公开(公告)号：US20240317486A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18579099

申请日：2022-07-11

Applicant: SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.

Inventor： ALFRED YOAKIM ,  PETER SIEGRIST ,  STEFAN KAESER

IPC: B65D85/804 ,  A47J31/44

CPC classification number: B65D85/8058 ,  A47J31/4492

Abstract: A container arranged for containing a precursor material for use with a machine for preparing a beverage and/or foodstuff, the container comprising: a storage portion a closing member, a flange connecting the storage portion and closing member, a machine-readable code storing preparation information for use with a preparation process performed by said machine, the code comprising a plurality of elements: wherein said elements of the code extend from a first position on the storage portion to a second position on the flange, so that the code is readable from the flange or the storage portion, the elements arranged to be read about an axis of rotation of the capsule.

公开(公告)号：US12082738B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-10

申请号：US17268793

申请日：2019-08-16

Applicant: LAVAZZA PROFESSIONAL UK LIMITED

Inventor： Stephen Hobden ,  Paul Fletcher

IPC: A47J31/52 ,  A47J31/44 ,  B67D1/00 ,  B67D1/08 ,  B67D1/12

CPC classification number: A47J31/5251 ,  A47J31/4492 ,  A47J31/5253 ,  B67D1/0078 ,  B67D1/0884 ,  B67D1/0888 ,  B67D1/125

Abstract: A beverage dispensing apparatus and methods for active pressure control thereof. In one aspect, a method for controlling a beverage dispensing apparatus may include: a) determining whether a first beverage to be prepared at a first temperature or a second beverage to be prepared a second temperature has been selected for preparation, the first temperature being greater than the second temperature; and b) selecting a maximum pressure threshold for a beverage preparation fluid circuit of the beverage dispensing apparatus based on whether the first beverage or the second beverage has been selected in step a), wherein the maximum pressure threshold is set by selecting from at least a first pressure threshold when the first beverage has been determined to have been selected and a second pressure threshold when the second beverage has been determined to have been selected, the first pressure being less than the second pressure.

公开(公告)号：US20240260785A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18543183

申请日：2023-12-18

Applicant: Johan Eide

Inventor： Johan Eide

IPC: A47J31/52 ,  A47J31/44 ,  G06K19/06

CPC classification number: A47J31/521 ,  A47J31/4492 ,  G06K19/06028 ,  G06K19/06009

Abstract: The present invention relates to an interactive beverage system and method comprised for the consumption of a beverage sample by a user before purchasing more of the same or a similar beverage. The interactive beverage system and method provide the user with a beverage data or unique identifier allowing the user to learn about nutritional facts, production details, ingredients, how the beverage was made, interact with the beverage manufacturer, and much more by positioning digital processing devices in various positions relative to a linking article. The linking article of the present invention serves to transmit, actively or passively, a unique identifier to the user's digital processing device resulting in a beverage data or unique identifier being displayed to the user.

公开(公告)号：US20240251985A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18566605

申请日：2022-05-23

Applicant: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.

Inventor： Sebastian Mirbeth ,  Paul Saxton

IPC: A47J31/52 ,  A23F5/26 ,  A47J31/44

CPC classification number: A47J31/52 ,  A23F5/26 ,  A47J31/4492

Abstract: A beverage preparation machine (100) comprising: a brew head (101) for receiving in use a cartridge (200), the cartridge (200) being of a type that comprises one or more beverage ingredients and has a code (201) associated with the cartridge (200) for determining a standard set of brewing parameters; a code reader (104); an activation element (102); and a controller (103) configured to control operation of the beverage preparation machine to prepare a beverage from the one or more beverage ingredients of the cartridge (200) in response to actuation of the activation element (102); the controller (103) being configured to receive a user selection to prepare the beverage using at least a first operating mode or a second operating mode; in the first operating mode the beverage is prepared using the standard set of brewing parameters obtained at least in part from reading the code (201) associated with the cartridge (200) received in the brew head; and in the second operating mode the beverage is prepared using a modified set of brewing parameters based on, but modified compared to, the standard set of brewing parameters obtained at least in part from reading the code (201) associated with the cartridge (200) received in the brew head; wherein the activation element (102) comprises a single manually actuatable pushbutton, switch and/or button; and the controller (103) and the activation element (102) are configured to permit user selection of the first operating mode by a first type of actuation of the activation element (102) and the second operating mode by a second type of actuation of the activation element (102).

公开(公告)号：US20240237845A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18561828

申请日：2022-03-09

Applicant: UNIVERSAL BRAND GROUP (PTY) LIMITED

Inventor： Ho Hiu WAI ,  Lui Wing KIT

IPC: A47J31/36 ,  A47J31/44 ,  A47J31/52 ,  G07F13/06

CPC classification number: A47J31/3642 ,  A47J31/3633 ,  A47J31/4421 ,  A47J31/4435 ,  A47J31/4492 ,  A47J31/521 ,  A47J31/525 ,  G07F13/065

Abstract: An intelligent hot beverage maker is provided including: a beverage machine; a series of mutually stacked magazines, for the storage of multiple beverage pods, the magazine being dimensioned and configured to fasten releasably to the beverage machine; a slot, through which a pod passes from the magazine into the beverage machine; an actuator, for forcing a pod through the slot selectively; selection means, for selecting between beverages on a given menu; and identification means, for identifying which pod in the magazine is appropriate for a given beverage selection; and intelligent software for controlling the operation of the maker, wherein selection means may be manipulated remotely, and by multiple users simultaneously.

