Bedford Systems LLC

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

Peter Rae Peterson

Thomas J Novak

Scott James Grubb

Ross Packard

Shawn Gulla

Gary Stacey

Wai Ting Chan

Enrico Raffaele Cafaro

Thomas Fedorka

Steven R Raphaelson

Brian B Johnson

Ross Jones

Michael Sack

Miles William Noel Hember

Richard M Estabrook

Jennifer Caitlin Huot Carlson

Paul Gordon Wilkins

Peter David Cauwood

Thomas Bates Jackson

Cormac O'Prey

Charles Frazer Kilby

Keith Paul Thompson

Jeremy B Gordon

Steven Mackey

Nicolas Alejandro Martinez

Mark Joseph Cohen

Chris Roach

Barry Dobson

Chris Covey

Christopher Paul Richardson

Nicholas David Rollings

Camilla Schmitt

Neil Lester Campbell

Niall Allan Mottram

Fabien Yannick Schmitt

Thomas Paul Dutremble

Gwynn Masada

Ralph K Maider, Jr

William Philip McHugh

Kevin Sweeney

Marc Angotti

Bradford Range

J Corey Michal

Ray Carroll

Christopher Covey

James Passemato

Frank Consoli

Kevin Hartley

James Hewitt

Raymond Carroll

Steven Raphaelson

Scott Grubb

Trevor John Beckett

Javier Gonzalez-Zugasti

Miles Hember

Mario Liuzza

William Philip Mchugh

Ralph K Maider

A beverage making machine having a cartridge holder with an upper portion movable in pivotal and/or linear ways relative to a lower portion. An actuator for the cartridge portion may include a handle-actuated spur gear and link to move the upper portion, which may be guided in movement via a cam and cam follower engagement. Information from a cartridge detector may be used based on movement of cartridge holder portions, e.g., as an upper portion moves from an open position to a closed position. A mixing chamber may be held by a drawer so as to be removable, and movement of the drawer may engage/disengage the mixing chamber from a fluid supply.

Cartridge holder for beverage machine

Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage. A gas source can be provided in a cartridge which is used to generate gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid. A beverage medium, such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in the same, or a separate cartridge as the gas source and mixed with the precursor liquid to form a beverage. 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

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.

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

Methods and systems for forming a concentrate from an alcoholic beverage, such as a beverage made by fermentation processes. A membrane process may be used to reduce water and alcohol content, followed by freeze concentration to further reduce water content.

Alcoholic beverage concentrate process

Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage. Carbonating gas can be provided to a tank via the tank outlet, thereby purging at least a portion of a dispense line leading from the tank to a dispensing station. A single pump may be used to deliver liquid to the tank, e.g., for carbonation, and to pump pressurized air to dispense liquid from the tank. A water trap may help remove moisture from carbonating gas.

Flow circuit for carbonated beverage machine

Apparatus and method for forming beverages using a beverage cartridge and sonic energy. A cartridge may include a sonic receiver, such as a feature that extends into an interior space of the cartridge and is arranged to receive a sonic emitter that introduces sonic energy into the interior space. The sonic receiver may be excited by sonic energy, which causes the sonic receiver to itself introduce sonic energy into the cartridge.

Beverage formation apparatus and method using vibratory energy

Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage. A gas source can be provided in a cartridge which is used to generate gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid. A beverage medium, such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in the same, or a separate cartridge as the gas source and mixed with the precursor liquid to form a beverage. The gas source may include a solid molecular sieve formed in beads in which at least 85% of the beads by weight have a size of 0.71 mm to 2.0 mm.

Adsorbent particle sizing for gas dissolution in beverages

Beverage formation apparatus and method using sonic energy

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Williston, VT, United States of America

Peter Rae Peterson