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Beverage dispensing apparatus

  • US 4,738,378 A
  • Filed: 09/10/1985
  • Issued: 04/19/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A beverage dispensing apparatus for providing a beverage by introducing an aqueous medium into an initially sealed sachet provided with a projecting locating member and containing a product which provides a beverage when contacted by said aqueous medium comprising:

  • means for receiving and positively orienting said sachet by said locating member at a receiving station,means for transferring said sachet from said receiving station to an aqueous medium introducing station and for positively locating and supporting said sachet thereat,aqueous medium introducing means movable from a first position remote from said sachet to said sachet to a second position in cooperative engagement with the interior of said sachet,means to dispense a predetermined volume of aqueous medium through said aqueous medium introducing means to produce a beverage after said aqueous medium introducing means has moved from its said first position to its said second position, anda reservoir for aqueous medium and conduit means for passing a predetermined volume of aqueous medium from the reservoir to the aqueous medium introducing means and further comprising air pump means having an outlet connected to a valve in the conduit means, said valve means being operable to close the supply of aqueous medium and to allow air pumped from the air pump to pass through the aqueous medium introducing means to force aqueous medium introduced into said sachet through said sachet and further including an operable vent for venting said conduit means between the valve and said aqueous medium introducing means.

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