Patent ID: 9204751
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A47J,B65D

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a beverage, comprising: providing a beverage cartridge arranged for use in a beverage forming machine to make a beverage, the cartridge including a container having a closed interior space and a beverage medium located in the interior space; introducing liquid into the closed interior space of the cartridge; using a sonic emitter adjacent to the cartridge to provide sonic energy to an exterior of the cartridge, the sonic emitter being adjacent to the cartridge only when the cartridge is held in the beverage forming machine; transmitting the sonic energy into the closed interior space of the cartridge while liquid introduced into the closed interior space is present in the cartridge; and forming a beverage by simultaneous interaction of the liquid and sonic energy with the beverage medium; wherein the cartridge includes a sonic receiver attached to the container and arranged to transmit sonic energy from the sonic emitter located outside of the closed interior space into the interior space for interaction with the beverage medium; and the sonic receiver includes a depression in a sidewall of the container.