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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2019
NE Innovations Limited, Altrincham, GB;
Brian George Kennedy, Cheshire, GB;
Edward Alexander Bedford, Farmingville, NY (US);
John R Laverack, Southbury, CT (US);
George Edward Riehm, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Kurt Raymond Weseman, West Haven, CT (US);
Bruce Renfrew, Leicester, GB;
James Williamson, Leicester, GB;
NE Innovations Limited, Altrincham, GB;
Abstract
A pod for storing and dispensing a beverage preparation ingredient during a dispensing operation. The pod comprises a body defining a cavity for storing the beverage preparation ingredient, said body comprising a dispensing side and a closed side, and at least one side wall extending from the closed side to the dispensing side; and an actuation member contained within said cavity. The actuation member is configured to cause an opening to be formed between said cavity and a region outside the pod when actuated. The opening is formed around a perimeter of a dispensing surface of the pod at a junction formed between the at least one side wall and the dispensing surface, the dispensing surface being provided at the dispensing side of the body.