For Dispensing Or Serving Patents (Class 426/115)
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Patent number: 11661259Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a cosmetic arrangement can be provided, which can include a first structure that can enclose a cosmetic active ingredient(s), a second structure that can enclose a solvent solution, a third structure(s) that can separate the solvent solution from the cosmetic active ingredient(s), a medium that can be configured to absorb a mixture of the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and solvent solution, and an indicator structure that can be configured to indicate whether the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution have come in contact with one another. Upon an application of a particular amount of pressure on a portion(s) of the arrangement, the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution can be caused to come into direct contact with one another.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTERInventor: Steven Wang
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Patent number: 11649105Abstract: The invention is drawn to a container comprising a bottom wall and at least one sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The sidewall terminates in an edge and has an inner and an outer surface. The bottom wall and the at least one sidewall form a container interior. A flexible bag having an open end is disposed within the interior of the container and over the top edge of the container. A slide ring extends at least partially circumferentially about the outer surface of the sidewall and is affixed to the open end of the bag and frictionally engaged with the outer surface of the sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventor: Trevor Price
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Patent number: 11578293Abstract: A carbon dioxide and nitrogen infused wine product includes wine infused with both carbon dioxide and nitrogen. A ratio of carbon dioxide to nitrogen in the wine can be in a range of 80% CO2/20% N2-60% CO2/40% N2.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Inventor: Steven M. Dubois
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Patent number: 11571077Abstract: The hamburger holder comprised a main body, a lift, and a stand. The hamburger holder may hold a sandwich and may prevent condiments and toppings from falling out of the sandwich as the sandwich is eaten. The sandwich may be a hamburger, the condiments may be mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, and barbecue sauce, and the toppings may be lettuce, tomato, pickles, bacon, cheese, and onions. The main body may hold the sandwich together while the sandwich is eaten. The left may push the sandwich out of the main body to expose more of the sandwich for consumption. The stand may be a base to allow the main body to stand freely when the main body is n not being held. The main body, the lift, and the stand may be decoupled from each other for cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Inventor: John Solis
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Patent number: 11573242Abstract: Systems and methods that enable automated spray deposition of biological specimens carried on microscope slides are described herein. Aspects of the technology are directed, for example, to automated specimen deposition systems and methods of generating high-quality, reproducible specimen-bearing microscope slides in automated processing systems.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: NanoCytomics, LLC, Northwestern UniversityInventors: Jarema Czarnecki, Justin Derbas, Sergey Rozhok, Hariharan Subramanian, Parvathi Viswanathan
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Patent number: 11548722Abstract: A portion capsule for producing a beverage includes a base element having a cavity in which a beverage raw material is provided and which is closed by a membrane fastened to the base element.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: K-FEE SYSTEM GMBHInventor: Marc Krüger
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Patent number: 11491569Abstract: Devices and methods to assist wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) are provided. A non-contact, multidirectional synchronized ultrasonic device can include multiple ultrasonic probes mounted on a nozzle of a WAAM robotic arm. The probes can include one normal probe and a plurality of lateral probes configured to rotate on a parabolic frame. The ultrasonic probe in the normal direction can act by its continual high-frequency oscillation in the arc plasma to enhance the arc push force, while the lateral probes can act on the shape of both sides of the deposit. The combined effect of the probes can generate ultrasonic waves and cavitation in the molten pool.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEESInventors: Abderrachid Hamrani, Arvind Agarwal, Tanaji Paul
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Patent number: 11490632Abstract: A liquid edible dip that includes a first lactose-based composition, a second lactose-based composition, at least one spice, and a cucumber extract based bitter-blocking agent that can block the bitter tastes present in certain edible foods. The cucumber extract based bitter-blocking agent can modify, reduce, or block the bitter taste present in some edible foods. The first lactose-based composition may be a strained yogurt and the second lactose-based composition may be an evaporated milk powder.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: TASTES NATURAL, LLCInventor: Joshua V. Young
