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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Waterbury, VT (US);
Inventors:
Joel Nevin, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Cynthia Weflen, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Waterbury, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/36 (2006.01); A47J 31/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/4407 (2013.01); A47J 31/3623 (2013.01); A47J 31/3633 (2013.01); A47J 31/3676 (2013.01); A47J 31/0642 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for opening and closing a door of a beverage forming machine, e.g., for accessing a beverage forming station. The door may be opened by retracting the door into an interior space of the housing, e.g., by moving the door rearwardly. When at the closed position, at least one edge of the door may be flush with an adjacent outer housing portion.