Patent ID: 9155417
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A47J,A47L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An appliance and concentrate/extract cartridge arrangement comprising: an appliance including: a dispensing area for dispensing a fluid; a cartridge receiving area; and an electromagnetic dispensing actuator; and a concentrate/extract cartridge adapted to be received in the cartridge receiving area and to be actuated by the electromagnetic dispensing actuator, the concentrate/extract cartridge also adapted to dispense a fluid to be dispensed into the dispensing area after being received in the cartridge receiving area, the concentrate/extract cartridge including: a hollow body adapted to contain the fluid to be dispensed; a dispensing tube connected to the hollow body; a piston including ferromagnetic material and located in the dispensing tube; a valve having a valve stem with a first end connected to the piston, a second end, and a valve body; a valve seat in the dispensing tube and distal to the hollow body in comparison to the piston; and a port in the valve seat defining a flow passage through the dispensing tube, the valve stem passes through the port, and the valve body is located at a second end of the valve stem in removable contact with the valve seat, for alternately opening and closing the port; wherein the piston includes a membrane configured to permit a flow of the fluid into the dispensing tube when the valve body is in contact with the valve seat and to forcibly express the fluid from the dispensing tube when the piston is moved downwardly and the valve body is moved from a contact position with the valve seat; the appliance further comprising a controller to control the electromagnetic dispensing actuator to discharge the fluid to be dispensed from the concentrate/extract cartridge.