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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2013
Pepsico, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Joseph H. Boggs, Newtown, CT (US);
Paul J. Donnelly, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Arthur Forkos, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Hilary Farnsworth, New Rochelle, NY (US);
Ronald Beilstein, Harwinton, CT (US);
Andrew T. Butkus, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Edward P. Butler, III, Harwinton, CT (US);
Brian C. Jones, New Hartford, CT (US);
PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A cartridge is provided that comprises a housing. The housing is configured to maintain a pouch within the housing. The cartridge comprises a top and a bottom. The cartridge comprises at least one top mating member at the top of the cartridge and at least one bottom mating member at the bottom of the cartridge. The at least one top mating member is asymmetric with the at least one bottom mating member. Each mating member is configured to match with a corresponding mating member of a cartridge frame or rack.