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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2012
Joseph P. Webster, St. Charles, MO (US);
David L. Brandsma, St. Charles, MO (US);
Jerry Walls, Sunset Hills, MO (US);
Billy Castleberry, Lubbock, TX (US);
Joseph P. Webster, St. Charles, MO (US);
David L. Brandsma, St. Charles, MO (US);
Jerry Walls, Sunset Hills, MO (US);
Billy Castleberry, Lubbock, TX (US);
Newco Enterprises, Inc., St. Charles, MO (US);
Abstract
A mechanical waste pod ejector system for a single cup pod beverage flavoring machine that has a lower head with a holding chamber therein, for holding a pod during a flavoring operation, which head mechanically ejects the pod after usage. The system includes a pod ejector mechanism, a pod support plate sized to engage the pod, and actuator head, with a pod ejector controller including a cam slide surface for moving the lower head from a flavoring position to a pod disposal position.