Patents Assigned to Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
  • Delayed fill of beverage machine heater tank
    Patent number: 10470604
    Abstract: A beverage forming method and system in which a heater tank can be filled with liquid to an expansion level after a beverage is formed. The liquid in the heater tank may be heated, causing expansion of the liquid in the tank. Thereafter, a volume of liquid may be delivered to the tank to fill the tank to a liquid delivery level at which the tank is filled to deliver a controlled volume of liquid to form a beverage. No further heating of liquid in the tank may be performed or required after filling to the delivery level since the volume of liquid delivered to fill the tank to the liquid delivery level may be relatively small. Accurate volumes of liquid may be delivered in a way that compensates for any expansion that may occur due to heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Zimmerman, William T. Jacobs
  • BEVERAGE CARTRIDGE FOR BEVERAGE MAKING MACHINES
    Publication number: 20190225414
    Abstract: A beverage cartridge and method for forming a beverage includes dispensing beverage material from a container into an attached mixing funnel. The container and mixing funnel may be moved toward each other to open the container and release beverage material. A cover of the container may have a movable portion that moves with contact with a part of the mixing funnel to open the container. The cartridge may be vibrated to dispense beverage material from the container, and liquid provided to the mixing funnel to mix with dispensed beverage material to form a beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: William Philip McHugh, Aaron Size, Heather Fisher, Thomas Fedorka
  • Beverage cartridge with filter guard
    Patent number: 10226149
    Abstract: A cartridge for forming a beverage includes a container defining an interior space, a filter, a beverage medium contained in the interior space, and a filter guard. The filter may be arranged so that liquid that interacts with the beverage medium flows through the filter to exit the interior space. The container may include a surface arranged to be pierced by a piercing member to permit beverage to exit the container. The filter guard may be arranged to contact the piercing member to resist damage to the filter when the container surface is pierced. In one embodiment, the filter guard and filter may be in contact with the container surface that is pierced, yet damage to the filter that might be caused by the piercing element may be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Roderick H. Beaulieu, James W. Wuertele
  • BEVERAGE MACHINE MATERIAL HOLDER
    Publication number: 20190069708
    Abstract: A beverage machine with a holder including front and side walls around an opening where beverage material is held to form a beverage where the walls slope downwardly and inwardly toward the opening. A peripheral wall may extend upwardly from the opening and form a trough around the opening with the front and side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffen F. Koury, Paul K. Metaxatos
  • Beverage machine cartridge holder
    Patent number: 10136754
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: 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
  • Beverage forming device and method with cartridge retainer
    Patent number: 10058208
    Abstract: A beverage forming system and method in which a cartridge holder is movably mounted to the frame and has an opening to receive a cartridge. The cartridge holder may be arranged to hold and move a cartridge between an open position in which the opening of the cartridge holder is oriented in an upwardly inclined position to receive the cartridge, and a closed position in which the opening is oriented in a horizontal or downwardly inclined position. A cover may be arranged to cover the opening of the cartridge holder in a closed position, and the cover may be positioned away from the opening of the cartridge holder in an open position. A cartridge retainer may have an engagement portion arranged to hold the cartridge in the cartridge holder opening in at least a part of movement of the cartridge holder between the open and the closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Y. Smith, Thomas Chan, Keith Choi, Benjamin Li
  • Beverage cartridge component
    Patent number: D836979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brian Thomas, Luca Theo Holme, Leung Chi Wah, Kamaal Jarrett
  • Beverage cartridge
    Patent number: D842032
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brian Thomas, Luca Theo Holme, Leung Chi Wah
  • Beverage cartridge component
    Patent number: D842648
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brian Thomas, Luca Theo Holme, Leung Chi Wah
  • Tray for cartridge holder
    Patent number: D846943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffen F. Koury, Paul K. Metaxatos
  • Beverage machine
    Patent number: D853166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffen F. Koury, James T. McGee, Brent Boswell, Paul K. Metaxatos, James E. Shepard, Christopher Godfrey
  • Beverage machine
    Patent number: D853167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffen F. Koury, James T. McGee, Brent Boswell, Paul K. Metaxatos, James E. Shepard, Christopher Godfrey
  • Beverage machine
    Patent number: D853770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffen F. Koury, Paul K. Metaxatos
  • Beverage machine
    Patent number: D854364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph George Fucci, Benjamin Hines, Steffen F. Koury, Paul K. Metaxatos
  • Beverage machine
    Patent number: D854365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hines, Steffen F. Koury, James T. McGee, Paul K. Metaxatos
  • Beverage machine
    Patent number: D860706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffen F. Koury, Paul K. Metaxatos, James T. McGee, Brendan B. Crawford, Benjamin Worth Coble, Wayne Boucher, Joseph James George
  • Beverage machine
    Patent number: D869900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffen F. Koury, Paul K. Metaxatos, James T. McGee, Brendan B. Crawford, Benjamin Worth Coble, Wayne Boucher, Joseph James George
  • Beverage machine
    Patent number: D872513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Kaplan, Peter David Cauwood, Iain James Sabberton, Matthew John Maitland
  • Beverage machine
    Patent number: D877551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve James Nalen, Sam Murray Chud, Peter David Cauwood, Iain James Sabberton, Keir S. Jackson
  • Beverage machine
    Patent number: D877563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter David Cauwood, Iain James Sabberton, Matthew John Maitland, Keith Paul Thompson