Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Nestec S.a.

Andre Noth

Christian Jarisch

Alfred Yoakim

Youcef Ait Bouziad

Christian Talon

Alexandre Kollep

Jean-Luc Denisart

Enzo Bonacci

Christophe Sebastien Paul Heydel

Nicolas Ganshof Van Der Meersch

Damien Neurohr

Etienne Claude Jaquier

Fabien Ludovic Agon

Gregory Savioz

Charles-Austin Sunderland

A container for a foodstuff or beverage preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material and comprising a code encoding preparation information, the code comprising a reference portion and a data portion: the reference portion comprising an arrangement of at least two reference units defining a reference point and a reference line r extending from said point; the data portion comprising a data unit arranged on an encoding line D, the encoding line D extending from the reference point and arranged at an angle a to the reference line r, the data unit arranged a distance d from the reference point as a variable to at least partially encode a parameter of the preparation information.

Code and container of system for preparing a beverage or foodstuff

A beverage preparation machine includes a fluid system comprising a fluid source, a pump, a heating element, at least two container holders adapted for receiving ingredient containers, and a control unit for controlling the fluid system to prepare a beverage by mixing fluid with the beverage ingredient contained in the containers to produce a mixed beverage component in each of the containers. The control unit is further arranged to dispense part or whole of the mixed components sequentially or simultaneously to produce the beverage. The container holders differ from one another for holding containers of different sizes and/or types. Separate fluid injection interfaces have different structural and kinematic configurations and are arranged for independently delivering fluid in one of the corresponding ingredient containers. Each interface is connected to the fluid system and adapted to a different container.

System for multi-ingredient beverage preparation from various container types

A container for a foodstuff or beverage preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material and including a code encoding preparation information. The code has a reference portion and a data portion, the reference portion including an arrangement of at least two reference units defining a reference line r, the data portion including a plurality of adjacent sectors arranged on an encoding line D. Each sector is bounded by a first circumferential position and a second circumferential position on the encoding line D, and each sector contains a data unit arranged on the encoding line D between the first and second circumferential positions. The data unit is arranged a distance d extending from the first circumferential position as a variable to at least partially encode a parameter of the preparation information, whereby the encoding line D is circular and is arranged with a tangent thereto orthogonal the reference line r at an intersection point.

A container for a beverage or foodstuff preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material and comprising a code encoding preparation information, the code comprising a reference portion and a data portion: the reference portion comprising reference units defining a reference line r; the data portion comprising a data unit, wherein said data unit is arranged on an encoding line D that intersects the reference line r, the data unit is arranged a distance d from said intersection as a variable to at least partially encode a parameter of the preparation information, whereby said encoding line D is circular and is arranged with a tangent thereto orthogonal the reference line r at said intersection point, wherein the reference units are arranged with a configuration defining a reference point from which the reference line r extends.

Container for a beverage preparation machine or foodstuff preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material comprises a code encoding preparation information, in particular preparation information for a beverage preparation machine or foodstuff preparation machine to prepare a beverage or a foodstuff with beverage or foodstuff material contained in the container, the code comprising a reference portion and a data portion. The reference portion comprises at least one reference configuration defining a virtual reference line. The data portion comprises a virtual encoding line intersecting the virtual reference line at a virtual intersection point and a sequence of data units comprising at least two data units aligned at a distance from each other along the virtual encoding line for encoding a sequence of operations of the preparation information. Each data unit of the sequence of data units encodes an operation of the sequence of operations, wherein a relative position of each data unit in the sequence of data units encodes a nature of the encoded operation and wherein a distance between the data unit and the virtual intersection point and/or a distance between the data unit and another data unit of the sequence of data units or of another sequence of data units encodes a value of a condition for the performance of the encoded operation.

Container with a code encoding a sequence of foodstuff or beverage preparation operations

The invention concerns a beverage preparation machine () comprising a fluid system comprising a fluid source (), a pump (), a heating element (), at least two container holders () adapted for receiving ingredient containers (), a control unit () for controlling the fluid system to prepare a beverage by mixing fluid with the beverage ingredient contained in the containers to produce a mixed beverage component in each of the containers, wherein the control unit is further arranged to dispense part or whole of the mixed components sequentially or simultaneously to produce the beverage, wherein the container holders () differ from one another for holding containers of different sizes and/or types and, and wherein it further comprises separate fluid injection interfaces () having different structural and kinematic configurations, and arranged for independently delivering fluid in one of the corresponding ingredient containers; each interface being connected to the fluid system and being adapted to a different container.

