Bedford Systems LLC

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

Thomas J Novak

Peter Rae Peterson

Scott James Grubb

Ross Packard

Shawn Gulla

Enrico Raffaele Cafaro

Thomas Fedorka

Richard M Estabrook

Marc Angotti

Paul Gordon Wilkins

Peter David Cauwood

Thomas Bates Jackson

Gary Stacey

Ross Jones

Cormac O'Prey

Charles Frazer Kilby

Keith Paul Thompson

Wai Ting Chan

Miles William Noel Hember

Steven R Raphaelson

Jeremy B Gordon

Steven Mackey

Peter Peterson

Brian B Johnson

Jennifer Caitlin Huot Carlson

Nicholas David Rollings

Christopher Paul Richardson

Chris Covey

Barry Dobson

Chris Roach

Nicolas Alejandro Martinez

Camilla Schmitt

Mark Joseph Cohen

Fabien Yannick Schmitt

Niall Allan Mottram

Neil Lester Campbell

Michael Sack

Thomas Paul Dutremble

Gwynn Masada

William Philip McHugh

Bradford Range

James Hewitt

Ray Carroll

Kevin Hartley

Frank Consoli

Scott Grubb

Trevor John Beckett

Barry Wood

Miles Hember

Ian Scott Rice

Mario Liuzza

Patrick Lazatin

Linda Marie Donoghue

William Roger Mainwaring-Burton

Bryan Ellis Wagenknecht

Michael M Martin

Thomas Adam Sullivan

Nathaniel Davis

Catherine Fox

Bob McCall

Nial Allan Mottram

Jim Hewitt

Mark Cohen

Laurence Lee

Steven Raphaelson

William Philip Mchugh

Paul Wilkins

Miles William Hember

Cormac O'prey

Described herein is a beverage system that is configured to produce beverages having different characteristics, such as different levels of carbonation including producing substantially non-carbonated beverages and carbonated beverages with a single machine. The beverage system includes a beverage appliance and a beverage container. The beverage container includes a beverage material, which can include a flavoring ingredient for a target beverage. The beverage appliance is used to access the beverage material from the beverage container and produce the target beverage. The beverage appliance and beverage container are adaptable to produce the target beverage having any of a range of carbonation levels or other characteristics.

Multi-use beverage system

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 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

Methods and systems for producing a food product having a liquid component and an insoluble component, such as soups or stews. A food product assembly may include a cartridge containing a liquid component medium that is usable by a beverage forming machine to produce a liquid component of the food product. A second container, to which the cartridge may be removably attached, may contain the insoluble component of the food product, and may receive the liquid component so as to hold both the insoluble component and liquid component together, e.g., for consumption by a user.

Compositions, systems and methods for portion-packaged soups and meals

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Stowe, VT, United States of America

Thomas J Novak