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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Waterbury, VT (US);
Paolino Carnevale, Raynham, MA (US);
William T. Jacobs, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Hassib Hawat, Dedham, MA (US);
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Waterbury, VT (US);
Abstract
A beverage forming method and system in which a carafe is positionable at a carafe receiving area of a beverage forming machine with a lid of the carafe in an open position or a closed position. The carafe may be positioned at the carafe receiving area in any one of multiple rotational positions within a range of 45 to 180 degrees, and the machine may detect whether the lid is open or not for any of the rotational positions. Beverage forming is prevented if the lid is detected to be closed, allowing the carafe to be safely stored on the machine regardless of lid position.