Robert Boschgmbh

Schaerer Ag

Bruno Aeberhard

André Lüssi

Peter Egli

Bruno Mosimann

Peter Sinzig

Olivier Zeiter

Beat Salzgeber

Felix Buehlmann

Andy Lienhard

Franco Kissling

Miguel Alexandre Pinto Da Costa

André LÜSSI

Roland Zihlmann

A coffee maker for automatically preparing a coffee beverage, and optionally other beverages, having a housing, in which the grinder, brewing device, and boiler, for example, are accommodated, and an outlet unit, by way of which the desired beverage is dispensed. In the outlet unit, an outlet arrangement is provided, in which a plurality of tubular outlets are arranged side-by-side, and which are removably mounted in the outlet unit. On the front side of the housing, a display and operating unit can be arranged, by way of which the desired coffee beverage can be inputted, and by way of which information about the respective coffee beverage and/or the operational state of the machine are outputted. On the upper side of the housing, storage containers can be arranged, in which basic ingredients for the preparation of the coffee beverage, and other beverages as the case may be, are kept.

Coffee maker

A beverage machine, in particular a coffee machine, prepares a beverage using water supplied via a fixed water connection to a hydraulic part arranged in the beverage machine and outputs the beverage at an outlet of the beverage machine. Maintenance is simplified by the fact that the beverage machine is provided with a cartridge holder which is accessible from the outside and into which a cartridge can be inserted in an exchangeable manner, the cartridge includes a cartridge connection on the inlet side and a cartridge connection on the outlet side, via which, in the inserted state of the cartridge, water supplied to the beverage machine via the fixed water connection flows through the cartridge and is thereby filtered and/or enriched with additives.

Beverage machine, in particular coffee machine, and method for operating such a beverage machine

The disclosure relates to a beverage preparation module intended for installation in a self-service beverage vending machine. According to the disclosure, a water connection and a preparation device for preparing a beverage by means of water provided at the water connection are provided. Beverage preparation parameters can be transmitted to a control unit via a communication interface. The control unit is configured to control the preparation device in order to prepare a beverage based on the beverage preparation parameters. A beverage outlet for discharging the beverage prepared by the preparation device is provided. In one embodiment, at least one additional module interface is provided for connecting the control unit to at least one additional module.

Beverage preparation module having additional modules for self-service beverage vending machines

The invention relates to a milk-frothing apparatus, in particular for a coffee or espresso machine, comprising a froth-generating unit () which is in the form of a disposable part, which is easy to replace, and has a mixing chamber (), an outlet (), which leads to the outside from the mixing chamber (), for the generated milk froth, and first means () through which the froth-generating unit () is supplied with steam and air (), and also second means () through which the froth-generating unit () is supplied with milk, wherein the froth-generating unit () can be connected to a holding means () in a detachable manner. The froth-generating unit () can be replaced in a simple and reliable manner while at the same time operating in a flexible manner by the first means comprising a first inlet () through which steam and air enter the froth-generating unit () together, by a combined steam/air nozzle (), which projects outward and is connected to a steam generator and an air pump and through which steam and air are routed together, being provided on the holding means (), and by the first inlet () and the steam/air nozzle () being designed and matched to one another such that they form a detachable hydraulic plug connection.

Milk-frothing apparatus, and coffee or espresso machine and automatic beverage vending machine having a milk-frothing apparatus of this kind

The invention relates to a hand tool machine with a torque limiter () enabling a user to set a maximum torque which is transmitted by a motor drive () to a tool carrier (). According to the invention, the hand tool machine comprises an overload clutch which interrupts a power flux between the motor drive () and the tool carrier () when the transmitted torque exceeds the overload torque.

Hand-held power tool with torque limiter

A hand-held power tool has a handle, a least one two-speed transmission, at least one switch element for shifting the transmission between various gear ratios, wherein a distance between the switch element and a gripping region of the handle provided for placement of an operator's hand is less than or equal to a maximum finger extension range.

Hand-held power tool

A hand-held power tool damping unit has a damping element which is configured for producing friction between an output unit and a drive unit for driving the output unit, wherein damping element includes at least one annular segment.

A hand-held power tool has a motor output shaft, a tool driver, and a torque-limiting unit with which a maximum torque transferred from the motor output shaft to the tool driver is adjustable by an operator, the torque-limiting unit including a spring system, the spring system including differently-acting spring elements.

Hand-held power tool with a torque-limiting unit

A hand-held power tool has a motor output shaft, a tool driver, a torque-limiting unit with which a maximum torque transferred from the motor output shaft to the tool driver is adjustable by an operator; an actuating element that adjusts the torque-limiting unit, and a retaining element with a spring element, wherein the retaining element holds the adjusting element in a position set by the operator, and a spring element exerts a retaining force directed in an axial direction of the tool driver.

A slaving and blocking device for transmitting a torque from a driving part to a driven part and for stopping the driven part at a torque engaging the driven part has a slaving element fixable on the driving part and having slaving claws offset from one another in a circumferential direction, a roller star wheel connectable to the driven part and having points of a star offset from one another in the circumferential direction, and a stationary clamping ring located concentrically with the slaving element and the roller star wheel. A contact face on the points of the star is configured so that the clamping rollers, which when the slaving element is driven are pressed by the slaving claws against contact faces of the points of the star, are thrust inwards. The slaving faces on the slaving claws are configured such that when the slaving element is driven, they load the clamping rollers with a pressure force such that a tangential force component of the pressure force is substantially greater than a radial force component of the pressure force.

Spindle lock for rotary power tool

A hand power tool has a tool spindle rotatable by a drive train, a cam device located in the drive train and having two cam discs in engagement with one another for transmitting axial percussion motions to the tool spindle, an overloading coupling located in the drive train and having two coupling parts which are in engagement with one another and are overloadable counter to an axially exerted force, a blocking device which upon its activation blocks a relative rotation of the coupling parts of the overloading coupling to one another, and an operating mode setting device for setting 'percussion drilling', 'drilling' and &#x201c;screw driving&#x201d; operating modes, and also a magnitude of an overlocking moment upon screwdriving and having one torque adjusting ring for setting the &#x201c;drilling&#x201d; operating mode and the &#x201c;screwdriving&#x201d; operating mode, with preselection of the magnitude of the overlocking moment, and another adjusting the &#x201c;percussion drilling&#x201d; operating mode on and off, and in &#x201c;on&#x201d; position overrides any operating mode set by the torque adjusting ring.

Hand power tool, in particular drilling screwdriver

An electric power tool has a plurality of operational component groups; a plurality of separate housings which accommodate the operational component groups, the housings being couplable with one another in series, at least one of the housings being composed of a synthetic plastic casing which is reinforced with a metal sleeve.

Electric power tool with a plurality of operational component groups accommodated in separate housings

An electric machining tool includes a plurality of functional components in separate housings (), whereby the individual housings () are coupled to one another and axially aligned. A mounting () is provided having a spring-elastic belt () that surrounds at least partially coaxially an exterior of one of the housings (). The belt () has a plurality of branching gripping arms () extending in an axial direction, and the ends () of the gripping arms are engageable in one or more of the housings () adjacent to the housing about which the belt () extends. The mounting () secures the housings () against an opposite movement in the axial direction and rotational movement.

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