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Patent number: 11490649Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing with an inlet for a pasty product to be aerated and an outlet for the aerated product. The apparatus includes at least a first set of a rotor and a stator and a second set of a rotor and a stator. The apparatus further includes a gas injector for injecting, upstream of the first set of the rotor and the stator, a gas into the pasty product to be aerated. The apparatus further includes an intermediate mixing chamber provided in the housing between the first and the second sets of the rotor and the stator . A secondary product introduction member protrudes into the intermediate mixing chamber so as to issue into the intermediate mixing chamber. A method for aerating a pasty product is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventors: Luis Clavier, Rafael Marcilla, Jean-Francois Chevalier
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Patent number: 11464366Abstract: A coffee scoop system includes a scoop having a handle and a bolt. The system also includes a bolt chamber into which the scoop can be selectively secured. The scoop system also includes accessories, including a tamper accessory and a cleaner accessory that can be removably connected to the bolt of the scoop. The chamber includes connection features configured to allow a user to secure the chamber to a wide variety of surfaces and structures.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: 11th Celt, LLCInventor: Patrick T. Quinn
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Patent number: 11465806Abstract: A beverage container arranged to dispense a measured amount of a beverage is disclosed. The beverage container is adapted to be stored on the neck of the vessel and detached from the vessel to dispense the beverage either into the vessel or another vessel.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: DEXOS DRINKS LIMITEDInventors: Vincent Sitwell, Kamila Sitwell, Lucas Karel Johannes Van Den Broek
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Patent number: 11445850Abstract: A device is disclosed for mixing with water the ingredients for yerba mate, tea, or similar beverages. The device has two connected compartments, a first sealed compartment connected to a second compartment. The first compartment is also connected to a duct on the bottom which can draw water from a common disposable bottle. The second compartment is also connected to a suction nozzle that protrudes from the top. The device is designed so that when the suction nozzle supplies suction water is drawn from the bottle through the first compartment and into the second. The beverage ingredient, such as yerba mate, is placed in the first compartment and is kept there by an input filter placed at the entrance to the first compartment and an output filter placed at the connection between the first compartment to the second compartment.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Inventor: Bruno Gambarini Spagnolo
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Patent number: 11412879Abstract: An infusion chamber has a top perimeter cover that defines an aperture to pass air to an air vent and receive fluid from fluid outlets. The infusion chamber has an outer chamber and an inner chamber positioned within the outer chamber, where the spacing between the outer chamber and the inner chamber defines a void. An air manifold is positioned at the base of the inner chamber. The air manifold includes air inlet channels, air exit channels and an interior solids filter. The infusion chamber also has a base housing positioned at the bottom of the infusion chamber, and a plunger positioned in the base housing to selectively evict liquid from the inner chamber.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Inventors: Allen M. Han, Eric Nguyen, Jerilynn Ng, Tsai I Hsuan, Huang Wan Ting
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Patent number: 11401105Abstract: Kit for the preparation of a beverage in a centrifugal brewing device comprising a capsule by feeding liquid in the capsule and rotating the capsule along a central axis to produce centrifugal forces on the liquid traversing the capsule thereby forcing the beverage out of the capsule by such centrifugal forces, wherein the capsule comprises containment walls forming a main cavity of central axis containing beverage ingredients; wherein said kit further comprising an insert which is separate from the capsule and comprising a ring-shaped portion intended to form a valve engaging portion engaging against a valve means of the centrifugal brewing device.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventors: Daniel Abegglen, Amaud Gerbaulet, Jean-Francois Tinembart, Alexandre Perentes
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Patent number: 11383921Abstract: A system and method is presented wherein a disposable pod having two chambers, each of which can be either wet or dry and contain a variety of substances, is sized to fit distinct brewing systems offered by third parties, such that the puncturing and water dispensing functionality of such brewing systems cause the mixture of the variety of substances in the two chambers resulting in a wide range of beverages.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Inventor: Mark Scialdone
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Patent number: 11304559Abstract: An apparatus for cooking noodles is disclosed herein. The apparatus permits a user to cook lasagna noodles safely and effectively, while minimizing danger and minimizing the amount of work that the user must perform. More specifically, the apparatus of the present invention is for a sleeve with an interior pocket that can accommodate a lasagna noodle. Once a noodle is placed within the sleeve, the sleeve can be placed in a pot of boiling water to cook the noodle. The sleeve ensures that the noodle cooks appropriately in a variety of different pots, including smaller pots without causing the noodle to break. Moreover, the sleeve prevents the noodles form sticking to each other and to the pot. Once cooked, the noodles may be easily removed from the sleeve for consumption or additional preparation.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Inventor: Eltedric Alonzo Greenprice
