IP Library Granted Patent US 11,453,547
Granted Patent B2
US 11,453,547 · App. 15/598,508 · Granted Sep 27, 2022

Beverage ingredient pack and beverage making apparatus having the same

Inventors: Sunyoung Park (Seoul, KR); Heeyeon Kim (Seoul, KR); Chungook Chong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
B65D85/8043
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Patent No.
US 11,453,547
App. No.
15/598,508
Granted
Sep 27, 2022
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (32)

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.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2017
From: PARK, SUNYOUNG; KIM, HEEYEON; CHONG, CHUNGOOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 042455/0021 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0105796 · Aug 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62338498 · May 18, 2016
Related Publication 20170334636A1 · Nov 23, 2017