A47J 31/402
Liquid dosing devices
Official title: {Liquid dosing devices}
A47J31/402 (Liquid dosing devices) appears on 201 US grants and 240 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Heated beverage system implementing matrixed valves for simultaneous control of temperature and either pressure or flow rate21 Jul 2026US 12,685,405 B2Middleby Coffee Solutions Group, LLC
- Automated beverage preparation apparatus capable of preparing layered drink14 Jul 2026US 12,677,982 B2Botrista, Inc.
- Apparatus for dosing detergent, container for receiving and dosing powder detergent and/or liquid detergent, and corresponding system16 Jun 2026US 12,655,561 B2SMIICS GmbH
- System and method for preparing a liquid product7 Apr 2026US 12,593,935 B2FrieslandCampina Nederland B.V.
- Beverage dispensing machine comprising a cleaning device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262876 A1Melitta Professional Coffee Solutions GmbH & Co. KG
- Capsule dispensing actuator and associated system and bottle23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208927 A1Mypangu Pty Ltd
- Systems and methods for dispensing beverages18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167479 A1Pani Systems, Inc.
- Optimized control of a water pump in an automatic beverage preparation machine11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160243 A1Evoca S.P.A.
- Limited flow cup30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114645 A1ProvaMed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated beverage brewing system305US 6,142,063 AKeurig, Incorporated · 2000
- Apparatus for consecutively dispensing an equal volume of liquid144US 6,082,247 AKeurig, Incorporated · 2000
- System for dispensing metered volumes of heated water to the brew chamber of a single serve beverage brewer135US 7,398,726 B2Keurig, Incorporated · 2008
- System for dispensing metered volumes of heated water to the brew chamber of a single serve beverage brewer112US 7,523,695 B2Keurig, Incorporated · 2009
- Methods of brewing reduced temperature coffee111US 5,858,437 ABunn-O-Matic Corporation · 1999