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Patent number: 11179332Abstract: Packaged frozen cubes of Cannabis juice purée having decarboxylated cannabinoids are provided. First, raw Cannabis material is collected. Next, the Cannabis material is blended with water, fruit juice, or vegetable juice and thickening agent to form Cannabis juice purée. Next, the purée is poured into molds having an identical size and shape. Decarboxylated/non-decarboxylated high concentrate Cannabis extract or decarboxylated Cannabis infusion is added to the molds. Next, the tray is frozen to obtain frozen cubes of Cannabis juice purée. Next, the cubes are removed from the tray and are packaged in a vacuum sealed bag. A dispensary can store the package in a freezer until distribution. The package includes a label describing amounts and types of cannabinoids present in each cube. A consumer opens the package and deposits a desired amount of cubes into a blender along with other ingredients to form a beverage with non-decarboxylated cannabinoids.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Inventor: Jeff Nordahl
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Patent number: 11149728Abstract: A system for installing replacement plungers in plunger pumps used in the hydrocarbon industry includes an elongated, cylindrical plunger body with an elongated circular tube disposed around the cylindrical plunger body. An end wall having an aperture encloses one end of the tube with an axially movable plate adjacent the end wall between the end wall and an end of the plunger body. A removable cap is mounted to the opposite end of the tube to enclose the plunger body within the tube. The outer diameter of the tube fits in the plunger bore of a pump. To install the replacement plunger, the cap is removed and the tube is inserted into the plunger bore until the tube abuts packing within the tube. Once positioned, an axial force is applied to the movable plate to urge the plunger body from the tube and into engagement with the packing.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Justin Lee Hurst, David Mark Stribling
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Patent number: 11039700Abstract: A hand-actuated container used for mixing liquids contains a compression platform with release holes and walls with convolution areas. The convolution areas are convoluted when the container is in a state of compression. These features form a compressible cavity body that, when filled with liquid and compressed, push liquid at high pressure through a nozzle into a liquid reservoir. Vacuum backflow occurs through the release holes and the nozzle as the compressible cavity body returns to its original shape. In some embodiments, a double level platform allows a user to dial in the amount of backflow through the release holes.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Inventor: Maluki Takumah
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Patent number: 10926946Abstract: Capsule intended for receiving a substance for preparing a beverage using a coffee machine or infusion machine, to be held by a piston during the passage of the extracting liquid after piercing of the base by the pins of the piston. The capsule made from injected plastic material has a base (1) and a side wall (3) together forming part of a frustrum of a cone, as well as a rim (4) covered by a lid (5) after the filling of the capsule with the substance. The side wall (2) is shaped as a single cone frustrum between the rim (3) and the open (12) base (1), formed as a flattened ring (11), connected to the side wall (2). The side wall (2) is covered by a label (23) and the open base (1), including the ring (11) thereof, is covered by a sealed lid (14) inside the base.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Brain Corp SAInventor: Olivier Brivois
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Patent number: 10899536Abstract: In hot beverage cannabis related products, such as single use coffee systems as well as other coffee systems, the cannabinoids are not being infused into the beverages, such as coffee, during the brewing process. To solve this problem, a cannabinoid delivery system is provided. The cannabinoid delivery system includes various systems and methods of positioning cannabinoids and/or cannabis plant matter in locations and forms such that the cannabinoids are properly infused into the beverages.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Drive Foods CorpInventor: Rory Chesley Patrick Millikin
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Patent number: 10842160Abstract: A food product gathering and dispensing system is disclosed. The food product is generally a flat disc shaped article dispensed onto a consumable strip of food product conveyer material. The food product is fed to single, or series related, spools that wind up the consumable conveyer material and food product into a removable roll or stack. The roll or stack is placed into a dispenser pack, optionally subject to further environmental treatment, and refrigeration. The pack is then installed within a refrigerated dispenser system where the food product and consumable material are collectively unwound and/or separated, as the food product is fed into a processing system, i.e., a cooking device. The consumable conveyer material is collected and separately discarded.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: F.R. Drake CompanyInventors: Gregg A. Martin, Thomas Ivy, Andre Richards
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Patent number: 10743707Abstract: A capsule or cartridge (1) including a cup-shaped body (2) with a bottom wall (3), a lateral wall (4) and a flange-like top formation (5) which is essentially planar and extends transversely towards the outside, and a cover (6) fixed to the flange-like formation (5) of the body (2), such as to define a chamber (7) containing the material for the preparation of the beverage, in particular ground roasted coffee. The lateral wall (4) of the body (2) has a plurality of projections (8) and recesses (9) which as a whole define at least an identification of the capsule (1). The projections (8) and recesses (9) are aligned in an essentially rectilinear direction, belonging to a plane essentially parallel to the flange-like formation (5) of the body (2) of the capsule (1).Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: LUIGI LAVAZZA S.p.AInventors: Luca Bugnano, Alberto Cabilli, Denis Rotta, Danilo Bolognese
