US 11,745,995 B1
Ingredient cartridge loader for a fluid mixture dispensing device
Josh Freeman, San Francisco, CA (US); Gregory Allen Springer, Los Altos, CA (US); Erik Christensen, Modesto, CA (US); Alan Crarer, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Andrew Scott Davies, Oakland, CA (US); Kristopher Bernardo Dos Santos, San Francisco, CA (US); Matthew Ambauen, San Francisco, CA (US); Simon Korazija, Heidenheim (DE); Niall Macken, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Bret Lobree, Berkeley, CA (US); and Elijah S. Kashi, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Cana Technology, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed by Cana Technology, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/685,108.
Int. Cl. B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B65B 3/04 (2006.01); B65D 75/58 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0037 (2013.01) [B65B 3/045 (2013.01); B65D 75/5872 (2013.01); B67D 1/0031 (2013.01); B67D 1/0048 (2013.01); B67D 1/0079 (2013.01); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); B67D 1/1231 (2013.01); B67D 1/1243 (2013.01); B67D 2001/082 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid mixture dispensing system comprising:
an interface surface;
a cartridge receiver carriage;
an actuator configured to depress the cartridge receiver carriage towards the interface surface to load a cartridge;
a set of protrusions on a bottom side of the cartridge; and
a set of recesses on the interface surface;
wherein: (i) the set of protrusions serve as a set of alignment features: (ii) the set of alignment features are adapted to horizontally align the cartridge as the cartridge is pressed towards the interface surface when the cartridge is loaded; and (iii) the fluid mixture dispensing system is configured to apply continuous downward pressure on the cartridge towards the interface surface when the cartridge is loaded and is in contact with the interface surface.