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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Andrew Halliday, Hook Norton, GB;
Nick Hensen, Banbury, GB;
Steve Carter, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kraft Foods R & D, Inc., Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A beverage preparation machine for preparing a beverage from a cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients comprising a first piercing element for forming an inlet, in use, in a cartridge received in the beverage preparation machine and a second piercing element for forming an outlet, in use, in said cartridge, characterised in that the first and second piercing elements are formed as a single removable unit.