US Patent Issued to Smoodi on Sept. 23 for "Self-cleaning automated blended drink machine" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,463, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Smoodi Inc. (Boston).

"Self-cleaning automated blended drink machine" was invented by Morgan Abraham (Boston) and Pascal Kriesche (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stand-alone automated machine for the automatic blending of drinks. The machine will generally puree materials including fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables provided in large particulate sections or chunks within a cup which is available from a neighboring refrigerator or freezer unit. The blending machine can handle all aspects of drink blending as well as automatic cleaning, sanitization, and/or sterilization cycles."

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