Coffee and tea dispenser
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorCharles Bradley Green
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Abstract
A beverage system for brewing a beverage from a beverage material and a source of hot, pressurized water. The beverage system may include a cartridge with the beverage material therein. The cartridge may include a seal positioned about the beverage material. The beverage system also may include an injection system for injecting the hot, pressurized water into the cartridge so as to brew the beverage from the beverage material.
Claims23
A beverage system for brewing a beverage from a beverage material and a source of hot, pressurized water, comprising:
- a cartridge with the beverage material therein;
- said cartridge comprising a sealing layer positioned about the beverage material;
- and
- an injection nozzle for injecting the hot, pressurized water into said cartridge so as to brew the beverage from the beverage material;
- said cartridge comprises a first end and wherein said first end comprises an insert positioned a predetermined distance under said sealing layer such that said injection nozzle may penetrate said sealing layer but not said insert.
A beverage system for producing a beverage from a source of hot water and a number of beverage material containers, comprising:
- a plate;
- said plate comprising a plurality of apertures, said plurality of apertures sized to accommodate directly to beverage material containers;
- said aperture extending from a first side of said plate to a second side of said plate;
- and
- an injection station positioned about said plate;
- said injection station comprising means for injecting the beverage material containers with hot water from the hot water source so as to produce the beverage.
A beverage system for producing a beverage from a source of hot water and a number of beverage material containers, comprising:
- a transport assembly for maneuvering the beverage material containers;
- a loading assembly positioned adjacent to said transport assembly for loading the beverage material containers onto said transport assembly;
- an injection station positioned adjacent to said transport assembly for injecting the beverage material containers with hot water from the hot water source;
- said injection station comprising an eccentric cam;
- and
- an ejection station positioned adjacent to said transport assembly for removing the beverage material container from said transport assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.