CA2511181A1 - Clean-in-place automated food or beverage dispenser - Google Patents

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CA2511181A1
CA2511181A1 CA002511181A CA2511181A CA2511181A1 CA 2511181 A1 CA2511181 A1 CA 2511181A1 CA 002511181 A CA002511181 A CA 002511181A CA 2511181 A CA2511181 A CA 2511181A CA 2511181 A1 CA2511181 A1 CA 2511181A1
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Peter Carhuff
Takeshi Masu
Gene Frank Clyde
Edward L. Dickinson
Andrew C. Harvey
Edward M. Kolvek
Michael Lago
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Abstract

The invention relates to an automated food product dispenser (100) comprisin g an interface connection (233) configured to establish a supply of a milk-bas ed fluid (211a) from a reservoir (211)for example, a container or a bag), a mixing device (400) configured to receive the milk-based fluid (211a) and prepare a milk based product, a nozzle (500) in fluid association with the mixing device (400) for dispensing the milk based product, a product flowpat h (600) configured for directing the milk based product to flow from the interface connection (233) through the mixing device (400) to the nozzle (500), and a clean-in-place flowpath assembly (700) located in the dispenser (100) and comprising a supply (987a) of cleaning or sanitizing fluid and a flowpath (800) which is configured to deliver the cleaning or sanitizing flu id to or through the product flowpath (600). The invention also relates to a method of using and machine readable program for controlling the automated food product dispenser (100) of the invention.

Claims (35)

