Additive containers
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorThomas James Launders
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Abstract
A dispenser for preparing beverages are provided. In one embodiment, the dispensing system includes a housing, a carbonation assembly disposed within the housing, and a drawer slidably mounted to the housing. The carbonation assembly is configured to selectively carbonate a fluid. The drawer is configured to seat at least one additive container. The dispensing system is configured to selectively dispense an additive contained within an additive container in the drawer from a first outlet, and is configured to dispense a fluid from a second outlet separate from the first outlet.
Claims10
A dispensing system, comprising:
- a housing;
- a carbonation assembly disposed within the housing and configured to selectively carbonate a fluid to form a carbonated fluid;
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- a drawer movably mounted to the housing and configured to seat a plurality of additive containers, the drawer having a bottom surface including a plurality of inlet ports and a plurality of outlet ports configured to respectively couple to the plurality of seated additive containers;
- wherein the dispensing system is configured to selectively introduce at least one gas into each of the plurality of additive containers to dispense an additive contained within each seated additive container received in the drawer from a respective outlet port in the plurality of outlet ports, and is configured to dispense the carbonated fluid from a fluid port separate from the plurality of outlet ports.
A dispensing system, comprising:
- a housing;
- a carbonation assembly at least partially contained within the housing and configured to selectively carbonate a fluid;
- a top-loading carriage assembly coupled to the housing and having a plurality of isolated silos, each silo configured to receive an additive container;
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- wherein the dispensing system is configured to dispense an additive disposed within the received additive container disposed in each silo of the carriage assembly and to dispense a fluid that is selectively carbonated by the carbonation assembly into a receptacle, and wherein the top-loading carriage assembly includes an inlet port fluidly coupled to at least one air pump and configured to selectively introduce at least one gas into the received additive container in each silo to cause the received additive container in each silo to dispense an additive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.