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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2019
Bedford Systems Llc, Bedford, MA (US);
Enrico Cafaro, Beverly, MA (US);
Nathaniel Davis, Boston, MA (US);
Linda Marie Donoghue, Boston, MA (US);
Thomas Fedorka, Billerica, MA (US);
Catherine Fox, Boston, MA (US);
Patrick Lazatin, Woburn, MA (US);
William Roger Mainwaring-Burton, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael M. Martin, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Bob McCall, Boston, MA (US);
Thomas J. Novak, Stowe, VT (US);
Ian Scott Rice, Framingham, MA (US);
Thomas Adam Sullivan, Boston, MA (US);
Bryan Ellis Wagenknecht, Boston, MA (US);
Barry Wood, Norwood, MA (US);
Bedford Systems LLC, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
Described herein is a beverage system that is configured to produce beverages having different characteristics, such as different levels of carbonation including producing substantially non-carbonated beverages and carbonated beverages with a single machine. The beverage system includes a beverage appliance and a beverage container. The beverage container includes a beverage material, which can include a flavoring ingredient for a target beverage. The beverage appliance is used to access the beverage material from the beverage container and produce the target beverage. The beverage appliance and beverage container are adaptable to produce the target beverage having any of a range of carbonation levels or other characteristics.