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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Keurig, Incorporated, Reading, MA (US);
Inventors:
Joel Swerchesky, Derry, NH (US);
Nikolas Kastor, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Waterbury, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/14 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/1422 (2013.01); A47J 31/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for dispensing a beverage from a beverage forming machine with reduced gas bubbles or foam. An outlet chamber may be arranged to separate beverage flow into a liquid component and a gas/liquid component such that the liquid component flows downwardly to a first outlet opening and the gas/liquid component flows upwardly and/or through a tortuous path to condition the gas/liquid component and reduce foam prior to the gas/liquid component exiting a second outlet opening.