POST-MIXING BEVERAGE SYSTEM

• Main Authors: MARC LITE FRANCISCO, MIRIAM CLOQUELL GONZALEZ, TUCKER FORT, VICENT FAIVRE D ARCIER, RICARDO ARIAS, ANTON PINYOL ESCARDO, AGNETE ENGA, CARLOS HERNAN MARINA, TIM CONNELLY, JORGE MANUEL MAQUITA NAGANO, JONATHAN CEDAR
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.05.2014
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; COUNTING; DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; LIQUID HANDLING; OPENING, CLOSING; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; STORING; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to trace beverage characteristic in a cartridge which the user just has drunk.SOLUTION: The beverage compounding system comprises: a container (110); an attachment mechanism coupled to the container (110); and a cartridge (150) being configured to engage with the attachment mechanism and having at least one kind of beverage components and a unique bar-code identifier (153A) for tracing a set of beverage characteristic associated with the at least one kind of beverage components in the cartridge (150). When the cartridge (150) engages with the attachment mechanism, the attachment mechanism opens the cartridge (150) to the container (110). A set of beverage characteristic includes at least one of flavor, amount of nutrient, functional components of the beverage components, and place and date the beverage was bought. A user can image the bar-code identifier 153A by using a camera 159.