公开(公告)号：US11013365B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

申请号：US15773229

申请日：2016-11-07

申请人： Cafetto Asia Pte. Ltd.

发明人： Christopher Short ,  Andrew William Whittaker

IPC分类号： A47J31/60 ,  A47J31/36 ,  B65D85/80 ,  B65D85/804

摘要： A cleaning device for cleaning a capsule based beverage system is described. The cleaning device includes a body portion having an open end and configured to be located in the brewing chamber of the beverage system and a reservoir portion located at an opposed end to the open end of the body portion as well as a fluid jet forming portion in fluid communication with reservoir region. The cleaning device also includes a cleaning material holding portion located internally of the body portion for holding the cleaning material spaced apart from the fluid jet forming portion. The cleaning device is configured to allow water under pressure originating from the inlet arrangement of the beverage system to flow into the reservoir portion and to form a fluid jet from the fluid jet forming portion that impinges on cleaning material held in the cleaning material holding portion to create a cleaning solution to clean the brewing chamber and outlet arrangement of the beverage system.

公开(公告)号：US10993579B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-04

申请号：US16362340

申请日：2019-03-22

申请人： BEDFORD SYSTEMS LLC

发明人： Joseph Damigella

IPC分类号： C02F1/32 ,  A47J31/60 ,  A47J31/46

摘要： Described herein includes sample liquid purification apparatus, systems, and techniques of use. The purification apparatus generally can operate to reduce a temperature of a precursor liquid within a beverage machine or appliance. For example, a thermally conductive body can define a heat sink having a tortuous path for propagation of the precursor therethough, facilitating temperature reduction. The purification apparatus can further generally operate to sanitize or otherwise reduce a level of contaminants in the precursor liquid. For example, an energy source, such as a light emitting diode, can be arranged or integrated with the thermally conductive body to emit ultraviolet radiation toward the precursor liquid within the thermally conductive body.

公开(公告)号：US10947485B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US16193689

申请日：2018-11-16

申请人： LG Electronics Inc.

发明人： Dullae Min ,  Youngjin Kim ,  Jiwon Chang

IPC分类号： C12C11/00 ,  C12C13/10 ,  B08B9/093 ,  B08B9/032 ,  A47J31/60 ,  A47J31/41 ,  B67D1/07 ,  B08B9/08 ,  B67D1/00

摘要： A beverage maker includes a fermentation tank, a dispenser, a water supply heater configured to heat water supplied from a water supply pump or an external water supply source, a first channel valve that opens and closes a first channel that connects the water supply heater to the dispenser, a second channel valve that opens and closes a second channel that connects the water supply heater to the fermentation tank, and a controller that performs a first cleaning operation by guiding heated water to the dispenser through the first channel based on opening the first channel valve for a first cleaning time, and a second cleaning operation by guiding heated water to the fermentation tank through the second channel based on opening the second channel valve for a second cleaning time. The controller performs the first cleaning operation and the second cleaning operation based on an order.

公开(公告)号：US10913669B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-09

申请号：US15215273

申请日：2016-07-20

申请人： Ecolab USA Inc.

发明人： Peter A. Voss ,  Michael R. Ney ,  Kyle D. Wood

IPC分类号： C02F1/46 ,  C02F1/469 ,  A47J31/60 ,  C02F5/00 ,  C02F1/00 ,  C02F1/28

摘要： A fluid treatment system is provided, comprising a capacitive deionization (CapDI) system for removing dissolved solids from a fluid. A controller is arranged in a closed feedback loop with the CapDI system to verify whether measured conductivity of the fluid corresponds to a set point conductivity value, and if the measured conductivity of the fluid does not correspond to the set point conductivity value, adjust the operation of the CapDI system to match the set point conductivity value. A pump selectively pressurizes the fluid such that purified fluid is at a pressure greater than line pressure of the fluid treatment system. An accumulator provided downstream of the CapDI system maintains the purified fluid at a pressure greater than the line pressure and intermittently delivers purified fluid to a use device. The purified fluid stored in the accumulator comprising chlorine and or chloramine so as to reduce microbial growth when stored in the accumulator.

公开(公告)号：US10882687B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-05

申请号：US16256943

申请日：2019-01-24

申请人： NE Innovations Limited

发明人： Brian George Kennedy ,  Edward Alexander Bedford ,  John R Laverack ,  George Edward Riehm ,  Kurt Raymond Weseman ,  Bruce Renfrew ,  James Williamson

IPC分类号： B65D85/804 ,  A47J31/06 ,  C02F1/00 ,  B67D1/08 ,  B67D1/00 ,  A47J31/22 ,  A47J31/46 ,  A47J31/60 ,  B01D35/14 ,  A47J31/40 ,  A47J31/36 ,  C02F103/02 ,  A47J31/44

摘要： A pod for storing and dispensing a beverage preparation ingredient during a dispensing operation. The pod comprises a body defining a cavity for storing the beverage preparation ingredient, said body comprising a dispensing side and a closed side, and at least one side wall extending from the closed side to the dispensing side; and an actuation member contained within said cavity. The actuation member is configured to cause an opening to be formed between said cavity and a region outside the pod when actuated. The opening is formed around a perimeter of a dispensing surface of the pod at a junction formed between the at least one side wall and the dispensing surface, the dispensing surface being provided at the dispensing side of the body.

