Patent ID: 9671157
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B67D,F25D

Claim:
1. A liquid dispensing appliance comprising: a cabinet body formed by an outer wall and a compartment disposed within the cabinet body; a product intake on the outer wall configured to receive a premeasured portion of a liquid enhancement component in a first solid form state and an outlet within the cabinet body configured for dispensing the premeasured portion of the liquid enhancement component in a second solid form state, the intake comprising an operating drawer that is moveable into and out of the intake, whereby the drawer is in an extended position when it is moved out of the intake; a processing system within the cabinet body, the processing system having a mechanism for reducing the liquid enhancement component into a size more readily dissolvable in a liquid; a dispenser on the cabinet body having a water conduit with an inlet adapted for fluid communication with a water source and the outlet adapted for fluid communication with a beverage receiving point proximate the outer wall of the cabinet body, the water conduit for carrying a charge of water from the water source; and a liquid enhancement component inlet in the water conduit connected to a liquid enhancement component conduit for receiving the premeasured portion of the liquid enhancement component into the charge of water in the water conduit to create a beverage.