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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2014
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Waterbury, VT (US);
Geoffrey Y. Smith, Melrose, MA (US);
Peter Thomas Launie, Jr., Worcester, MA (US);
Jonathan Alexander Brodie, North Billerica, MA (US);
Stuart Jay Foster, Somerville, MA (US);
Stoyan Plamenov Hristov, Billerica, MA (US);
Jordan Dean Jack Greiner, Winchester, MA (US);
Peter Nicholas Woskov, Everett, MA (US);
Yoav Rabino, Newton, MA (US);
James E. Shepard, Marblehead, MA (US);
Ian Tinkler, Wakefield, MA (US);
William T. Jacobs, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Patrick J. Lazatin, Woburn, MA (US);
William Philip McHugh, Foxborough, MA (US);
Kevin Thomas Brandimarte, Boston, MA (US);
Mario Liuzza, Malden, MA (US);
Timothy Maclean, Wakefield, MA (US);
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
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.