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| Draw from 1 or 2 pouches with 16 or 38 mm fitment |
We live in a high-tech world in which we demand more of
products than we ever would have dreamed of in the past. Remembering back to my
first new car, it had an AM/FM radio, cassette tape player, crank windows and
manual locks. Todays’ mini-van ride has features like auto start, heated seats
and mirrors, navigation, power doors and satellite radio. You may be thinking it’s
because I have unusually high standards, yet this was a used model with everything
spec’d by a young woman in her 70’s who buys new every 24 months.
Sure, technology can be great, but not every good idea has
to be technical. One such example is when our customers indicated the need to
dispense large amounts of condiments from a remote location. The available
remote dispensing systems used CO2, which is expensive to buy, involves
ordering tanks and is rendered useless when that tank is empty. Our
quest for solutions drove us to come up with a very simple, but effective idea.
Server’s stainless steel fountain jar pump was outfitted
with a specialized cast valve and flush-mounted lid to draw from pouched
condiments below the counter. This manually operated remote dispensing solution is simple, yet effective.
Can we surmise this solution is behind the disappearance of
some CO2 powered options? Perhaps? Recently, a satellite update crashed my iPod,
radio and navigation console. I spent the following two weeks wandering about
in an odd silence and learned that sometimes the best things in life are…simple!
