Replaceable concentrate/extract cartridge for a liquid concentrate/extract beverage dispenser
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65B-001/04
G01F-011/10
B67D-003/00
출원번호
US-0897848
(2010-10-05)
등록번호
US-8757227
(2014-06-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Girard, Jeffrey J.
Vassaux, Mario E.
Fischer, Roy Kenneth
Symington, Richard
Anderson, Erik Kenneth
Greenwald, Shlomo
Greenwald, Zipora
Pirshafiey, Nassar
출원인 / 주소
Intelligent Coffee Company, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Volpe and Koenig, P.C.
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초록▼
A concentrate/extract cartridge for a beverage dispenser adapted to dispense a liquid concentrate/extract and a diluent is provided. The cartridge includes a hollow body for containing liquid concentrate/extract and an aperture. A pumping device is connected to the hollow body for dispensing the liq
A concentrate/extract cartridge for a beverage dispenser adapted to dispense a liquid concentrate/extract and a diluent is provided. The cartridge includes a hollow body for containing liquid concentrate/extract and an aperture. A pumping device is connected to the hollow body for dispensing the liquid concentrate/extract from the hollow body through the aperture. A method for dispensing a liquid concentrate/extract from a beverage dispenser using a concentrate/extract cartridge is also provided in which the concentrate/extract does not come into contact with the dispenser.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of dispensing a liquid from a liquid dispenser having a diluent reservoir and a dispensing area, the method comprising: providing a cartridge having; a hollow body for containing the liquid;an aperture defined in the hollow body; andan externally actuatable pumping device including: a di
1. A method of dispensing a liquid from a liquid dispenser having a diluent reservoir and a dispensing area, the method comprising: providing a cartridge having; a hollow body for containing the liquid;an aperture defined in the hollow body; andan externally actuatable pumping device including: a dispensing tube which defines an interior surface connected to the hollow body at the aperture for dispensing the liquid from the hollow body;a valve seat, including a port for passing the liquid through the dispensing tube, connected to the dispensing tube and fixed within a space defined by the interior surface of the dispensing tube;a valve body in removable contact with the valve seat on a discharge side thereof which covers the port in a closed position and uncovers the port in an open position; anda piston located on an upstream side of the valve seat that is fixed to the valve body and is moveable within the dispensing tube for forcing the liquid through the port;inserting the cartridge in the liquid dispenser;moving the piston from a first position, away from the valve seat, in which the valve body is closed, to a second position, toward the valve seat and in a direction of liquid flow to dispense the liquid into the dispensing area; anddischarging diluent from the diluent reservoir into the dispensing area, wherein the diluent may be carbonated, hot, chilled, or chilled and carbonated. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the valve seat and the piston are ferromagnetic, and wherein the step of moving the piston from the first position to the second position includes inducing an electromagnetic field causing the piston to be drawn toward the valve seat. 3. The method of claim 2 further comprising returning the piston to the first position to move the valve body from the open position to the closed position. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein a biasing element applies a biasing force on the valve body toward the first position, and wherein the step of returning the piston to the first position includes reducing the electromagnetic field such that the biasing force overcomes the electromagnetic field. 5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising inputting a desired amount of mixed liquid, which includes a mixture of the liquid and the diluent, and controlling the amount of the liquid dispensed and the diluent discharged based on the desired amount of mixed liquid. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the cartridge includes a controller recognizable ID and the method further includes identifying a proper amount of the liquid to dispense and a proper amount of the diluent to discharge based on the controller recognizable ID. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the controller recognizable ID is one selected from the group consisting of an RFID and a barcode. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the liquid is a liquid concentrate/extract. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the diluent is chilled. 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the diluent chilled to the diluent reservoir. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the diluent is carbonated. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the diluent is hot. 13. A dispenser comprising: a housing including a diluent reservoir, and a dispensing area;a cartridge receiving area configured to receive a concentrate/extract cartridge adapted to dispense a liquid concentrate/extract and a diluent, the cartridge comprising: a hollow body for containing liquid concentrate/extract; an aperture defined in the hollow body; and an externally actuatable pumping device comprising: a dispensing tube which defines an interior surface connected to the hollow body at the aperture for dispensing the liquid concentrate/extract from the hollow body; a valve seat, including a port for passing concentrate/extract through the dispensing tube, connected to the dispensing tube and fixed within a space defined by the interior surface of the dispensing tube; a valve body in removable contact with the valve seat on a discharge side thereof which covers the port in a closed position and uncovers the port in an open position; and a piston located on an upstream side of the valve seat that is fixed to the valve body and is moveable within the dispensing tube for forcing concentrate/extract through the port, the piston being moveable from a first position, away from the valve seat, in which the valve body is closed, to a second position, toward the valve seat and in a direction of flow of the concentrate/extract being dispensed, movement of the piston from the first position to the second position, simultaneously moves the valve body from the closed position to the even open position, and return of the piston to the first position simultaneously moves the valve body from the open position to the closed position. 14. The dispenser of claim 13, wherein at least one of the valve seat and the piston are ferromagnetic. 15. The dispenser of claim 13, wherein the pumping device further comprises a spring located between the valve seat and the valve body for forcing the valve body and the valve seat into contact such that the port is closed. 16. The dispenser of claim 13, wherein the diluent reservoir is adapted to chill diluent. 17. The dispenser of claim 13, wherein the diluent reservoir is adapted to contain carbonated diluent. 18. The dispenser of claim 13, wherein the diluent reservoir is adapted to contain hot diluent.
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