Ingredients cartridge for a beverage mixture dispensing system

US11524886B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cana Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jeffery Lance Kizer · Oakland, US
• Gregory Allen Springer · Los Altos, US
• Matthew Ambauen · San Francisco, US
• Stephan Weidi Tai · San Francisco, US
• Erik J. Shahoian · San Ramon, US
• David Friedberg · San Francisco, US
• Andrés Ornelas Vargas · Mexico City, MX
• Simon Spence · Elmore, AU
• Peter Delmenico · Chicago, US
• Andrew Christopher Jenkins · Melbourne, AU
• Nathan Andrew Ray · Cottles Bridge, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 8, 2021
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 8, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67D2210/00146
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cartridge and an associated beverage mixture dispensing system are disclosed. The cartridge is detachable from the associated beverage mixture dispensing system. The cartridge includes a casing and at least twenty ingredient reservoirs located within the casing and storing at least twenty respective ingredients. The cartridge also includes a dispensing interface for dispensing the at least twenty ingredients into the beverage mixture dispensing system. The at least twenty ingredient reservoirs include a first reservoir of a concentrated salt and a second reservoir of a concentrated food grade acid. The remaining ingredient reservoirs include additional concentrated ingredients. The beverage mixture dispensing system includes a solvent reservoir and a receiving interface for receiving the at least twenty ingredients from the cartridge. The beverage mixture dispensing system also includes a mixing area fluidly connected to the solvent reservoir and the at least twenty ingredient reservoirs.