ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,338, issued on June 16, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Beverage system for providing a cold beverage" was invented by Lily Zhao (Shanghai) and Ruguo Hu (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage system for providing a cold beverage is disclosed that includes a water supply unit for providing water, cooling means arranged downstream of the water supply unit 100, dispensing means for dispensing a beverage arranged downstream of the cooling means, valve means arranged downstream of the cooling means and upstream of the dispensing means, and a control module adapted to operate the valve m...