| 摘要 |
An appliance having a housing including a body defining a compartment and a door attached to the body, a water supplier including a first valve actuator configured to cause water to be dispensed by the water supplier, a supply container holder configured to hold a supply container for a liquid supply, at least one user input device including a touch screen configured to enable a user to make an input to request dispensing of the liquid supply from the supply container, a supply dispenser including a second valve actuator and configured to cause the liquid supply in the supply container to be selectively dispensed from the supply container based on the input made by the user using the touch screen, and a dispensing computer configured to receive a dispense signal from the touch screen, in response to receipt of the dispense signal, cause the second valve actuator to cause the liquid supply in the supply container to be dispensed from the supply container for a first period of time to dispense an appropriate amount of liquid supply, and store data representative of the amounts of the liquid supply dispensed by the supply dispenser. |
| 主权项 |
1. An appliance comprising:
a housing having a first compartment and a second compartment; a first compartment door supported by the housing; a second compartment door supported by the housing; a dispensing mechanism supported by the first compartment of the housing; a water supply mechanism supported by the housing and configured to supply carbonated water to the dispensing mechanism; a drink supply mechanism supported by the housing and in fluid communication with the dispensing mechanism, the drink supply mechanism configured to removably hold a plurality of drink supply cartridges which each contain a drink supply, each of the drink supply containers being slidably received by the drink supply mechanism; a user interface panel supported by the first compartment of the housing, the user interface panel including a touch screen; and a computer supported by the housing and configured to operate with the dispensing mechanism and the user interface panel to;
(a) cause the user interface panel to display a plurality of different beverage related images, each different beverage related image associated with at least one of the drink supply cartridges held by the drink supply mechanism,(b) receive, via the touch screen, a plurality of inputs corresponding to the plurality of different displayed beverage related images,(c) for a received input, cause the dispensing mechanism to dispense a beverage associated with the beverage related image corresponding to the received input, wherein for the received input, the dispensing mechanism is configured to mix, at a predetermined level: (i) the drink supply from the drink supply cartridge associated with the beverage related image corresponding to the received input, and (ii) carbonated water from the water supply mechanism, to dispense the beverage associated with the beverage related image corresponding to said received input, and(d) cause the user interface panel to display information regarding at least one of: (i) a consumption amount of drink supply from at least one of the plurality of drink supply cartridges, and (ii) a remaining amount of drink supply in at least one of the plurality of drink supply cartridges. |
