Patents by Inventor Stoyan Plamenov Hristov
Stoyan Plamenov Hristov 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).
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Patent number: 10398254Abstract: Method and apparatus for forming both carafe quantities and smaller (e.g., cup) quantities of a beverage using a cartridge-based beverage machine. A beverage forming machine accommodates cartridges having different sizes and/or shapes, including different rim sizes/shapes. The outlet used for receiving a beverage from a standard cartridge differs from the outlet used for receiving the beverage from a carafe cartridge inserted in a same cartridge holder. Beverage may exit the cartridge in an upward direction in some embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Keurig Green Mountian, Inc.Inventors: Ian Tinkler, James E. Shepard, Geoffrey Y. Smith, Peter Thomas Launie, Jr., Jonathan Alexander Brodie, Stuart Jay Foster, Stoyan Plamenov Hristov, Jianming Huang
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Patent number: 10136754Abstract: A method and apparatus for opening and closing a cartridge holder of a beverage forming machine. The cartridge holder may have an opening arranged to receive and hold a cartridge with the cartridge holder. The opening may be adjustable in size and/or shape to allow the cartridge holder to receive and engage with cartridges of different size and/or shape. The cartridge holder may include one or more movable portions that are adjustable in position to effectively adjust a size and/or shape of the opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Y. Smith, Peter Thomas Launie, Jr., Jonathan Alexander Brodie, Stuart Jay Foster, Stoyan Plamenov Hristov, Jordan Dean Jack Greiner, Peter Nicholas Woskov, Yoav Rabino, James E. Shepard, Ian Tinkler, William T. Jacobs, Patrick J. Lazatin, William Philip McHugh, Kevin Thomas Brandimarte, Mario Liuzza, Timothy Maclean
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Patent number: 9549636Abstract: A beverage forming system and method in which characteristics of a dispensed beverage are controlled. A beverage forming system may include an outlet chamber having an inlet opening to receive beverage from a beverage forming chamber, and an outlet opening to output beverage. The outlet chamber may have a standpipe in the outlet chamber between the inlet and the outlet openings that prevents a direct passage of beverage to the outlet openings, thus controlling characteristics of the beverage, such as an amount of foam, the size of bubbles in a foam, etc. The standpipe may have a portion extending upwardly from a bottom of the outlet chamber and impeding a direct flow path between the inlet and the outlet openings, thus forcing flow to pass around and/or over the standpipe portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Y. Smith, Stoyan Plamenov Hristov, James E. Shepard
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Publication number: 20160174756Abstract: Method and apparatus for forming both carafe quantities and smaller (e.g., cup) quantities of a beverage using a cartridge-based beverage machine. A beverage forming machine accommodates cartridges having different sizes and/or shapes, including different rim sizes/shapes. The outlet used for receiving a beverage from a standard cartridge differs from the outlet used for receiving the beverage from a carafe cartridge inserted in a same cartridge holder. Beverage may exit the cartridge in an upward direction in some embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2016Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.Inventors: Ian Tinkler, James E. Shepard, Geoffrey Y. Smith, Peter Thomas Launie, JR., Jonathan Alexander Brodie, Stuart Jay Foster, Stoyan Plamenov Hristov, Jianming Huang
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Patent number: 9295357Abstract: Method and apparatus for forming both carafe quantities and smaller (e.g., cup) quantities of a beverage using a cartridge-based beverage machine. A beverage forming machine accommodates cartridges having different sizes and/or shapes, including different rim sizes/shapes. The outlet used for receiving a beverage from a standard cartridge differs from the outlet used for receiving the beverage from a carafe cartridge inserted in a same cartridge holder. Beverage may exit the cartridge in an upward direction in some embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.Inventors: Ian Tinkler, James E. Shepard, Geoffrey Y. Smith, Peter Thomas Launie, Jr., Jonathan Alexander Brodie, Stuart Jay Foster, Stoyan Plamenov Hristov, Jianming Huang
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Publication number: 20150201789Abstract: A method and apparatus for opening and closing a cartridge holder of a beverage forming machine. The cartridge holder may have an opening arranged to receive and hold a cartridge with the cartridge holder. The opening may be adjustable in size and/or shape to allow the cartridge holder to receive and engage with cartridges of different size and/or shape. The cartridge holder may include one or more movable portions that are adjustable in position to effectively adjust a size and/or shape of the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Y. Smith, Peter Thomas Launie, JR., Jonathan Alexander Brodie, Stuart Jay Foster, Stoyan Plamenov Hristov, Jordan Dean Jack Greiner, Peter Nicholas Woskov, Yoav Rabino, James E. Shepard, Ian Tinkler, William T. Jacobs, Patrick J. Lazatin, William Philip McHugh, Kevin Thomas Brandimarte, Mario Liuzza, Timothy Maclean
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Publication number: 20150201791Abstract: Method and apparatus for forming both carafe quantities and smaller (e.g., cup) quantities of a beverage using a cartridge-based beverage machine. A beverage forming machine accommodates cartridges having different sizes and/or shapes, including different rim sizes/shapes. The outlet used for receiving a beverage from a standard cartridge differs from the outlet used for receiving the beverage from a carafe cartridge inserted in a same cartridge holder. Beverage may exit the cartridge in an upward direction in some embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.Inventors: Ian Tinkler, James E. Shepard, Geoffrey Y. Smith, Peter Thomas Launie, JR., Jonathan Alexander Brodie, Stuart Jay Foster, Stoyan Plamenov Hristov, Jianming Huang
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Publication number: 20140342068Abstract: A beverage forming system and method in which characteristics of a dispensed beverage are controlled. A beverage forming system may include an outlet chamber having an inlet opening to receive beverage from a beverage forming chamber, and an outlet opening to output beverage. The outlet chamber may have a standpipe in the outlet chamber between the inlet and the outlet openings that prevents a direct passage of beverage to the outlet openings, thus controlling characteristics of the beverage, such as an amount of foam, the size of bubbles in a foam, etc. The standpipe may have a portion extending upwardly from a bottom of the outlet chamber and impeding a direct flow path to between the inlet and the outlet openings, thus forcing flow to pass around and/or over the standpipe portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Y. Smith, Stoyan Plamenov Hristov, James E. Shepard