# US 10,479,669 B2 · Beverage making apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,669 B2 - Document ID: US10479669B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/598,555 - Filed: 2017-05-18 - Published: 2017-11-23 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-05-18 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Heeyeon Kim; Sunyoung Park; Chungook Chong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479669B2 ## CPC - B67D 1/0016: {the beverage being stored in an intermediate container before dispensing, i.e. pre-mix dispensers} - B67D 1/00: Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught (B67D3/00 takes precedence; apparatus for making beverages A47J31/00) - B67D 1/0067: {Cooling coil} - B67D 1/0078: {Ingredient cartridges} - C12C 13/00: Brewing devices, not covered by a single group of C12C1/00 - C12C12/04 - C12C 13/10: Home brew equipment - B67D 2210/0006: Manifolds - B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) - C12C: BEER; PREPARATION OF BEER BY FERMENTATION (ageing or ripening by storing C12H1/22; methods for reducing the alcohol content after fermentation C12H3/00; methods for increasing the alcohol content after fermentation C12H6/00; venting devices for casks, barrels or the like C12L9/00); PREPARATION OF MALT FOR MAKING BEER; PREPARATION OF HOPS FOR MAKING BEER ## Abstract A beverage-making apparatus includes a container including a container body that includes heat-insulating material and has an opening that provides access to an interior of the container body. The container further includes: a container cover configured to open and close the opening of the container body, and at least three channels connected to the container and that are communicative with the interior of the container body. The at least three channels include at least one first channel and a second channel that are communicative with a beverage ingredient pack mounted in the interior of the container body, the beverage ingredient pack configured to hold first beverage-making ingredients. The container further includes a third channel that is communicative with a space formed in the interior of the container body between a wall of the container body and the beverage ingredient pack mounted in the interior the container body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A beverage-making apparatus comprising: a container comprising: a container body comprising heat-insulating material and having an opening that provides access to an interior of the container body; and a container cover configured to open and close the opening of the container body; a plurality of channels connected to the container and that are communicative with the interior of the container body, the plurality of channels comprising: at least one first channel and a second channel that are communicative with a beverage ingredient pack mounted in the interior of the container body, the beverage ingredient pack configured to be accommodated in the interior of the container body, wherein the beverage ingredient pack is configured to hold first beverage-making ingredients, the beverage ingredient pack configured to prevent the first beverage-making ingredients from contacting a wall of the container body, wherein the at least one first channel communicative with the beverage ingredient pack mounted in the container body is configured to transport at least one of a liquid or a first gas, wherein the second channel communicative with the beverage ingredient pack mounted in the container body is configured to transport a second gas, wherein the at least one first channel is configured to transport a first liquid and a second liquid unidirectionally into and out of, respectively, the beverage ingredient pack, and to transport the first gas unidirectionally into the beverage ingredient pack, and wherein the second channel is configured to transport the second gas unidirectionally out of the beverage ingredient pack. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The beverage-making apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the at least one first channel and the second channel are connected to the container through the container cover. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The beverage-making apparatus of claim 2, wherein in a state in which the container cover is closed and the container body contains the beverage ingredient pack mounted therein: the at least one first channel connects with at least one first connection part of the beverage ingredient pack that provides access to an interior of the beverage ingredient pack, and the second channel connects with a second connection part of the beverage ingredient pack that provides access to the interior of the beverage ingredient pack. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The beverage-making apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one first channel is configured to transport the first liquid and the second liquid unidirectionally into and out of, respectively, the beverage ingredient pack by: supplying the first liquid comprising second beverage-making ingredients into the beverage ingredient pack that holds the first beverage-making ingredients; and discharging the second liquid comprising a beverage product from the beverage ingredient pack. