Beverage machine cartridge holder

US10136754B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Geoffrey Y. Smith · Melrose, US
• Peter Thomas Launie, Jr. · Worcester, US
• Jonathan Alexander Brodie · North Billerica, US
• Stuart Jay Foster · Somerville, US
• Stoyan Plamenov Hristov · Billerica, US
• Jordan Dean Jack Greiner · Winchester, US
• Peter Nicholas Woskov · Everett, US
• Yoav Rabino · Newton, US
• James E. Shepard · Marblehead, US
• Ian Tinkler · Rockford, US
• William T. Jacobs · Lynnfield, US
• Patrick Lazatin · Woburn, US
• William Philip McHugh · Foxborough, US
• Kevin Thomas Brandimarte · Boston, US
• Mario Liuzza · Chelmsford, US
• Timothy MacLean · Wakefield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 27, 2018
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47J31/0668
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A method and apparatus for opening and closing a cartridge holder of a beverage forming machine. The cartridge holder may have an opening arranged to receive and hold a cartridge with the cartridge holder. The opening may be adjustable in size and/or shape to allow the cartridge holder to receive and engage with cartridges of different size and/or shape. The cartridge holder may include one or more movable portions that are adjustable in position to effectively adjust a size and/or shape of the opening.