Beverage ingredient pack and beverage making apparatus having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11453547-B2
Application number	US-201715598508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 18, 2017
Priority date	May 18, 2016
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

A beverage ingredient pack includes a flexible container; and an interface portion configured to be connected to the flexible container. The interface portion includes at least two openings formed therein; a tubular portion extending from a first opening of the at least two openings of the interface portion into an interior of the flexible container; and a mounting part configured to be mounted on a beverage making apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A beer making pack comprising:
a flexible container having a space that accommodates beer materials and an upper opening;
a pack body that is configured to couple to the upper opening of the flexible container and that includes an outer hollow part; and
a flexible tube that is coupled to a lower portion of the pack body and that extends downwardly in the space;
a main flow path body including an inner hollow part inserted and accommodated in the outer hollow part, and a handle part protruding at an upper portion of the inner hollow part and away from a center of the inner hollow part,
wherein the pack body comprises:
a connecting body connected to the flexible container;
a mounting part that extends from an upper portion of the connecting body, the mounting part having a wider width than the upper opening and having an edge that extends downwardly in a ring shape;
a recessed portion that is recessed between the mounting part and the outer hollow part and that has a ring shape at a top surface of the pack body, the outer hollow part protruding upward from a bottom surface of the recessed portion; and
wherein the inner hollow part is located inside the outer hollow part and includes a pack main flow path and a gas discharge flow path that communicate with the space; and

wherein the handle part is located at the inner hollow part and above an upper portion of the outer hollow part,
wherein:
a size of the handle part is smaller than a size of the recessed portion,
the handle part is located above a bottom surface of the recessed portion, and
the handle part is spaced apart from the recessed portion and the mounting part,

wherein the inner hollow part comprises:
an upper hollow part located inside the outer hollow part, and
a tube connecting part that protrudes at a lower portion of the upper hollow part,

wherein a diameter of the tube connecting part is smaller than a diameter of the upper hollow part and the tube connecting part is connected to the flexible tube, and
wherein the pack main flow path is located at the upper hollow part and the tube connecting part,
wherein the pack main flow path is located in a top-bottom direction in the upper hollow part and the tube connecting part,
wherein the pack main flow path is defined from a top end of the upper hollow part to a bottom end of the tube connecting part,
wherein the gas discharge flow path is located adjacent to the pack main flow path in the upper hollow part,
wherein the gas discharge flow path is oriented parallel to the pack main flow path between the pack main flow path and an outer circumferential surface of the upper hollow part,
wherein the flexible tube is curved or bent at least once in the flexible container, and
wherein a hardness of the flexible tube is lower than a hardness of the main flow path body,
wherein an external diameter of the handle part is greater than an external diameter of the outer hollow part,
wherein the handle part is spaced apart from the top surface of the pack body, a bottom surface of the recessed portion, and a circumferential surface of the recessed portion,
wherein a diameter of the flexible tube is shorter than a diameter of the upper hollow part, and
wherein the tube connecting part includes a flexible tube attaching part to which an upper portion of the flexible tube is attached.

2. The beer making pack of claim 1 , wherein the connecting body comprises a joining part joined with the flexible container.

3. The beer making pack of claim 1 , wherein the bottom end of the flexible tube defines an opening in a circumferential direction of the flexible tube.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Sunyoung
• Kim Heeyeon
• Chong Chungook

Classifications

• B65D85/8043 Primary

  Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents (B65D85/808 takes precedence; filters or reusable cartridges for coffee or tea makers, not used as packages A47J31/06) · CPC title

• C12C11/006 Primary

  Fermentation tanks therefor · CPC title