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The beverage-making apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one first channel comprises: a supply channel configured to undirectionally supply the first liquid or the first gas into the beverage ingredient pack; and a dispense channel configured to unidirectionally discharge the second liquid from the beverage ingredient pack. ### Claim 6 A beverage-making apparatus comprising: a container comprising: a container body comprising heat-insulating material and having an opening that provides access to an interior of the container body; and a container cover configured to open and close the opening of the container body; a plurality of channels connected to the container and that are communicative with the interior of the container body, the plurality of channels comprising: at least one first channel and a second channel that are communicative with a beverage ingredient pack mounted in the interior of the container body, the beverage ingredient pack configured to be accommodated in the interior of the container body, wherein the beverage ingredient pack is configured to hold first beverage-making ingredients, the beverage ingredient pack configured to prevent the first beverage-making ingredients from contacting a wall of the container body, wherein the at least one first channel and the second channel are connected to the container through the container cover, and wherein the at least one first channel connected to the container through the container cover is a single channel, the single channel comprising: an exterior channel portion formed at least partially outside the container cover; and an interior channel portion formed inside the container cover and that couples with the beverage ingredient pack mounted in the container body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The beverage-making apparatus of claim 6, wherein the interior channel portion of the at least one first channel that couples with the beverage ingredient pack is configured to communicate with a tube extending at least halfway depthwise into the interior of the beverage ingredient pack mounted in the container body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The beverage-making apparatus of claim 6, wherein the beverage ingredient pack comprises: a flexible outer surface; and a main flow path body comprising at least one first connection part and a second connection part, wherein the at least one first connection part is connected with the at least one first channel, and wherein the second connection part is connected with the second channel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The beverage-making apparatus of claim 6, wherein an inner space for accommodating the exterior channel portion is formed inside of the container cover. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The beverage-making apparatus of claim 9, wherein the container cover comprises: an upper body; and a lower body connected with a lower portion of the upper body, wherein the inner space is formed between the upper body and lower body, and wherein the lower body is connected with the beverage ingredient pack in a state in which the container cover closes the opening of the container body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The beverage-making apparatus of claim 6, wherein the container cover has a through-hole, through which the exterior channel portion passes. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The beverage-making apparatus of claim 11, wherein the second channel is configured to pass through the through-hole. ### Claim 13 A beverage-making apparatus comprising: a container comprising: a container body comprising heat-insulating material and having an opening that provides access to an interior of the container body; and a container cover configured to open and close the opening of the container body; a plurality of channels connected to the container and that are communicative with the interior of the container body, the plurality of channels comprising: at least one first channel and a second channel that are communicative with a beverage ingredient pack mounted in the interior of the container body, the beverage ingredient pack configured to be accommodated in the interior of the container body; and a third channel that is communicative with a space formed in the interior of the container body between a wall of the container body and the beverage ingredient pack mounted in the container, wherein the beverage ingredient pack is configured to hold first beverage-making ingredients, the beverage ingredient pack configured to prevent the first beverage-making ingredients from contacting the wall of the container body, and wherein the third channel that is communicative with the space between the wall of the container body and the beverage ingredient pack mounted in the container body is configured to transport a gas. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The beverage-making apparatus of claim 13, wherein the third channel is connected to the inside of the container through at least one of the container body and the container cover. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The beverage-making apparatus of claim 13, wherein the third channel is configured to transport the gas into the space between the wall of the container body and the beverage ingredient pack mounted in the container body. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The beverage-making apparatus of claim 13, wherein the beverage ingredient pack comprises a flexible outer surface, and wherein the third channel is configured to supply the gas into the space between the wall of the container body and the flexible outer surface of the beverage ingredient pack mounted in the container body, and exert pressure on the flexible outer surface. ### Claim 17 A beverage-making apparatus comprising: a container comprising: a container body comprising heat-insulating material and having an opening that provides access to an interior of the container body; and a container cover configured to open and close the opening of the container body; a plurality of channels connected to the container and that are communicative with the interior of the container body, the plurality of channels comprising: at least one first channel and a second channel that are communicative with a beverage ingredient pack mounted in the interior of the container body, the beverage ingredient pack configured to be accommodated in the interior of the container body; and a third channel that is communicative with a space formed in the interior of the container body between a wall of the container body and the beverage ingredient pack mounted in the container, wherein the beverage ingredient pack is configured to hold first beverage-making ingredients, the beverage ingredient pack configured to prevent the first beverage-making ingredients from contacting the wall of the container body, and wherein the beverage-making apparatus further comprises a gas pump connected with the third channel.