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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2005
Jeffrey J. Girard, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Mario E. Vassaux, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Roy Kenneth, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Richard Symington, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Erik Kenneth, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Shlomo Greenwald, Ithaca, NY (US);
Zipora Greenwald, Ithaca, NY (US);
Nasser Pirshafiey, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Girard, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Mario E. Vassaux, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Roy Kenneth, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Richard Symington, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Erik Kenneth, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Shlomo Greenwald, Ithaca, NY (US);
Zipora Greenwald, Ithaca, NY (US);
Nasser Pirshafiey, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Intelligent Coffee Company, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
A beverage dispenser for dispensing a beverage into a container is provided. The dispenser includes a housing having a dispensing area. A pump or a control valve is in communication with a source of diluent which is to be dispensed into the dispensing area. A cartridge receiving area and a dispensing actuator are located in the housing. A concentrate/extract cartridge is removably insertable into the cartridge receiving area in a position to be actuated by the dispensing actuator, the concentrate/extract cartridge being adapted to hold a beverage concentrate/extract and including a dispensing aperture for dispensing a beverage concentrate/extract into the dispensing area upon placement of the concentrate/extract cartridge in the cartridge receiving area. A controller is located in the housing to control the actuator to discharge concentrate/extract into the dispensing area. A method of dispensing a selected beverage made from concentrate/extract and a diluent is also provided.