公开(公告)号：US10799063B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-13

申请号：US15124912

申请日：2015-03-12

申请人： JURA Elektroapparate AG

发明人： Philipp Buettiker ,  Pascal Ruetti

IPC分类号： A47J31/60 ,  A61L2/18 ,  A61L2/20 ,  B08B9/032

摘要： A method for cleaning and/or disinfecting a milk-carrying system of a coffee machine for producing coffee mix drinks, and a coffee machine for carrying out the method has the aim of allowing the entire milk-carrying system to be cleaned, completely and in a way that can be easily automated. The milk delivery line is separated from the milk container, for carrying out the cleaning Process, and is connected to a first container, and a second container is arranged under a milk outlet of a milk preparation device of the milk-carrying system. Fluid is then delivered to fluid inlet in order to convey the active cleaning and/or disinfecting substance through the milk delivery line and a milk outlet into the second container. Thereafter, water is conveyed to the air inlet and the fluid inlet is closed, in order thereby to flush the milk-carrying system.

公开(公告)号：US10702096B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-07

申请号：US15191259

申请日：2016-06-23

申请人： Adrian Rivera

发明人： Adrian Rivera ,  Kenneth L. Green

IPC分类号： A47J31/60 ,  B08B9/093 ,  B05B1/14 ,  B08B9/00 ,  B05B3/02 ,  B05B3/06 ,  B05B3/00 ,  B05B13/04 ,  B05B1/20 ,  B08B9/08

摘要： A brewing chamber cleaner including a spinning or stationary assembly for spraying cleaning solution into the brewing chamber. The spinning assembly may be attached to a disk configured to removably reside in the brewing chamber, or be part of a coffee maker. Liquid pumped into the brewing chamber cleaner may cause the spinning assembly to spin by the liquid flowing past gears or a propeller, or by off center jets on the spinning member. Alternatively, the coffee maker includes a rotating shaft to cause the spinning assembly to spin or may include stator winding creating a rotating magnetic field to cause the spinning assembly to spin. In another embodiment the brewing chamber cleaner includes a wide spray provided by a fixed nozzle. A base is optionally provided to capture the spray and direct a flow into a bottom extraction needle of the coffee maker to clean the extraction needle.

公开(公告)号：US10685320B1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-16

申请号：US15589717

申请日：2017-05-08

申请人： Lamarco Merciano

发明人： Lamarco Merciano

IPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  B08B9/08 ,  A47J31/60

摘要： A method and system for monitoring goods placed in compartments of an inventory apparatus and communicating monitored data to user-computing device via a communication network. The method includes storing information pertaining to goods into a database. The method further includes integrating weighing scales at the bottom of each of the one or more compartment. Further, the method includes determining the weight of the one or more goods in each of the one or more compartment through the weighing scales and transmitting the weighed information to the database via the communication network. The method further includes the monitoring the quantitative value and inventory level of one or more goods placed in the one or more compartments through one or more sensors. Furthermore, the method includes the displaying the weighed information and monitored information over the user-computing device communicated through the communication network.

公开(公告)号：US20200146503A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16604087

申请日：2018-03-13

申请人： WMF Group GmbH

发明人： Peter Arndt ,  Frank Göltenboth ,  Jochen Gussmann ,  Alexander Kiefer ,  Philipp Schirrmacher ,  Armin Startz

IPC分类号： A47J31/60 ,  A47J31/44 ,  A47J31/46

摘要： A milk supply device for supplying milk from a milk supply container to a milk dispensing device is provided. The milk supply device comprises a milk transport line which can be connected to the milk supply container and with which milk which has been taken from the milk supply container can be delivered to the milk dispensing device. The milk supply device further comprises a three-way junction, which can be operated such that optionally milk can be transported from the milk supply container to the milk dispensing device, whilst the milk transport line is sealed off by it, at the same time, relative to the cleaning agent transport line, in a fluid-impermeable manner, or cleaning agent can be conducted from the cleaning agent transport line in the direction towards the milk dispensing device and/or in the direction towards a discharge of the milk supply device.

公开(公告)号：US20200093316A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-26

申请号：US16471822

申请日：2017-12-20

申请人： Tchibo GmbH

发明人： Marius Hilckmann ,  Friedrich Kroos

IPC分类号： A47J31/36 ,  A47J31/44 ,  A47J31/60 ,  A47J31/46

摘要： A brewing module for preparing a brewed drink from a portion capsule includes a first brewing module part and a second brewing module part which is movable relative to this between a first brewing module part position and a second brewing module part position, wherein a movement of the second brewing module part relative to the first brewing module part can be driven by a manual or motorised drive via a transmission mechanism. A capsule recognition device with an optical sensor for detecting optical characteristics of the capsule is further present. The brewing module has a mechanically driveable blowing device that is arranged to produce an airflow at the side of the window element towards the portion capsule. The blowing device is assembled such that it is driven by a relative movement of elements of the brewing module which is produced by the drive or the transmission mechanism.