Patents by Inventor Andrew William Whittaker

Andrew William Whittaker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cleaning arrangement for capsule based beverage dispensers
    Patent number: 11013365
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Cafetto Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Short, Andrew William Whittaker
  • Cleaning Arrangement for Capsule Based Beverage Dispensers
    Publication number: 20180325309
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Short, Andrew William Whittaker
  • PORTABLE CLOTHES LINE
    Publication number: 20130062296
    Abstract: A portable clothes line having foldable legs able to be held in an extended position by struts which have at an upper end a traveller which slides in and along a lowermost open cavity provided by body being an elongated aluminium extrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Patricia Alida Roberts, John William Duffield Roberts, Andrew William Whittaker, Giles Cameron McDonald