 9/105; G07F 13/065; G07F 17/0064 (86) International application number: PCT/US2023/011785 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/147087 (03.08.2023 Gazette 2023/31)

(84) Designated Contracting States: 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 States: BA Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 29.01.2022 US 202263304607 P (71) Applicant: Plant Tap, LLC North Salem, NY 10560 (US)	(72) Inventors: SUH, William D. Cary, North Carolina 27518 (US) LEWIS, Daniel T. Raleigh, North Carolina 27613 (US) SAVINO, Joseph Camillo Salem, New York 10560 (US) FRIEDMAN, Lennie Raleigh, North Carolina 27614 (US) TOLWIN, Shlomo Ari Southfield, Michigan 48076 (US) (74) Representative: Finnegan Europe LLP  1 London Bridge London SE1 9BG London SE1 9BG (GB)