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Patent number: 10737871Abstract: A portable food carrier is disclosed, including a flexible, compressible outer container body and an internal lift having a tapered bottom. The tapered bottom of the lift is particularly configured to allow a user to grasp the carrier and squeeze the container body at the location of the taper, causing the lift to move upward in the container, in turn pushing food product located above the lift toward an open, top mouth of the container, where the user may then access and eat the food product. The lift is configured to interact with the interior of the container in such a way so as to assist the user in maintaining smooth movement as the user squeezes the outside of the container, thus making it optimized for use with only one hand.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Inventor: Joel Shalowitz
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Patent number: 10717592Abstract: A capsule (1) is described, for preparing infusion or soluble beverages, in particular coffee or milk or chocolate, comprising at least one containing body (2) made of a compostabile/biodegradabile and or material having at least one base (3) and at least one opening (4) opposite to the base (3) and adapted to be closed by least one cover (5), the containing body (2) comprising at least one internal volume (V) adapted to contain at least one substance to be infused or solubilized, the cover (5) being made by overlapping at least one first layer (5a) composed of at least one compostabile/biodegradabile and or polyester and of at least one second, insulating inert layer (5b) made of a compostabile/biodegradabile and or material, wherein the first layer (5a) is interposed between the second layer (5b) and the internal volume (V).Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: COSSA PALIMERI S.R.L.Inventors: Carmine Di Fiore, Santolo Taglialatela Scafati, Davide Filomeno
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Patent number: 10501259Abstract: Cans, bottles and/or other containers used to hold a carbonated beverage can include internal features to promote and/or control bubble formation.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.Inventors: Lee M. Nicholson, Peter S. Given, Prasad V. Joshi, Wei Liu, Denise H. Lefebvre, Marcin Jankowiak
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Patent number: 10421605Abstract: A capsule for preparing a beverage includes a capsule body made by forming a sheet of thermoformable plastic material, the capsule body having: a base wall and a first portion of side wall defining a cavity suitable for containing an initial product to be combined with a fluid to obtain a final product in the form of a beverage, a first opening of the cavity opposite the base wall, an upper edge extending from the first portion of side wall and surrounding the first opening, a second opening of the cavity made in the base wall, in which the first opening is closed hermetically by a covering element fixed to the edge, the covering element being perforable by a dispensing machine in which the capsule is usable, in which the second opening is closed hermetically by a closing element that is suitable for tearing when pressure inside the cavity exceeds a preset value, the capsule further comprising a chamber located opposite the base wall with respect to the cavity and defined by a second portion of side wall andType: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: SARONG SOCIETA' PER AZIONIInventors: Andrea Bartoli, Davide Capitini, Mattia Solieri
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Patent number: 10384923Abstract: Carbon dioxide, such as may be used for a carbonated beverage, is produced by microwave thermal decomposition of a starting material. An apparatus for the process includes a microwave generator, a microwave chamber, a capsule received in the chamber containing starting material(s) and one or more channel(s) for recovering CO2 generated in the process.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: SO SPARK LTD.Inventor: Pinchas Shalev
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Patent number: 10370175Abstract: A receptacle (100) for containing and dispensing a solid medicinal pill (108), directly into the mouth of the user, comprising a container with a storage chamber (104) leading to a spout outlet (106) sized to be comfortably inserted between the lips of a user, said spout outlet being further provided with a displaceable sealing closure (112) having a normally closed position, and wherein displacement of said closure from said closed position, to enable the dispensing of at least one pill from said chamber, is actuated by the mouth of the user interacting with said spout outlet.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: P.C.O.A. DEVICES LTD.Inventor: Ilan Paz
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Patent number: 10226153Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a drink container that includes a lower container having a void formed therein configured to hold a liquid, a divider disposed in the void of the lower container, the divider configured to form a plurality of compartments, each compartment being configured to separately hold a liquid, wherein each of the compartments has an open top portion, a film configured to seal the top portions of each of the plurality of compartments, a upper container configured to interact with the lower container and a cutter, the cutter being operably attached to an internal surface of the upper container at a first end, wherein a cutting edge of the cutter is nearer the film than the first end of the cutter.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Fresh Twist, LPInventors: Craig M. Trager, Chad Donella, Stuart Long
