公开(公告)号：US20240237845A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18561828

申请日：2022-03-09

申请人： UNIVERSAL BRAND GROUP (PTY) LIMITED

发明人： Ho Hiu WAI ,  Lui Wing KIT

IPC分类号： A47J31/36 ,  A47J31/44 ,  A47J31/52 ,  G07F13/06

CPC分类号： A47J31/3642 ,  A47J31/3633 ,  A47J31/4421 ,  A47J31/4435 ,  A47J31/4492 ,  A47J31/521 ,  A47J31/525 ,  G07F13/065

摘要： An intelligent hot beverage maker is provided including: a beverage machine; a series of mutually stacked magazines, for the storage of multiple beverage pods, the magazine being dimensioned and configured to fasten releasably to the beverage machine; a slot, through which a pod passes from the magazine into the beverage machine; an actuator, for forcing a pod through the slot selectively; selection means, for selecting between beverages on a given menu; and identification means, for identifying which pod in the magazine is appropriate for a given beverage selection; and intelligent software for controlling the operation of the maker, wherein selection means may be manipulated remotely, and by multiple users simultaneously.