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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Kraft Foods R&d, Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Inventors:
Nick Andrew Hansen, Banbury, GB;
Andrew Charles Bentley, Bloxham, GB;
Elizabeth Jane Hinckley, Badby, GB;
Mark Richard Thomas Norton, March, GB;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/32 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/06 (2006.01); A47J 31/36 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/4403 (2013.01); A47J 31/0605 (2013.01); A47J 31/32 (2013.01); A47J 31/3695 (2013.01); A47J 31/44 (2013.01); A47J 31/4496 (2013.01); A47J 31/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A beverage preparation machine of the type which uses pre-packaged containers of beverage ingredients is described. The beverage preparation machine is configured for controlling the volume of air resident in at least a part of a delivery system of the machine to produce predetermined characteristics in a prepared beverage.