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US 2024/0317564 A1Published application
Adapter for beverage dispenser
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsSimon Lewis Bilton, Joseph Butler, Timothy Christopher Stubbs
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Abstract
Adapters are provided for use with a beverage dispenser. The adapter can include an adapter base, first and second fluid ports disposed on the base, and at least one anchor to secure the adapter base to a beverage dispenser. The first fluid port can receive a first fluid from a first direction therethrough, and the second fluid port can receive a second fluid from a second direction therethrough.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- securing at least one anchor of an adapter to a consumable receiver of a beverage dispenser, the adapter having first and second fluid ports therein and being in fluid communication with a remote additive container via a first tube and a second tube, the first tube being connected to the first fluid port and the second tube being connected to the second fluid port;
- receiving at least one gas in the additive container from the consumable receiver through the first fluid port and the first tube such that a pressure within the remote additive container increases to cause at least one additive within the remote additive container to be emitted through the second fluid port,
- wherein the additive container is disposed external to the beverage dispenser.
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A method for preparing a beverage, comprising:
- activating a beverage dispenser to cause a first volume of a gas to be pumped through an inlet of an adapter secured to a consumable receiver of a beverage dispenser, the first volume of gas flowing from the inlet to an interior of a remote additive container in fluid communication with the adapter and external to the beverage dispenser, and the first volume of gas increasing a pressure in the additive container to cause an additive in the additive container to be dispensed through an outlet of the adapter,
- wherein the interior of the remote additive container is in fluid communication with the inlet via a first elongate tube;
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- wherein the interior of the remote additive container is in fluid communication with the outlet via a second elongate tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.