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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2016
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Ian Tinkler, Wakefield, MA (US);
James E. Shepard, Marblehead, MA (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);
Jianming Huang, Andover, MA (US);
Keurig Green Mountian, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for forming both carafe quantities and smaller (e.g., cup) quantities of a beverage using a cartridge-based beverage machine. A beverage forming machine accommodates cartridges having different sizes and/or shapes, including different rim sizes/shapes. The outlet used for receiving a beverage from a standard cartridge differs from the outlet used for receiving the beverage from a carafe cartridge inserted in a same cartridge holder. Beverage may exit the cartridge in an upward direction in some embodiments.