Container and opening arrangement for beverage production
AssigneeBedford Systems LLC
InventorsEnrico Raffaele Cafaro, Michael Sack, Ian Scott Rice
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Abstract
Systems, methods and containers for forming a beverage. A container includes a closure arranged with a movable element that is movable to pierce a membrane and permit beverage material in the container to exit. The movable element can include a piercing element that pierces the membrane. Gas can be introduced into the container to force beverage material to exit the container. A gas inlet port can be provided with the closure and arranged to mate with a gas source of a beverage machine.
Claims21
1-30. (canceled)
An interface of a beverage system, the interface comprising:
- an anvil of a beverage machine having a mating surface configured to engage a movable element of a beverage container, wherein the anvil is configured to:
- move the movable element relative to a body of the beverage container that is held by the beverage machine;
- and
- cause a piercing element of the beverage container to release beverage medium from the beverage container.
An interface of a beverage system, the interface comprising:
- a basket configured to hold a sealed beverage container at a defined positioned within a beverage machine;
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- an anvil associated with the basket and configured to press into a movable element of the sealed beverage container and cause the movable element to initiate a flow of a beverage medium from an internal sealed volume of the beverage container while the sealed beverage container remains at the defined positioned.
An interface of a beverage system, the interface comprising:
- a container receiver configured to seat a closure of the beverage container in a beverage machine, the container receiver comprising:
- a gas supply configured to provide pressurized gas to a gas inlet of the beverage container;
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- a mating surface configured to manipulate a piercing element of the beverage container and cause the piercing element to allow the pressurized gas to enter a sealed portion of the beverage container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.