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Patent number: 10106422Abstract: Carbon dioxide, such as may be used for a carbonated beverage, is produced by microwave thermal decomposition of a starting material. An apparatus for the process includes a microwave generator, a microwave chamber, a capsule received in the chamber containing starting material(s) and one or more channel(s) for recovering CO2 generated in the process.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: SO SPARK LTD.Inventor: Pinchas Shalev
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Patent number: 10071844Abstract: The present disclosure provides multi-component food products having a wet food component and a dry food component. The multi-component food product is shelf-stable and does not include any artificial preservatives. Methods for providing a shelf-stable multi-component food product having a wet food component and a dry food component without artificial preservatives to a consumer are also provided, as are methods for marketing such a shelf-stable multi-component food product.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Russell Leon Chappell, Jr., Anthony Edward Dzikowicz, Jr., Jason Everett Mann, Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, Scott David Peterson, Michael John Sarachman
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Patent number: 9888805Abstract: The brewing assembly (1) comprises a support structure (2) which is operationally stationary and in which the following are mounted: a movable part (4) including a cup-shaped body (5) in which there is defined a receptacle (6) suitable for receiving a capsule (C) or the like containing a substance for the preparation of a beverage; a cooperating locating part (9) provided with a member (10) for performing perforation and/or injecting water and/or steam; and a displacement mechanism (11) for causing displacement of the movable part (4) between an open position, remote from the locating part (9), in which the cup-shaped body (5) is in a position suitable for receiving a capsule (C) or the like, and a closed position, in which the cup-shaped body (5) is able to be coupled with the locating part (9) so as to define therewith a brewing chamber in which the capsule (C) is sealingly clamped, for preparation of the beverage.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: LUIGI LAVAZZA S.P.A.Inventor: Carlo De Mango
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Patent number: 9745122Abstract: Capsule (9) for use in a beverage preparation machine (1), said capsule comprising side (10), bottom (12) and top (11) walls defining a closed chamber, said capsule further comprising a beverage dispensing wall able to open for releasing a beverage prepared from said ingredient and said fluid, said capsule comprising a separating wall (14) within the chamber that separates, in a leak-tight manner, an ingredient-containing compartment (15), and a fluid injection compartment (16), said separating wall (14) comprising a one-way valve (17) able to let fluid under pressure flow only from the injection compartment towards the ingredient-containing compartment, said valve being actuated in its open configuration by the injection element (22) of the machine, wherein the one-way valve is either: (i) a spring-mounted ball valve, or alternatively (ii) a flexible resilient O-ring valve mounted in a circular channel of the separating wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventor: Nihan Dogan
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Patent number: 9701454Abstract: Disclosed is a wrapper for rice covered with layer, which is used to wrap a lump of rice. The wrapper comprising, two films forming sealing parts that are sealed to each other at outer peripheral parts thereof and including laver therebetween, a first cutting groove including a lateral groove formed toward a lateral direction of the film for cutting the film toward a longitudinal direction at a longitudinal upper part of one of the two films, and a covering part attached to seal the first cutting groove. In this case, the first cutting groove is formed under the sealing part longitudinally.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2010Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Inventor: Myoung Ho Jeon
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Patent number: 9505144Abstract: A piercing mechanism configured to pierce a sealing film of a bread ingredient box includes a bottom seat, a top seat disposed above the bottom seat for supporting the bread ingredient box, and a sawtooth blade disposed on an inner side of the bottom seat. A plurality of spaced-apart support units are disposed on the bottom seat, and each includes an outer support tube, an inner post inserted into the outer support tube and extending out of the bottom seat for abutting against a housing of a bread maker, an outer spring having two opposite ends respectively abutting against the top and bottom seats, and an inner spring having two opposite ends respectively abutting against the inner post and the outer support tube.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Tsann Kuen (Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zhong-Hua Zhang
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Patent number: 9402409Abstract: A mold for forming a frozen pop or molded treat, and a method for forming a frozen pop and frozen pops or molded treats made therefrom are described which include a female mold body defining an interior mold space and having a first open end and a second end; a base having a support surface with an opening extending longitudinally therethrough, the base configured to be positioned around or within the first end of the female mold body and to support by the support surface a frozen pop or molded treat formed in the interior space of the female mold body; and a removable male insert mold body, wherein the male insert mold body is configured to fit through the opening in the support surface in the base.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Shotcicle LLCInventors: Frank Albano, Michael Santangelo
