Cartridge, a machine, a system and a method for the preparation of beverages

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9561900
APP PUB NO 20120177794A1
SERIAL NO

13345509

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The invention provides a beverage preparation machine comprising a brew head for receiving beverage cartridges of various heights and means for passing an aqueous medium through said beverage cartridges to form a beverage from one or more beverage ingredients contained in said cartridges. The brew head comprising a first part and a second part, the first and second parts being movable relative to one another from an open position in which said beverage cartridges can be received in the brew head and a closed position in which said beverage cartridge can be fixedly retained in a brew head space defined between the first and second parts. Wherein in use, beverage cartridges of various heights may be clamped in the brew head space between a distal end of a clamping member and the second part.

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  • KONINKLIJKE DOUWE EGBERTS B.V.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hansen, Nick Oxfordshire, GB 15 402

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