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US 11,820,638 B2Granted
Automated drink maker
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsOleksiy P. Sergyeyenko, Andrew Cross, Thomas Landis, Randy L. Rhoades, Graham Bone, Daniel Langford, Mark Thomas Davies, Michael C. Doyle, Aldon O. Blackwood, Tylan A Tschopp
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Abstract
A drink making device including a hood, a base configured to support at least four bottles, a tower connecting the base and the hood; and a dispenser for dispensing a beverage. The hood includes at least four attachment connectors. Liquid from the bottles is selectively pumped through the connectors through the dispenser to dispense a beverage.
Claims18
A drink making device, comprising:
- a base configured to support a bottle containing a liquid;
- a hood;
- a tower connecting the base and the hood;
- a dispenser for dispensing a beverage;
- a connector disposed in the hood and configured to receive liquid from the bottle;
- a rigid tube projecting into the bottle;
- a nozzle connected to an end of the rigid tube;
- a coupler disposed in the hood and configured to receive the nozzle.
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A drink making device, comprising:
- a base configured to support a bottle containing a liquid;
- a hood;
- a tower connecting the base and the hood;
- a dispenser for dispensing a beverage;
- a connector disposed in the hood and configured to receive liquid from the bottle;
- a rigid tube projecting into the bottle;
- a nozzle connected to an end of the rigid tube;
- a sealing member disposed in the hood and selectively connectable to the nozzle to engage the bottle into the drink making device;
- further comprising a lever;
- wherein the sealing member is operatively engaged with the lever;
- wherein the sealing member is movable from an open position in which the nozzle can be inserted into the hood and a closed position in which the sealing member engages the nozzle;
- wherein the sealing member is biased toward the closed position;
- and
- wherein the lever moves with the sealing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.