Patents by Inventor Joel Swerchesky

Joel Swerchesky 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 machine cartridge holder with damped movement
    Patent number: 9687108
    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 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. Rotation of the cartridge holder may be damped in at least a portion of movement between the open and closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventor: Joel Swerchesky
  • Beverage machine outlet
    Patent number: 9527717
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dispensing a beverage from a beverage forming machine with reduced gas bubbles or foam. An outlet chamber may be arranged to separate beverage flow into a liquid component and a gas/liquid component such that the liquid component flows downwardly to a first outlet opening and the gas/liquid component flows upwardly and/or through a tortuous path to condition the gas/liquid component and reduce foam prior to the gas/liquid component exiting a second outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Swerchesky, Nikolas Kastor
  • BEVERAGE MACHINE CARTRIDGE HOLDER WITH DAMPED MOVEMENT
    Publication number: 20150013279
    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 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. Rotation of the cartridge holder may be damped in at least a portion of movement between the open and closed positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventor: Joel Swerchesky
  • BEVERAGE MACHINE OUTLET
    Publication number: 20140263398
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dispensing a beverage from a beverage forming machine with reduced gas bubbles or foam. An outlet chamber may be arranged to separate beverage flow into a liquid component and a gas/liquid component such that the liquid component flows downwardly to a first outlet opening and the gas/liquid component flows upwardly and/or through a tortuous path to condition the gas/liquid component and reduce foam prior to the gas/liquid component exiting a second outlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Keurig, Incorporated
    Inventors: Joel Swerchesky, Nikolas Kastor
  • Beverage cartridge holder
    Patent number: D931056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Paul Thompson, Matthew John Maitland, Iain James Sabberton, Peter David Cauwood, Peter Jerome Warren, Hongchuan Zhu, Bo Ma, Joel Swerchesky