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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2017
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
William Philip McHugh, Foxborough, MA (US);
Aaron Size, Waltham, MA (US);
Heather Fisher, Somerville, MA (US);
Thomas Fedorka, Billerica, MA (US);
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A beverage cartridge and method for forming a beverage includes dispensing beverage material from a container into an attached mixing funnel. The container and mixing funnel may be moved toward each other to open the container and release beverage material. A cover of the container may have a movable portion that moves with contact with a part of the mixing funnel to open the container. The cartridge may be vibrated to dispense beverage material from the container, and liquid provided to the mixing funnel to mix with dispensed beverage material to form a beverage.