Nestec S.a.

Preciflex Sa

Other

Preci Health Sa

Legacy Foundry Ag

Eaposys Sa

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Hulecos Sa

Alain Jaccard

Lucien Vouillamoz

Johann Rohner

Blaise Rithener

Toralf Bork

David Larzul

Jean Gubelmann

Patrick Baudet

Luc Maffli

Yves Ruffieux

Federica Carpano

Gregory Dourde

Sandro Reginelli

Antoine Cahen

Christian Jarisch

Youcef Ait Bouziad

Renzo Moser

Dominique Renaud

Mathieu Oulevey

Philippe Margairaz

Antoine Sandoz

Naomi Vouillamoz

Pascal Boschi

Francisco Daniel Rincon Hanna

Carlos Da Silva

Pascal Mauroux

Noelia L Bocchio

Manuel Romero

Nicolas Bartholomé Nussbaumer

Gavrilo Bozovic

Gavrillo Bozovic

A floating territory is made of at least two floatable building components having the shape of a prism with a regular polygon base, such as a triangle, a square, a pentagon, a hexagon, etc. combined with sliding dovetails and dovetail grooves for sliding attachment to neighboring construction elements. The attachments allow the floatable building components to slide vertically relative to each other, thereby permitting the floating territory to follow the upward and downward movement of the waves. A method of converting floating ocean waste into structures, in particular, floating territories is also provided.

Modular floating structure and method of construction

A decorative, wearable system includes at least one decorative element mechanically and moveably suspended in a liquid by mechanical fixation elements. The liquid shares a substantially similar refraction index as at least one of mechanical fixation elements.

Device comprising decorative objects having restrained freedom to move and suspended in fluid

A construct having an aesthetic form is adapted to please a wearer and to be worn by the wearer. The construct provides a structure having a wearer connection element such as a ring, a chain, a wristband, a pin, a clasp, a clip, and a body piercing element. The functional elements including a fluid reservoir in which at least two fluids are disposed, and a motion generation system are integrated on the structure, The motion generation system is functionally affixed to the structure so as to agitate the at least two fluids, causing a visual animation effect. The construct, in particular jewelry, may have incorporated therein one or more channels and/or reservoirs containing one or more fluids wherein the fluids as well as the forms and surface treatments of channels/reservoirs are selected possess physical properties so as to promote a defined interaction with the one or more fluids. The interaction influences the visual appearance of the device, such device optionally being made at least in part of precious metals, natural components such as pearls, and/or precious stones.

Dynamic fluidic jewelry

A decorative, wearable system includes at least one decorative element mechanically and moveably suspended in a liquid by mechanical fixation elements and actuated by invisible mechanism(s). The liquid shares a substantially similar refraction index as at least one of mechanical fixation elements and/or actuation mechanisms.

Portable device comprising decorative elements driven by invisible driving means, in a liquid

A geothermal installation for collecting heat for the generation of electricity is provided. The installation includes a fluid transport system comprising at least one fluid injection bore extending from a thermoelectric generator located at or near the Earth's surface to a depth below the Earth's surface sufficient such that energy collected can produce electricity. In particular, a depth of at least 500 m, preferably at least 1500 m, and more preferably at least 3000 m is sufficient to see benefits. The fluid injection bore is connected at the said depth, respectively to a plurality of micro-tunnels which extend outwardly substantially horizontally or diagonally downwardly from a horizontal plane passing through the said depth, preferably interconnected in at least one array. The micro-tunnels in turn are connected with fluid return bores which return a heat transfer fluid to the thermoelectric generator. The fluid transport system is adapted for the flow therethrough to and from the thermoelectric generator of the heat transfer fluid.

Geothermal heat exchange installation and method

A system manages the reactions of fluids to their changes in their environment in order to convert these reactions into energy thereby harvesting the same while protecting the device against destruction or malfunction when the environmental conditions exceed predefined thresholds.

Energy harvesting with fluids

A system and method/apparatus is provided which enables the intuitive manipulation of small amounts of fluids in a closed environment such as a display, an analysis system, a chemical reactor, with complete user safety ensured. With this invention, the user can move a droplet of fluid seemingly using the tip of his finger, while not really touching the fluid. Usage for this invention may be found in fluidic displays, medical analysis equipment, chemical analysis equipment, educational material, and similar applications.

