Patent ID: 9549636
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A23F,A47J

Claim:
1. A beverage forming system, comprising: a beverage forming chamber arranged to hold a beverage medium used to form a beverage; a liquid supply arranged to provide liquid to the beverage forming chamber for mixing with the beverage medium to form a beverage; and an outlet chamber having an inlet opening to receive beverage from the beverage forming chamber, and an outlet opening to output beverage to a user's container, the outlet chamber including a standpipe in the outlet chamber between the inlet and the outlet openings, the standpipe having a portion extending upwardly from a bottom of the outlet chamber and impeding a direct flow path between the inlet and the outlet openings so as to force flow between the inlet and outlet openings to pass around and/or over the standpipe portion, wherein the outlet chamber further includes a secondary outlet opening adjacent the outlet opening and positioned above the outlet opening, and wherein the standpipe includes a wall element extending upwardly from the bottom of the outlet chamber between the secondary outlet opening and the outlet opening.