Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

Bedford Systems LLC

Gloucester Engineering Co., Inc.

J Corey Michal

Gary Stacey

Wai Ting Chan

Enrico Raffaele Cafaro

Scott James Grubb

Michael Sack

Peter Rae Peterson

Thomas Fedorka

Steven R Raphaelson

Richard M Estabrook

Kevin Sweeney

Ralph K Maider, Jr

Brian B Johnson

Christopher Covey

Raymond Carroll

James Passemato

David J Smith

Scott Grubb

Steven Raphaelson

Ralph K Maider

Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage are disclosed. A gas source, which is used to generate gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid, and/or a beverage medium, such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in a cartridge. The use of one or more cartridges for the gas source and/or beverage medium may make for an easy to use and mess-free system for making sparkling beverages, e.g., in the consumer's home.

Method and apparatus for cartridge-based carbonation of beverages

Several small diameter short width rolls () of plastic film () are wound from a larger width and length of plastic web in a continuous manner. The disclosed apparatus slits the larger width plastic web into several narrower width plastic webs, positions the slit webs on a single large diameter winding drum () and then winds each narrower width web at a separate winding turret (). At each turret, the plastic web is rolled around a first mandrel until the roll achieves the desired size. Then, a second mandrel contacts, the plastic web and the plastic web is severed between the first mandrel and second mandrel and attached to a second mandrel to be rolled into a roll of desired length. The process is repeated at each turret such that the several plastic webs are simultaneously wound in a continuous fashion.

Stretch film winder

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Beverly, MA, United States of America

J Corey Michal