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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.v., Utrecht, NL;
Inventors:
Andrew Halliday, Hook Norton, GB;
Colin Ballard, Cheltenham, GB;
Satwinder Panesar, Tullibody, GB;
David Smith, Bodicote, GB;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/40 (2006.01); A47J 31/06 (2006.01); A47J 31/057 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/56 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 85/8043 (2013.01); A47J 31/407 (2013.01); A47J 31/446 (2013.01); A47J 31/4407 (2013.01); A47J 31/4492 (2013.01); A47J 31/56 (2013.01); B65D 43/02 (2013.01); B67D 2001/0812 (2013.01);
Abstract
A beverage preparation machine for dispensing beverages from beverage cartridges containing one or more beverage ingredients, the beverage preparation machine comprising means for receiving, in use, a beverage cartridge and means for passing water through the beverage cartridge to thereby produce a beverage, the beverage preparation machine further comprising a code reader for interpreting a code provided on or in the beverage cartridge.