公开(公告)号：US11944232B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-02

申请号：US17258608

申请日：2019-07-11

Applicant: CAFFITALY SYSTEM S.P.A.

Inventor： Maurizio Diamanti ,  Ivan Cati

IPC: A47J31/44 ,  A47J31/36 ,  A47J31/60 ,  G02B27/00 ,  H05B3/86

CPC classification number: A47J31/4492 ,  A47J31/3676 ,  A47J31/60 ,  G02B27/0006 ,  H05B3/86 ,  H05B2203/008 ,  H05B2203/013

Abstract: An apparatus for making a beverage including an infusion chamber for a capsule containing a food substance, an insertion opening for inserting the capsule into the apparatus, a transfer channel for transferring the capsule from the insertion opening to the infusion chamber, an image acquisition device to acquire at least one image of a portion of the capsule. The image acquisition device includes an optical sensor facing an image capture zone in which, in use, said capsule is located or passes. A viewing window, made of transparent material, is interposed between the optical sensor and the image capture zone. A heating element for heating the viewing window is applied to, or incorporated in, the viewing window.

公开(公告)号：US11878858B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-23

申请号：US17330572

申请日：2021-05-26

Applicant: K-FEE SYSTEM GMBH

Inventor： Marc Krüger

IPC: B65D85/804 ,  A47J31/44 ,  A47J31/40 ,  A47J31/36 ,  B65D65/46

CPC classification number: B65D85/8061 ,  A47J31/3628 ,  A47J31/3638 ,  A47J31/407 ,  A47J31/4492 ,  B65D85/8043 ,  B65D85/8058 ,  B65D65/466 ,  B65D2203/06 ,  B65D2203/10

Abstract: A single-serve capsule for making a beverage, having a base element with a cavity that is free of a filter, and in which a raw beverage material is provided, the cavity including radially spaced and vertically oriented convexities, where a width defined between each of the plurality of convexities is wider than a width of each of plurality of convexities, the base element has a wall region extending between the flange and a bottom region of the base element with radially spaced and vertically oriented grooves, a width of the side wall defined between each of the plurality of grooves is wider than a width of each of plurality of grooves, the capsule has an identifier, which makes it possible to individualize the single-serve capsule, the identifier is a barcode on the wall region and on a bottom side of the flange.

公开(公告)号：US11857102B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US17012044

申请日：2020-09-03

Applicant: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED

Inventor： Con Psarologos ,  Gerard Andrew White ,  Alex Ming Duk Leung ,  Richard Harrod

IPC: A47J31/057 ,  A47J31/06 ,  A47J31/02 ,  A47J31/44 ,  A47J31/52 ,  A47J31/36 ,  A47J31/10

CPC classification number: A47J31/02 ,  A47J31/0573 ,  A47J31/061 ,  A47J31/0605 ,  A47J31/106 ,  A47J31/36 ,  A47J31/44 ,  A47J31/4403 ,  A47J31/4407 ,  A47J31/4457 ,  A47J31/4482 ,  A47J31/52 ,  A47J31/521 ,  A47J31/525 ,  A47J31/4492

Abstract: A drip filter coffee making device has a filter basket with a lid. The lid supports a water dispenser for wetting grounds in the filter basket. The basket is removable from a body of the device. The lid may have a dampened opening motion, biased into an open position by a spring.

公开(公告)号：US11839325B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17856676

申请日：2022-07-01

Applicant: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

Inventor： Geoffrey Y. Smith ,  Blair Mikkelsen ,  Steven Mackey ,  Joseph George Fucci ,  Roger Johnson

IPC: A47J31/44 ,  A47J31/02 ,  A47J31/46 ,  A47J31/52 ,  A47J31/36 ,  A47J31/40

CPC classification number: A47J31/4403 ,  A47J31/02 ,  A47J31/3695 ,  A47J31/407 ,  A47J31/4492 ,  A47J31/461 ,  A47J31/469 ,  A47J31/5255

Abstract: A beverage preparation machine having an inlet arrangement and a gasket arrangement is provided, where the inlet arrangement is configured with a plurality of inlet ports to deliver liquid to a beverage cartridge. The gasket arrangement may include a single unitary shape with a plurality of openings for receiving the plurality of inlet ports. The gasket arrangement may include one or more inner ribs disposed about each of the plurality of openings. A perimeter rib may extend along a perimeter of the gasket arrangement.

公开(公告)号：US11800949B1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-31

申请号：US18110643

申请日：2023-02-16

Applicant: Microtrace, LLC.

Inventor： Brian John Brogger ,  Joseph Thomas Ippoliti ,  Blake Maxwell Roeglin ,  Brian Thomas Bustrom

IPC: A47J31/44 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06K19/06 ,  A47J31/40

CPC classification number: A47J31/4492 ,  A47J31/407 ,  G06K7/1417 ,  G06K19/0614

Abstract: The present invention provides improved spectral signature strategies for use in a wide range of product and service applications. The present invention encodes spectral signature features into one or more optical brightener compounds and/or one or more infrared absorbing compounds. Equipment is modified with appropriate ultraviolet/violet or infrared LED illumination sources and corresponding detectors, optionally optical filters, and optionally mask elements, in order to read the spectral responses. These features desirably are used in combination with one or more other luminescent taggant compounds.