Finger-fluid interfacing method and device

An analysis and/or treatment device () for at least one smoking article (). comprising a closable receptacle () for receiving the at least one smoking article () therein; a reservoir () for a fluid treatment material (); a hollow injection needle. () interiorly insertable into the smoking article () received in the receptacle () and operably connected to the reservoir (); means () for moving the treatment material () from the reservoir () through the needle () into the interior of the smoking article (); and at least one sensor means () provided in the receptacle () for detecting at least one parameter characterizing a property of the smoking article () and/or characterizing the treatment conditions in the receptacle (). A method for applying a treatment to a smoking article (), wherein the smoking article () is enclosed by a receptacle (), and a treatment material () is inserted into the receptacle () and directly into the interior of the smoking article () as a function of parameters measured by sensor means (), said parameters being indicative of at least one of the temperature and the humidity in the receptacle () and the smoking article ().

Devices for active humidification and flavouring

An indication device is provided. The indication device includes an elongated fluid chamber containing at least one electrically conductive liquid driven by a pump for conductive liquids and an immiscible, relatively non-conductive fluid. At least one segment of at least one fluid is used as an indicator. This segment is driven by the pump along adjacent indices of an indicator visible to an observer using a meniscus location sensor and a feedback controller so as to e.g indicate a quantity to the observer.

Indication device

A fluid dispensing device is provided for dispensing a measured amount of fluid into a living organism. The device includes a rigid fluid reservoir closed by a septum for use in a fluid dispensing device for dispensing a measured amount of fluid into a living organism, wherein the device has a main housing enclosing the operative components of the device, the said fluid reservoir located within the main housing, an injection assembly including a needle, and a trigger mechanism. The needle has a first end adapted to piercing the septum and pushing the septum into the reservoir so that the septum acts as a piston, expelling the fluid through the needle, and a second end adapted to injecting the fluid into the living organism.

Fluid dispenser

A drive system for energizing a device that includes a bellows actuated drive. The bellows actuated drive provides linear forward and backward movement by fluid expansion and contraction of a fluid within a reservoir according to a temperature differential while the reservoir is in fluid contact with the bellows. In one variant, two bellows are configured in a V shaped conformation. Various devices are driven using the drive system of the current invention and include a timepiece, a medical device, an implantable medical device, a cardiac rhythm management device, a hearing aid, a medical micro-injector, a sensor, and a biometric transmitter.

Temperature driven winding system

A device () for receiving an ingredient cartridge () and extracting the ingredient by passing heated liquid through the cartridge, comprises: a cartridge seat () that has an open configuration for receiving and/or removing a cartridge from such device and a closed configuration for extracting the ingredient; and a force generation means () for assisting a closure or opening movement of the cartridge seat. The force generation means can be associated with a dampening means () for dampening the closure or opening movement of the cartridge seat when assisted by the force generating means. The device can have a user-movable handle () that is associated with an end-of-stroke feed-back means () for providing a corresponding feed-back to a user actuating the handle.

Ergonomic capsule extraction device

A beverage preparation machine is disclosed that includes a base and at least one module. The base conditions and delivers a fluid to the at least one module that houses an ingredient to be mixed with the fluid. The base is controlled by a control unit that is configured to control the flow and the pressure of the liquid delivered to the module, during the preparation of a beverage, according to a command selected from a plurality of commands suitable for different types of ingredients and/or for different preparation processes of a given ingredient.

Multi-system beverage machine

A device () for receiving an ingredient cartridge () and extracting the ingredient by passing heated liquid through the cartridge, has a cartridge seat () and a liquid injection arrangement () for injecting heated liquid into the cartridge seat. The cartridge seat comprises a first cartridge support () and a second cartridge support () facing the first support. The first and second cartridge supports are arranged to be movable relative to one another from an open position for insertion or removal of a cartridge into the seat to a closed position for passing heated liquid through such a cartridge. At least one support () of the cartridge supports () is hydraulically actuatable and movable into the closed position by the liquid injection arrangement. The liquid injection arrangement is configured to: pressurize and circulate unheated liquid to the at least one support () for actuating and moving said at least one support () by the circulating unheated pressurized liquid; and guide this circulating unheated pressurized liquid under pressure from the at least one support () via a heater () into the cartridge seat () for extracting the ingredient contained in the cartridge ().

Cartridge extraction device

A device () has: a cartridge seat () arranged to receive an ingredient cartridge () for extraction; a beverage outlet () connected to this cartridge seat for dispensing beverage during extraction; and a liquid injection arrangement () comprising a pump () for pressurizing and circulating liquid from a source () via the cartridge seat into the beverage outlet. The liquid injection arrangement further comprises a valve (') between the pump and the cartridge seat. The liquid injection arrangement is configured to release via the valve (&#x2032;) pressure from this pressurized liquid in the injection arrangement and maintain liquid in the injection arrangement from the pump () to the cartridge seat () after the pump is stopped, so as to inhibit dripping from the beverage outlet ().

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Ste-Croix, Switzerland

Alain Jaccard