1. An automated food product dispenser comprising:
an interface connection configured to establish a supply of a milk based fluid from a milk based fluid reservoir;
a mixing device configured to receive the milk based fluid and prepare a milk based product;
a nozzle in fluid association with the mixing device to dispense the milk based product, a product flowpath configured to direct the milk based product to flow from the interface connection through the mixing device to the nozzle, and a clean-in-place flowpath assembly located in the dispenser and including a supply of cleaning or sanitizing fluid and a flowpath which is configured to deliver the cleaning or sanitizing fluid to or through the product flowpath.
2. The automated food product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the supply of cleaning or sanitizing fluid is produced within the dispenser by mixing a chemical cleaning concentrate, supplied from a concentrate supply, with water supplied from a water supply to generate a chemical cleaning agent for use as the cleaning or sanitizing fluid.
3. The automated food product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the clean-in-place flowpath assembly further includes:
a buffer reservoir configured to receive a buffer volume of the cleaning or sanitizing fluid, a loop line associated with the reservoir and configured to provide circulation of the fluid from the buffer reservoir through the product flowpath and back to the buffer reservoir, wherein the fluid cleans the product flowpath through which it flows, and a drain associated with the assembly to remove fluid therefrom.
4. The automated food product dispenser of claim 1, further comprising a water supply and a heater, wherein the cleaning or sanitizing fluid can be produced by heating water from the water supply in the heater at a temperature effective to provide a cleaning or sanitizing effect.
5. The automated food product dispenser of claim 1, further comprising a central controller including a timer to control a full cleaning-in-place process.
6. The automated food product dispenser of claim 5, further comprising a control panel, wherein the central controller is programmed to run the full cleaning-in-place process in response to user demand.
7. The automated food product dispenser of claim 5, wherein the central controller is programmed to automatically run a time-controlled delivery of one cleaning cycle of chemical cleaning agent through the product flowpath, followed by a time-controlled delivery of at least one sanitizing cycle of heated fluid through the product flowpath.
8. The automated food product dispenser of claim 7, wherein the controller is programmed to provide a pre-rinsing cycle in the full cleaning-in-place process that takes place just before the cleaning cycle.
9. The automated food product dispenser of claim 5, further comprising a removable container that contains the source of chemical cleaning concentrate and is connected in the clean-in-place flowpath assembly to a shut-off valve that is controlled by the controller to deliver and, to optionally meter, an amount of cleaning concentrate to the buffer reservoir for preparing the cleaning or sanitizing agent for the product flowpath.
10. The automated food product dispenser of claim 5, wherein the interface connection is adapted to engage the milk based fluid reservoir wherein the milk based fluid reservoir includes a flexible hose portion and a fitment;
the interface connection including a fluid chamber having a cleaning or sanitizing fluid inlet that allows the cleaning or sanitizing fluid to enter the fluid chamber, a product inlet for the milk based fluid to enter the fluid chamber and a product outlet for a milk based product to exit the fluid chamber to the product flowpath;
connection means at the product inlet configured for hygienically and removably connecting the fitment of the milk based fluid reservoir to the fluid chamber;
a valve adapted to be controlled by the controller to operatively engage the flexible hose portion to selectively block flow of the milk based fluid at a closing point and, projection means for promoting cleaning of the fitment and flexible hose portion up to the closing point.
11. The automated food product dispenser of claim 5, wherein the mixing device in includes a mixing bowl configured to collect the milk based fluid, water and other beverage forming components;
and a whipper to mix the milk based fluid, water and other beverage forming components together to form the milk based product.
12. The automated food product dispenser of claim 11, wherein the clean-in-place flowpath assembly further includes a mixing bowl feed line for directly directing cleaning or sanitizing fluid to the mixing bowl to clean the mixing bowl and the product flowpath that is arranged downstream of the mixing bowl.
13. The automated food product dispenser of claim 12, wherein the clean-in-place flowpath assembly further includes one or more valves controlled by the controller to selectively open or close either the mixing bowl feed line or a portion of the product flowpath.
14. The automated food product dispenser of claim 11, wherein the mixing bowl further includes an outer skirt that surrounds the mixing bowl and a fluid outlet connected to a downstream cleaning fluid evacuation conduit of the clean-in-place flowpath assembly, wherein the outer skirt is configured in a manner to collect fluid that overflows the bowl, and wherein the downstream cleaning fluid evacuation conduit is configured to selectively direct the collected fluid to the buffer reservoir to recirculate the cleaning or sanitizing fluid, or to the drain.
15. The automated food product dispenser of claim 11, wherein the whipper can be controlled to:
run intermittently to assist in making the cleaning fluid overflow the mixing bowl when the whipper is in a turn-off mode and, to assist in driving the cleaning or sanitizing fluid through the bowl and product flowpath to the nozzle when the whipper is in a turn-on mode.
16. The automated food product dispenser of claim 5, wherein the nozzle is controlled by the controller to be positioned in either a dispensing position wherein the milk based product is dispensed to a dispensing zone, or a cleaning position wherein the nozzle is in fluid communication the buffer reservoir to recirculate cleaning or sanitizing fluid or to drain cleaning fluid from the mixing bowl.
17. The automated food product dispenser of claim 1, which is intended for operation at room temperature and which does not include a refrigeration or freezing unit associated with the milk based fluid reservoir.
18. A method for automatically cleaning, in a food or beverage dispenser, a product flowpath configured for establishing connection with at least one milk based fluid comprising the steps of:
preparing a rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid within the dispenser;
circulating the fluid at a certain velocity to or through the product flowpath of the dispenser to clean it; and recirculating the fluid.
19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid is recirculated in a loop from the product flowpath back to a buffer reservoir that receives a buffer volume of the fluid.
20. The method according to claim 19, which further comprises periodically draining and discarding the recycled rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid from the dispenser through a drain.
21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the food or beverage dispenser includes a product mixing bowl and the method further comprises directly directing the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid to the mixing bowl to clean the mixing bowl and the product flowpath that is arranged downstream of the mixing bowl.
22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the mixing bowl is cleaned by filling the mixing bowl with the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid until the mixing bowl overflows;
collecting fluid that overflows from the bowl;
and selectively directing the collected fluid back to the buffer reservoir to recirculate the cleaning fluid or to the drain to remove the collected fluid from the dispenser.
23. The method according to claim 18, wherein the circulation of the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid is automatically conducted at periodic intervals of non-use of the dispenser or upon demand by a user.
24. The method according to claim 18, which further comprises pre-rinsing the product flowpath prior to circulation of the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid.
25. The method according to claim 18, which further comprises closing off a portion of the product flowpath so that remaining portions of the product flowpath can receive the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid.
26. A clean-in-place system for an automated dispenser comprising a product flowpath configured to supply a milk based fluid, wherein the product flowpath comprises:
at least one source of rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid;
a buffer reservoir configured to initially retain the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid;
a clean-in-place flowpath assembly configured in a loop to recirculate at a desired velocity the rinsing; cleaning or sanitizing fluid from the buffer reservoir in or through all or part of the product flowpath and then back to the buffer reservoir;
a drain for selectively draining the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid; and a controller and a timer to time control the circulation of the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid through the clean-in-place flowpath assembly and to recirculate it to the buffer reservoir or to evacuate it to the drain.
27. A machine readable program containing instructions for controlling a dispenser to dispense a milk-based product, the dispenser having an interface connection, a mixing device, a nozzle in fluid association with the mixing device, a product flowpath and a clean-in-place flowpath assembly located in the dispenser including a supply of cleaning or sanitizing fluid and a flowpath, wherein the program comprises:
means for preparing a rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid within the dispenser, means for circulating the fluid at a predetermined velocity to or through the product flowpath of the dispenser to clean it, and means for recirculating the fluid through the clean-in-place flowpath.
28. The machine readable program according to claim 27, further comprising means for recirculating the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid in a loop from the product flowpath back to a buffer reservoir that receives a buffer volume of the fluid.
29. The machine readable program according to claim 28, further comprising means for periodically draining and discarding the recycled rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid from the dispenser.
30. The machine readable program according to claim 28, further comprising means for directly directing the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid to a mixing bowl within the dispenser for cleaning the mixing bowl and the product flowpath that is arranged downstream of the mixing bowl.
31. The machine readable program according to claim 30, further comprising:

means for cleaning the mixing bowl by filling the filling the bowl to overflow with the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid;
bowl; and means for collecting fluid that overflows the means for selectively directing the collected fluid back to the buffer reservoir to recirculate the cleaning fluid or to a drain to remove the collected fluid from the dispenser.
32. The machine readable program according to claim 27, further comprising means for automatically conducting circulation of the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid at periodic intervals of non-use of the dispenser or upon demand by a user.
33. The machine readable program according to claim 27, further comprising means for pre-rinsing the product flowpath prior to circulation of the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid.
34. The machine readable program according to claim 27, further comprising means for closing off a portion of the product flowpath so that remaining portions of the product flowpath can receive the rinsing, cleaning or sanitizing fluid.
35. An automated milk based beverage dispenser comprising:
a milk based fluid reservoir;
an interface connection configured to establish a supply of the milk based fluid from the milk based fluid reservoir;

a mixing device configured to receive the milk based fluid and prepare a milk based beverage;
a beverage outlet in fluid association with the mixing device to dispense the milk based beverage;
a beverage flowpath configured to direct the milk based beverage to flow from the interface connection through the mixing device to the beverage outlet;
wherein the dispenser further comprises a controllable clean-in-place flowpath assembly configured to deliver a cleaning or sanitizing fluid to or through the product flowpath and the interface connection in a controlled manner effective to enable the milk based fluid reservoir to be maintained at room temperature without refrigeration necessary.
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