Patents by Inventor Cynthia Weflen

Cynthia Weflen 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).

  • Beverage forming station door for beverage machine
    Patent number: 9717366
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for opening and closing a door of a beverage forming machine, e.g., for accessing a beverage forming station. The door may be opened by retracting the door into an interior space of the housing, e.g., by moving the door rearwardly. When at the closed position, at least one edge of the door may be flush with an adjacent outer housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Nevin, Cynthia Weflen
  • Beverage machine cartridge holder
    Patent number: 9516969
    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 in an open position, e.g., the opening may face a front of the beverage forming machine and be in an upwardly inclined position in the open position. A pivot pin of the cartridge holder may be moved along a linear path, and in response, a cam and cam follower may cause the cartridge holder to pivot and move to a closed position, e.g., in which the opening of the cartridge holder is in a downwardly inclined orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventor: Cynthia Weflen
  • BEVERAGE FORMING STATION DOOR FOR BEVERAGE MACHINE
    Publication number: 20140272076
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for opening and closing a door of a beverage forming machine, e.g., for accessing a beverage forming station. The door may be opened by retracting the door into an interior space of the housing, e.g., by moving the door rearwardly. When at the closed position, at least one edge of the door may be flush with an adjacent outer housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Joel Nevin, Cynthia Weflen
  • BEVERAGE MACHINE CARTRIDGE HOLDER
    Publication number: 20140261000
    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 in an open position, e.g., the opening may face a front of the beverage forming machine and be in an upwardly inclined position in the open position. A pivot pin of the cartridge holder may be moved along a linear path, and in response, a cam and cam follower may cause the cartridge holder to pivot and move to a closed position, e.g., in which the opening of the cartridge holder is in a downwardly inclined orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Cynthia Weflen