Keurig, Inc.

Michael G Woram

Roderick H Beaulieu

Jennie Kwo

Richard P Sweeney

James W Wuertele

John E Sylvan

Kenneth A Focht

A cup shaped holder is internally provided with an ejection mechanism which serves to automatically dislodge a spent beverage cartridge from an upwardly extending piercing member when the lid is opened at the end of a brewing cycle. In addition, the holder is mounted on externally protruding trunnions for pivotal movement between an upright brewing position and a partially inverted position to eject the dislodged cartridge from the holder into an underlying receptacle. The lid has a dependency arm that coacts with a pawl on the holder trunnions to automatically manipulate the holder to eject the cartridge.

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Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Michael G Woram