Cartridge holder for beverage machine

US11503945B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bedford Systems LLC · US

Inventors

• William Philip McHugh · Foxborough, US
• Jeremy B. Gordon · Boston, US
• Scott Grubb · Cambridge, GB
• Steven Mackey · Dedham, US
• Thomas Fedorka · Billerica, US
• Peter Peterson · Waterbury, US
• Thomas J. Novak · Stowe, US
• Thomas Paul Dutremble · Boston, US
• Gwynn Masada · Portola Valley, US
• Bradford Range · Allen, US
• Enrico Raffaele Cafaro · Beverly, US
• Steven Raphaelson · Watertown, US
• Michael Sack · North Reading, US
• Brian B. Johnson · Newfields, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 10, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47J31/3623
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A beverage making machine having a cartridge holder with an upper portion movable in pivotal and/or linear ways relative to a lower portion. An actuator for the cartridge portion may include a handle-actuated spur gear and link to move the upper portion, which may be guided in movement via a cam and cam follower engagement. Information from a cartridge detector may be used based on movement of cartridge holder portions, e.g., as an upper portion moves from an open position to a closed position. A mixing chamber may be held by a drawer so as to be removable, and movement of the drawer may engage/disengage the mixing chamber from a fluid supply.