Beverage production machines with multi-chambered basket units

US9439532B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Starbucks Corporation · US

Inventors

• Alan Scott Crarer · Pacifica, US
• Adam Mack · Newmarket, CA
• Matthew Thomas James · San Francisco, US
• Philipe R. Manoux · San Francisco, US
• Diane Chia-Lin Lee · San Francisco, US
• Martin Ruegg · Muttenz, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2016
• Expiry date: May 13, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D85/8067
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Various beverage preparation machines having a multi-chambered basket unit are shown. The basket unit can be configured to accept multiple cartridge configurations. For example, some embodiments are configured to receive a first cartridge configuration in a first chamber of the basket unit and a second configuration in a second chamber of the basket unit. In various embodiments, the basket unit can rotate to allow selective accessibility of the first and second chambers. This can facilitate loading the cartridges into the appropriate chamber, such as loading the first cartridge configuration into the first chamber and the second cartridge configuration into the second chamber.