Method of fabricating coffee pods at point of sale

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10472104
APP PUB NO 20170210498A1
SERIAL NO

15078505

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A method of fabricating coffee pods at a point of sale location using a coffee pod dispensing device with shell less, expandable coffee pods. The fabrication is initiated by tactile input from a control panel that determines the parameters of the coffee pods to be fabricated and generates the operational signals for the dispensing device. Fabrication there after progresses sequentially through a series of operations that involves the loading of the coffee pods onto a pod advancing means which then takes the coffee pods through the steps of expansion, filling, sealing and delivery. To accomplish this the pods are compressible pods arranged in a linear array that allows for pleated or stacked storage in a pod loading means within the device's enclosure, as well as continuous feed capabilities.

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JENKINS KURT ALLENSAMMAMISH WA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Burress, Edward Francis West Linn, US 15 47
Jenkins, Kurt Allen Sammamish, US 41 364
Jensen, Darryl Ingvard Petaluma, US 4 14
Jensen, James Bernard Sheridan, US 3 14
Wallace, Eugene J Wilsonville, US 1 4

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