Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

Bedford Systems LLC

Timothy MacLean

James E Shepard

Ian Tinkler

Geoffrey Y Smith

Andrew James Stratton

William T Jacobs

Stoyan Plamenov Hristov

William Philip McHugh

Kevin Thomas Brandimarte

Mario Liuzza

Jonathan Alexander Brodie

Stuart Jay Foster

Daniel Luke Coveney

Yoav Rabino

Patrick Lazatin

Peter Thomas Launie, Jr

Peter Nicholas Woskov

Travis Nevers

Charlie O'Neill

Jordan Dean Jack Greiner

Hallam Arthur William Collings

George William Arthur Wells

Benjamin Latham Lawson

Described herein includes a puncture mechanism for a beverage appliance or machine that can be configured to puncture a pod containing a beverage medium (e.g., a flavoring agent). The puncture mechanism can be configured to induce lateral movement of one or more engagement members to securely hold a beverage pod. The puncture mechanism can be configured to induce relative axial movement between an anvil and the secured beverage pod to puncture a seal of the beverage pod.

Puncture mechanism for beverage machine

A method and apparatus for opening and closing a cartridge holder of a beverage forming machine. The cartridge holder may have an opening arranged to receive and hold a cartridge with the cartridge holder. The opening may be adjustable in size and/or shape to allow the cartridge holder to receive and engage with cartridges of different size and/or shape. The cartridge holder may include one or more movable portions that are adjustable in position to effectively adjust a size and/or shape of the opening.

Beverage machine cartridge holder

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Wakefield, MA, United States of America

Timothy MacLean