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Patent number: 9301901Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for orally administering to a recipient a medication, in a liquid form, and a flavor for rendering the medication more palatable to the recipient. A manually-operated liquid dispenser dispenses a measured dose of the medication at an administering head comprised of an edible flavored material placed within a recipient's mouth. A handle is coupled with the dispenser, by inserting either one into a receptacle of the other, and the dispenser is operated manually to dispense the medication through a dispensing outlet located relative to the administering head to assure administering substantially all of the measured dose of medication to the recipient's mouth while flavor is derived from the edible flavored material for being present with the measured dose of medication.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Inventor: Anthony J. Diomede
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Patent number: 9089116Abstract: A fish food dispensing assembly includes (i) a handle member; and (ii) a perforated container that is selectively, magnetically linked to the handle member with an aquarium panel therebetween. The perforated container is configured to receive fish food therein and to dispense fish food therefrom in a liquid environment. The fish food dispensing assembly also acts as a cleaner and can be moved with respect to the aquarium in order to clean the aquarium and/or position the fish food dispensing assembly in desired locations for feeding fish within the aquarium.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Inventors: Ling Liu Tuan, Charles T. Tuan
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Patent number: 9034404Abstract: A bottled drink includes a cap and a bottle where a granular supplement containing multiple constituents in a stable manner is stored in the cap and a solution suitable for dispersing the granules is filled in the bottle. Granules which contains mutually incompatible multiple chemical agents or nutritional constituents and whose surface is coated with polyglyceryl fatty acid ester are stored in the cap of the bottle and the bottle is filled with a solution whose viscosity at a shear deformation speed of 0.01 s?1 is 10 to 300 Pa·s.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: FANCL CORPORATIONInventors: Kaori Aibe, Masatoshi Honjo, Tatsuo Nakamura, Sachiko Endou
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Patent number: 9028897Abstract: Disclosed is a beverage extraction filter that can extract in a plurality of extraction machine types. The beverage extraction filter comprises a filter unit (40) where coffee powder is housed and a planar lid unit (41) mounted to the top section of the filter unit (40). The lid unit (41) is formed in a layer structure created by a non-permeable first sheet member (42) positioned on the filter unit side (40) and a permeable second sheet member (43) layered on top of the first sheet member (42), and a hole section (42a) through which hot water is made to pass is formed in the center of the first sheet member (42).Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Nakagiri, Akira Okada, Tomokazu Kimura
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Publication number: 20150125576Abstract: Capsule (9) for use in a beverage preparation machine (1), said capsule comprising side (10), bottom (12) and top (11) walls defining a closed chamber, said capsule further comprising a beverage dispensing wall able to open for releasing a beverage prepared from said ingredient and said fluid, said capsule comprising a separating wall (14) within the chamber that separates, in a leak-tight manner, an ingredient-containing compartment (15), and a fluid injection compartment (16), said separating wall (14) comprising a one-way valve (17) able to let fluid under pressure flow only from the injection compartment towards the ingredient-containing compartment, said valve being actuated in its open configuration by the injection element (22) of the machine, wherein the one-way valve is either: (i) a spring-mounted ball valve, or alternatively (ii) a flexible resilient O-ring valve mounted in a circular channel of the separating wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventor: Nihan Dogan
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Patent number: 9023412Abstract: The present invention is directed to a capsule (1) for use with a capsule holder (6) of a food preparation machine, wherein: —said machine comprises a needle (9) supported by a plate, for injection of a jet of fluid inside the capsule, said needle being adapted in shape and size to protrude inside the capsule when said capsule holder is inserted into the machine in order for operation, and said capsule comprises a body with side (2), bottom (4) and top walls (3), said capsule further comprising a top circumferential edge (8), the interface between the needle plate, the capsule holder, and the capsule edge being leaktight, said top wall being sealed onto said circumferential edges and comprises built-in showering means (10) comprising at least one opening, so as to accommodate the needle without piercing and transform the jet of fluid from said needle into at least one jet directed towards the inside of the capsule chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2010Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Frederic Doleac, Marc Raederer
