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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2005
Jeffrey J. Girard, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Nasser Pirshafiey, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Mario E. Vassaux, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Heather B. Kay, Mesa, AZ (US);
Shlomo Greenwald, Ithaca, NY (US);
Zipora Greenwald, Ithaca, NY (US);
Jeffrey J. Girard, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Nasser Pirshafiey, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Mario E. Vassaux, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Heather B. Kay, Mesa, AZ (US);
Shlomo Greenwald, Ithaca, NY (US);
Zipora Greenwald, Ithaca, NY (US);
Intelligent Coffee Company, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
A concentrate/extract cartridge for a beverage dispenser for dispensing a liquid concentrate/extract and a diluent is provided. The cartridge includes a hollow body and a dispensing tube connected to the hollow body. A piston is slideably contained by the dispensing tube. The cartridge includes a valve having a valve stem that passes through a port of a valve seat connected to the dispensing tube. The port defines a flow passage through the dispensing tube. The valve stem is connected to the piston at a first end of the valve stem, and a valve body is located at a second end of the valve stem in removable contact with the valve seat for alternately opening and closing the port. A beverage dispenser having a removably insertable concentrate/extract cartridge and a method of dispensing a beverage made from concentrate/extract and a diluent are also provided.