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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2020
Bedford Systems Llc, Bedford, MA (US);
William Philip McHugh, Foxborough, MA (US);
Jeremy B. Gordon, Boston, MA (US);
Scott Grubb, Cambridge, GB;
Steven Mackey, Dedham, MA (US);
Thomas Fedorka, Billerica, MA (US);
Peter Rae Peterson, Williston, VT (US);
Thomas J. Novak, Morristown, VT (US);
Thomas Paul Dutremble, Boston, MA (US);
Gwynn Masada, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Bradford Range, Allen, TX (US);
Enrico Raffaele Cafaro, Beverly, MA (US);
Steven Raphaelson, Watertown, MA (US);
Michael Sack, North Reading, MA (US);
Brian B. Johnson, Newfields, NH (US);
Bedford Systems LLC, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A beverage making machine having a cartridge holder with an upper portion movable in pivotal and/or linear ways relative to a lower portion. An actuator for the cartridge portion may include a handle-actuated spur gear and link to move the upper portion, which may be guided in movement via a cam and cam follower engagement. Information from a cartridge detector may be used based on movement of cartridge holder portions, e.g., as an upper portion moves from an open position to a closed position. A mixing chamber may be held by a drawer so as to be removable, and movement of the drawer may engage/disengage the mixing chamber from a fluid supply.