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US 12,383,093 B2Granted
Apparatus for securing a container to a beverage machine
AssigneeBartesian Inc.
InventorsBrian Bock, Kevin Leppert, Ben H. Branson, III
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes a beverage machine for dispensing liquids from a container and an apparatus for securing said container to the beverage machine. The container is removably received by a resilient sealing ring which can be tightened around the container using a rotatable bracket. Through a system of interlocking teeth, a plurality of resilient sealing rings may be operated by a single actuator so that multiple containers can be secured to the machine more or less simultaneously.
Claims12
An apparatus for securing a container to a beverage machine, the apparatus comprising:
- a resilient sealing ring disposed on the beverage machine, the resilient sealing ring having:
- an opening for receiving a container;
- an inner surface facing the container;
- and
- an outer surface opposite the inner surface, the outer surface comprising a recess;
- and
- a bracket comprising a protrusion extending inwardly from an inner surface of the bracket, the protrusion on the inner surface of the bracket comprising a wheel configured to rotate around an axis parallel to an axis of the bracket, and the bracket surrounding the resilient sealing ring and rotatable between (i) an unlocked orientation aligning the protrusion with the recess of the resilient sealing ring, and (ii) a locked orientation aligning the protrusion with a non-recessed portion of the resilient sealing ring and compressing the resilient sealing ring between the bracket and the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.