	US 12,404,161 B2
	Cartridge for inserting into a beverage-preparing machine and method for operating a cartridge of this type
Marc Krüger, Bergisch Gladbach (DE); and Günter Empl, Bergisch Gladbach (DE)
Assigned to Freezio AG, Amriswil (CH)
Appl. No. 18/280,498
Filed by Freezio AG, Amriswil (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/057909 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 6, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/200564, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 202 961.2 (DE), filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0140775 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01)

CPC B67D 1/0079 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0021 (2013.01); B67D 1/0051 (2013.01); B67D 2001/0091 (2013.01); B67D 2001/0821 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. A cartridge for inserting into a beverage-preparing machine, the cartridge comprising:

a) a cartridge body having a plurality of chambers filled with a beverage substance, and

b) a cartridge lid connected to the cartridge body, the cartridge lid comprising:

i. a cartridge emptying unit;

ii. a mixing chamber; and

iii. a fluid infeed that opens into the mixing chamber,

wherein the cartridge emptying unit is provided for transferring the beverage substance from one of the chambers into the mixing chamber;

wherein the mixing chamber is provided for producing a beverage by mixing the beverage substance transferred from the one chamber into the mixing chamber with a liquid fed into the mixing chamber by the fluid infeed; and

wherein the cartridge body and the cartridge lid are configured so as to be rotatable relative to one another about a longitudinal axis of the cartridge body.