US 11,607,073 B2Granted

Device for producing a beverage

AssigneeFreezio AG

InventorsMarc Krüger, Günter Empl, Daniel Fischer

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Abstract

Proposed is a device for producing a beverage, more particularly a cold beverage, comprising a cartridge mount having a cartridge holder for holding a cartridge filled with a beverage substance, wherein: the cartridge holder has a receiving opening; the cartridge holder has a water supply for introducing water into the cartridge and a compressed air supply for introducing compressed air into the cartridge; the cartridge holder can be transferred between a loading position, in which the cartridge can be inserted into or removed from the receiving opening, and an operating position, in which a beverage can be produced in the cartridge and dispensed from a beverage outlet of the cartridge by the introduction of the water and the compressed air into the cartridge and by the interaction of the water with the beverage substance; the cartridge holder has a first holding element and a second holding element between which the receiving opening is formed; the first holding element is moveable in relation to the second holding element in order to transfer the cartridge holder from the loading position to the operating position or from the operating position to the loading position.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A device for producing a beverage having:

a) a cartridge mounting;
b) a cartridge receptacle for receiving a cartridge filled with a beverage substance, wherein the cartridge receptacle is part of the cartridge mounting and includes:
i) a first holding element having a first receptacle opening;
ii) a second holding element having a second receptacle opening;
iii) a water infeed for directing water into the cartridge;
and
iv) a compressed air infeed for directing compressed air into the cartridge;
wherein the cartridge receptacle is capable of being transferred between a loading position and an operating position;
wherein in the loading position, the cartridge is capable of being inserted into the first receptacle opening or capable of being retrieved from the first receptacle opening;
wherein in the operating position in which, by directing the water and the compressed air into the cartridge and by the water interacting with the beverage substance, the beverage is capable of being generated in the cartridge and capable of being directed out of a beverage outlet of the cartridge;
wherein the first holding element, for transferring the cartridge receptacle from the loading position to the operating position, or from the operating position to the loading position, is configured so as to be movable relative to the second holding element;
wherein the first holding element and the second holding element are disposed so as to be mutually congruent relative to one another such that the first receptacle opening and the second receptacle opening are coaxial with one another in both the loading position and the operating position;
wherein the first receptacle opening and the second receptacle opening are offset along an axial direction when the cartridge receptacle is in the loading position;
and
wherein the first holding element and the second holding element in the axial direction are mutually spaced apart in the loading position and are moved closer to one another in the operating position as compared to the loading position.

12 more elements

A device for producing a beverage, the device having a cartridge mounting which comprises:

a cartridge receptacle for receiving a cartridge filled with a beverage substance, wherein the cartridge receptacle includes:
(i) a first holding element including a first receptacle opening;
(ii) a second holding element including a second receptacle opening;
wherein the first holding element is configured so as to be movable relative to the second holding element;
(iii) a water infeed for directing water into the cartridge;
(iv) a compressed air infeed for directing compressed air into the cartridge;
wherein the cartridge receptacle is configured to transfer between a loading position and an operating position by the first holding element moving relative to the second holding element;
wherein the first holding element and the second holding element are spaced apart in the loading position and are moved closer to one another in the operating position as compared to the loading position;
wherein the first holding element and the second holding element are disposed so as to be mutually congruent relative to one another such that the first receptacle opening and the second receptacle opening are coaxial with one another both in the loading position and the operating position;
wherein the first receptacle opening and the second receptacle opening are offset along an axial direction when the cartridge receptacle is in the loading position;
wherein in the loading position, the cartridge is capable of being inserted into the first receptacle opening or capable of being retrieved from the first receptacle opening;
wherein in the operating position, the first holding element and the second holding element are configured such that the cartridge is located within both the first receptacle and the second receptacle;
and
wherein in the operating position, in which by directing the water and the compressed air into the cartridge and by the water interacting with the beverage substance, the beverage is capable of being generated in the cartridge and capable of being directed out of a beverage outlet of the cartridge.

11 more elements

A device for producing a beverage, the device having a cartridge mounting which comprises:

(a) a cartridge receptacle for receiving a cartridge filled with a beverage substance, wherein the cartridge receptacle includes:
(i) a first holding element including a first receptacle opening;
wherein the first receptacle opening is at least partially reciprocal with a circumference of the cartridge and is configured to receive the cartridge therein;
(ii) a second holding element including a second receptacle opening;
wherein the first holding element is configured so as to be movable relative to the second holding element;
wherein the second receptacle opening is at least partially reciprocal with a circumference of a portion of the first holding element and is configured to receive the portion of the first holding element therein;
(iii) a water infeed for directing water into the cartridge;
(iv) a compressed air infeed for directing compressed air into the cartridge;
(b) a hand lever linked to the first holding element, the second holding element, or both the first holding element and the second holding element;
wherein the cartridge receptacle is configured to transfer between a loading position and an operating position by the first holding element moving relative to the second holding element;
wherein the hand lever is configured to transfer the cartridge receptacle between the loading position and the operating position;
wherein the first holding element and the second holding element are axially spaced apart in the loading position and are moved closer to one another in the operating position as compared to the loading position;
wherein in both the loading position and the operating position, the first receptacle opening and the second receptacle opening are coaxial;
wherein in the loading position, the cartridge is capable of being inserted into the first receptacle opening or capable of being retrieved from the first receptacle opening;
wherein in the operating position, the first holding element and the second holding element are configured such that the cartridge is located within both the first receptacle and the second receptacle;
and
wherein in the operating position, in which by directing the water and the compressed air into the cartridge and by the water interacting with the beverage substance, the beverage is capable of being generated in the cartridge and capable of being directed out of a beverage outlet of the cartridge.

14 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/625,518Filed 26 Jun 2018
Priority: DE 10 2017 210 727.826 Jun 2017
Published: US 2021/0137304 A113 May 2021
Granted: 21 Mar 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A47J 31/407
Beverage-making apparatus with dispensing means for adding a measured quantity of ingredients, e.g. coffee, water, sugar, cocoa, milk, tea: with…
A23L 2/385
Non-alcoholic beverages; Dry compositions or concentrates therefor ; Preparation or treatment thereof: concentrates of non-alcoholic beverages
A47J 31/40
Apparatus for making beverages: beverage-making apparatus with dispensing means for adding a measured quantity of ingredients, e.g. coffee, water,…
A47J 31/405
Beverage-making apparatus with dispensing means for adding a measured quantity of ingredients, e.g. coffee, water, sugar, cocoa, milk, tea: with…