US Patent Issued to THE COCA-COLA on May 19 for "Systems and methods for managing ice levels in a beverage dispenser" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,384, issued on May 19, was assigned to THE COCA-COLA COMPANY (Atlanta).

"Systems and methods for managing ice levels in a beverage dispenser" was invented by Eric Barbely (Atlanta) and David Mulcahey (Roswell, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor (105) is placed into the ice bin (110) of a beverage dispenser (180). The sensor can measure the current level (102) of ice in the ice bin and can provide the measured level to a control component (115) of the beverage dispenser. The control component of the beverage dispenser can record the measured level and may selectively activate or deactivate an associated ice maker based on the ...