Multi-use beverage system

US12161251B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bedford Systems LLC · US

Inventors

• Enrico Raffaele Cafaro · Beverly, US
• Nathaniel Davis · Salt Lake City, US
• Linda Marie Donoghue · Boston, US
• Thomas Fedorka · Billerica, US
• Catherine Fox · Arlington, US
• Patrick Lazatin · Woburn, US
• William Roger Mainwaring-Burton · Cambridge, US
• Michael M. Martin · Los Angeles, US
• Bob McCall · Boston, US
• Thomas J. Novak · Stowe, US
• Ian Scott Rice · Framingham, US
• Thomas Adam Sullivan · Boston, US
• Bryan Ellis Wagenknecht · Boston, US
• Barry Wood · Norwood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 8, 2019
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2024
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67D2001/0821
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Described herein is a beverage system that is configured to produce beverages having different characteristics, such as different levels of carbonation including producing substantially non-carbonated beverages and carbonated beverages with a single machine. The beverage system includes a beverage appliance and a beverage container. The beverage container includes a beverage material, which can include a flavoring ingredient for a target beverage. The beverage appliance is used to access the beverage material from the beverage container and produce the target beverage. The beverage appliance and beverage container are adaptable to produce the target beverage having any of a range of carbonation levels or other characteristics.