US Patent:
20170210498, Jul 27, 2017
Inventors:
Kurt Allen Jenkins - Sammamish WA, US
Edward Francis Burress - West Linn OR, US
Darryl Ingvard Jensen - Petaluma CA, US
James Bernard Jensen - Sheridan WY, US
Eugene J. Wallace - Wilsonville OR, US
International Classification:
B65B 29/02
B65B 1/04
B65B 65/00
B65B 1/02
B65B 57/20
B65B 63/00
B65D 85/804
B65B 7/28
Abstract:
A method of fabricating coffee pods at a point of sale location using a coffee pod dispensing device with shell less, expandable coffee pods. The fabrication is initiated by tactile input from a control panel that determines the parameters of the coffee pods to be fabricated and generates the operational signals for the dispensing device. Fabrication there after progresses sequentially through a series of operations that involves the loading of the coffee pods onto a pod advancing means which then takes the coffee pods through the steps of expansion, filling, sealing and delivery. To accomplish this the pods are compressible pods arranged in a linear array that allows for pleated or stacked storage in a pod loading means within the device's enclosure, as well as continuous feed capabilities.