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Publication number: 20150118367Abstract: A coffee beverage system is described including a first coffee bean packaging cartridge, a second coffee bean cartridge and a coffee brewing apparatus. After a first predetermined number of servings of coffee, transportation component of the first cartridge for transporting coffee beans of the first cartridge to a metering chamber of the system are disabled. The transportation component of the second coffee bean cartridge are not disabled or only disabled after a second predetermined number of servings of coffee which is larger than the first predetermined number of servings of coffee.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Ivo Van Os, Gerbrand Kristiaan de Graaff, Christiaan Johannes Maria Moorman, Charles Kevin Dillon
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Publication number: 20150110928Abstract: A beverage cartridge includes a bottom wall and at least one sidewall forming a chamber in which a beverage can be prepared from a stored beverage product. The sidewall includes one or more pre-formed openings or openable portions that form exit paths for a prepared beverage upon the introduction of a liquid to the chamber. The pre-formed openings or openable portions are initially covered or sealed by a cover, and provide existing exit paths for prepared beverage upon removal or opening of the cover. The cover is manually removable by a user, or is openable in response to increased fluid pressure in the chamber. Optionally, a filter element is provided inside the cartridge for retaining a used beverage product inside the cartridge as a prepared beverage exits from the cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventor: Kevin B. Kihnke
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Publication number: 20150104546Abstract: Soluble coffee preparations proposed are in the form of powders wherein the individual coffee particles have a complete or at least partial coating which dissolves in water in retarded fashion and which comprises not less than 50 wt % of the coffee powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Thomas Mintus, Michael Hahn
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Publication number: 20150104547Abstract: Improvements in containers are provided, and in particular improvements in containers for preparing and dispensing foamable beverage and food products. The package may contain at least a liquid primary ingredient and a secondary ingredient and comprises at least one wall defining a chamber at least partially filled with the primary ingredient, an outlet for dispensing the prepared product, and a capsule surrounding the primary ingredient separating the secondary ingredient from the primary ingredient. The capsule may be attached to insides of opposing walls of the package such that as the opposing walls are moved further apart the capsule breaks. At least one of the ingredients may include a foaming agent such that the foamed product is produced when the capsule is broken and the primary and secondary ingredients mix.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Kate Avrial Yauk, Jo-Ann Clark, Ayse Tulay Massey, Sian Henson, Leonard S. Scarola
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Publication number: 20150099042Abstract: The invention is directed toward a capsule for use in a single serve beverage brewing machine. The capsule forms a chamber with a film cover sealing the chamber for the brewing of a beverage. At the base of the capsule the external wall of the capsule protrudes into the body of the capsule chamber to form a diffuser. The base of the paper filter cup rests on the diffuser. The top rim of the paper filter cup is attached to the film cover. Between the walls of the paper filter cup and the external capsule wall is a vertical flow channel. During the brewing process water initially flows through the extractable ingredient in the paper filter, circulates upward within the vertical flow channel, back through the paper filter, and recirculates through the extractable ingredient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventor: Yisroel Koenig
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Patent number: 8999414Abstract: A Dual use food container has two sets of holding surfaces, one positions food items such as taco shells for storage and transport and the other set of surfaces position the taco shell in a position for assembly so the cook can add ingredients like meat, cheese and sauce to the shell without it tipping over. The formed surfaces that enable one position exist substantially without interference with the surfaces that enable the alternative position. A thin film can be applied to the top of the container to seal the food within when positioned for storage and transport and can be adopted to fit snugly in a box further protecting the food. Thin formable materials can be used in making the container. Versions of this material can allow food to be safely warmed in an oven within the container. Methods for preparing food within the container are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Inventor: Stephen Crowell Lyon
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Publication number: 20150093484Abstract: A system, method and capsule are usable for preparing a predetermined quantity of beverage suitable for consumption using an extractable product. The system includes an exchangeable capsule, and an apparatus including a receptacle for holding the exchangeable capsule, and a fluid dispensing device for supplying a fluid to the exchangeable capsule. The exchangeable capsule includes a circumferential wall, a bottom, and a lid. The wall, bottom and lid enclose an inner space including the extractable product. The receptacle includes bottom piercing means intended for piercing an entrance area of an alternative capsule for creating at least one entrance opening for supplying the fluid to the extractable product. The entrance area of the capsule includes an entrance filter for supplying the fluid to the extractable product there through. In use, the entrance filter is positioned at a distance from the bottom piercing means, such that the capsule of the system is not pierced by the bottom piercing means.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Ralf Kamerbeek, John Henri Flamand, Angenita Dorothea Van Loon-Post, Hendrik Cornelis Koeling