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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jianming Huang, Andover, MA (US);
Blair Mikkelsen, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Roger Johnson, Burlington, MA (US);
Carl Gottfried Kammer, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/00 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (2006.01); A47J 31/54 (2006.01); A47J 31/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/002 (2013.01); A47J 31/5253 (2018.08); A47J 31/545 (2013.01); A47J 31/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
A beverage machine having a heater arranged to receive unheated liquid and deliver heated liquid to a dispensing station to form a beverage, and to receive unheated air and deliver heated air to the dispensing station to preheat portions of the dispensing station before forming a beverage. The machine may be arranged to deliver heated air to the dispensing station only if a temperature at the dispensing station is below a threshold.