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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas George Ioannidis, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Robert Dana Cassano, Natick, MA (US);
Kevin Scott Stillerman, Medford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/36 (2006.01); A47J 31/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/4492 (2013.01); A47J 31/3628 (2013.01); A47J 31/3695 (2013.01); A47J 31/407 (2013.01); A47J 31/3633 (2013.01);
Abstract
A beverage machine and method in which a pod is positioned relative to a camera as a brew chamber moves to a closed position so the pod can be imaged prior to brew chamber closure. A pod stabilizer may urge a pod to be received by a pod receiver of the brew chamber before the brew chamber is closed and so as to properly position the pod for imaging.