A container for a foodstuff or beverage preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material and comprising a code encoding preparation information, the code comprising a reference portion and a data portion, the reference portion comprising an arrangement of at least two reference units defining a reference line r, the data portion comprising: a plurality of adjacent sectors arranged on an encoding line D, whereby each sector is bounded by a first circumferential position and a second circumferential position on the encoding line D and each sector comprises a data unit arranged on the encoding line D between said first and second circumferential position, the data unit arranged a distance d extending from the first circumferential position as a variable to at least partially encode a parameter of the preparation information, whereby the encoding line D is circular and is arranged with a tangent thereto orthogonal the reference line r at an intersection point.

Disposable foaming device () for foaming a fluid () comprising a container compartment () and a foaming compartment (), the container compartment () being pressurized by primary incoming air (') so that the fluid () is driven into the foaming compartment (), wherein the foaming compartment () is provided with secondary incoming air (&#x2032;) to be mixed with the fluid () coming from the container compartment (), the foaming compartment () being designed in such a way that the mixture of air and fluid () is moved under certain level of shear stress calculated so that it allows the mixture of air and fluid () to be emulsified in the foaming compartment (). Typically, the foaming compartment () comprises an inner cylinder () and an outer cylinder (), the inner cylinder () and the outer cylinder () being arranged concentrically so that a gap () is formed between them, the inner cylinder () being rotatable with respect to the outer cylinder (), such that the mixture of fluid () and air is emulsified when driven through the gap ().

Disposable foaming device

Container for a beverage or foodstuff preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material and comprising a code encoding preparation information, the code comprising a reference portion () and a data portion (). The reference portion () comprises three reference units () defining a reference line (), the three reference units () being arranged at the vertices of an isosceles reference triangle having a reference apex angle. The data portion comprises discrete positions () at locations determined relative to the reference line (), each discrete position either comprises or does not comprise a data unit () to at least partially encode the preparation information, wherein the discrete positions () are arranged at vertices of a grid of isomorphic tessellating isosceles data triangles, the data triangles having a data apex angle different from the reference apex angle.

Container, preparation machine and system using a binary code for encoding preparation information

The invention relates to a stirring member () for using in a system for preparing a food product, the product being prepared by the stirring member () moving inside a container (), the stirring member () being configured in such a way that it can adopt different configurations depending on its direction of rotation inside the container (). Preferably, the stirring member () can adopt a spoon configuration or a whisk configuration. The invention further relates to a method for using such a stirring member () in a system for preparing a food product, the method varying the direction of rotation of the stirring member () so that it adopts a different configuration depending on the type of product prepared in the container ().

Deployable stirring member

A cap assembly is used in a container. A food product to be dispensed from the container is in an inner volume of the container, and the inner volume of the container is closed by a lid. An identifier is arranged on the cap assembly and/or on a surface of the container. The cap assembly includes two parts relatively moveable with respect to each other in a relative movement. The relative movement and/or a solidary movement of these two parts allows displacement of the identifier according to a certain path and allows opening and/or closing a communication between the cap assembly and the inner volume of the container.

Container cap assembly

Rotary compressor arrangement () for compressing a fluid comprising a body () centered at an axis (X) of a shaft () and a cylindrical piston () eccentrically arranged with respect to the body () such that a compression chamber () is created between them; the arrangement () further comprising a satellite element () arranged at an offset axis (Y) and orbiting around the axis (X), the satellite element () contacting the external wall of the cylindrical piston () under a certain pressure or force such that the orbiting of the satellite element () entrains in rotation around the axis (X) the cylindrical piston () over the body (); wherein the shaft () and the body () are solidary and static within the compressor arrangement (); and wherein the shaft () comprises at least one inlet port () through which a compressible fluid is introduced into the compression chamber () for being compressed and/or one outlet port () through which the compressed fluid exits the compressor arrangement (). Cooling/refrigerating system comprising such a rotary compressor arrangement ().

Rotary compressor arrangement with stationary shaft with inlet and outlet and a cylindrical piston rotated by a satellite element

A container for a beverage or foodstuff preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material and including a code encoding preparation information. The code includes a reference portion and a data portion. The reference portion has reference units defining a reference liner, and the data portion has a data unit. The data unit is arranged on an encoding line D that intersects the reference line r, and the data unit is arranged a distance d from the intersection as a variable to at least partially encode a parameter of the preparation information. The encoding line D is circular and is arranged with a tangent thereto orthogonal the reference liner at the intersection point. The reference units are arranged with a configuration defining a reference point from which the reference line r extends.

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Andre Noth