Ian Tinkler,James E. Shepard,Geoffrey Y. Smith,Peter Thomas Launie, Jr.,Jonathan Alexander Brodie,Stuart Jay Foster,Stoyan Plamenov Hristov,Jianming Huang
申请号：
US14158057
公开号：
US09295357B2
申请日:
2014.01.17
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
Method and apparatus for forming both carafe quantities and smaller (e.g., cup) quantities of a beverage using a cartridge-based beverage machine. A beverage forming machine accommodates cartridges having different sizes and/or shapes, including different rim sizes/shapes. The outlet used for receiving a beverage from a standard cartridge differs from the outlet used for receiving the beverage from a carafe cartridge inserted in a same cartridge holder. Beverage may exit the cartridge in an upward direction in some embodiments.
