ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,715, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to PepsiCo Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).
"Systems and methods for dispensing a beverage" was invented by Gurmeet Singh Bhutani (Gurgaon, India) and Rahul Sadashiv Kamble (Faridabad, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Beverage dispensers are disclosed. A beverage dispenser may include a carbonation pump, pressure tank, and a pressure switch configured to active the pressure pump when a pressure in the pressure tank falls below a threshold pressure. The pressure switch may cause the carbonation pump to shut off when the pressure in the pressure tank exceeds an upper threshold pressure. The beverage dis...