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:
US15056316
公开号:
US10398254B2
申请日:
2016.02.29
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
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.