BEVERAGE MACHINE CARTRIDGE HOLDER

摘要

A method and apparatus for opening and closing a cartridge holder of a beverage forming machine. The cartridge holder may have an opening arranged to receive and hold a cartridge with the cartridge holder in an open position, e.g., the opening may face a front of the beverage forming machine and be in an upwardly inclined position in the open position. A pivot pin of the cartridge holder may be moved along a linear path, and in response, a cam and cam follower may cause the cartridge holder to pivot and move to a closed position, e.g., in which the opening of the cartridge holder is in a downwardly inclined orientation.

主权项

1. A beverage forming apparatus, comprising:
a frame arranged to support components of the beverage forming apparatus; a cartridge holder including an opening arranged to receive and hold a cartridge with the cartridge holder in an open position, the cartridge holder including a pivot pin defining a pivot axis about which the cartridge holder is arranged to pivot between open and closed positions; a cam and a cam follower engaged between the frame and the cartridge holder and arranged to cause the cartridge holder to pivot about the pivot axis with movement of the pivot pin along a translational path; and an actuator arranged to move the pivot pin along the translational path to cause the cam follower to move along the cam and pivot the cartridge holder between the open and closed positions, wherein the opening of the cartridge holder faces toward a front of the beverage forming apparatus and is oriented in an upwardly inclined position with the cartridge holder in the open position.