Patent ID: 9445686
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: A47J

Claim Text:
1. A beverage dispensing apparatus including a container holder assembly, a water delivery system, and an opening device: the container holder assembly receiving and positioning a container in a downwardly facing orientation, retaining at least one ingredient, relative to the opening device; the water delivery system controllably delivering water to and through the apparatus for use in making a beverage to be dispensed from the apparatus; the opening device is coupled to and communicating with the water delivery system for controllably delivering water to the container; at least one of the container holder and the opening device being moveable to cause the opening device to form a single opening in the downwardly facing end of the container; the opening device is positioned in the apparatus for forming the single opening in the downwardly facing end of the container and controllably delivering water from the water delivery system into the container, flushing water through the container to dispense a mixture of the water and ingredient out of the container through the single, downwardly facing opening in the end of the container.