Nestec S.a.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Cedric Rey

Roberto Angelo Calderone

Lucio Scorrano

Silvio Lardelli

Michel Hess

Erich Hinderegger

Patrick Fluck

Albert Zsolt

Larry Sacha Baudet

Sandrine Jaccard

Richard Luke Murphy

Sven Zwicker

Guillaume Langloy

Julian Wamsler

Patrice Candaux

Jonathan Gebs

Fabien Rawyler

Marco Ramaioli

Carine Filliol

Christel Gigandet

The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising:

Dispenser preparing beverages from powders

The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising:&#x2014;a housing ()&#x2014;at least two containers () for storing a water soluble beverage powder, each container comprising a tank () and an outlet (),&#x2014;at least two dissolution chambers (), each being operatively linked to one of the containers () for preparing a beverage from the water soluble beverage powder and a diluent,&#x2014;for each dissolution chamber (), an extractor hood () at the top of said dissolution chamber,&#x2014;an evacuating fan (),&#x2014;an extraction device () connected to each extractor hood () and to said evacuating fan (), said extraction device comprising internal paths () for guiding flows from the extractor hoods through the extraction device, wherein:&#x2014;the extraction device () is an essentially parallelepipedic box connected: to each extractor hood () through cooperating holes () on its front lateral side, and to the evacuating fan () through one cooperating holes () on one other lateral side,&#x2014;the box of the extraction device is fully removable from the housing (),&#x2014;the box consists of a lower part () and an upper part () and is configured for being manually opened by separating the lower part () from the upper part ().

The invention concerns a mixing device () having: &#x2014;a whipper housing (), a rotor () and a back wall (), the whipper housing and the back wall forming a whipper chamber in which is lodged the rotor, &#x2014;the whipper housing having a beverage inlet () and a beverage outlet (), &#x2014;a drive shaft () for driving the rotor, said drive shaft being supported by the back wall, &#x2014;the rotor presenting a radial back surface () facing the whipper housing back wall () and a radial front surface () opposed to the radial back surface &#x2014;the whipper housing having a front wall (), said front wall facing at least a part of the radial front surface () of the rotor, and wherein the whipper housing front wall () presents bumps () elevating from the surface () of the front wall, the upper surface () of each bump being flat and the edges () of said upper surface being sharp.

Mixing device for frothing beverages and method of using same

The invention concerns a dispenser () comprising: &#x2014;a housing () defining an internal space (), &#x2014;a beverage preparation unit housed in the internal space, said beverage preparation unit being connected to an electric supply, &#x2014;a door () to get access to the internal space of the housing, said door being assembled to the housing () by means of at least one hinge (), said door comprising one element erecting from the internal surface of the door, said door being configured for switching off the electric supply of the beverage preparation unit when it opens, the switching off being due to the release of a mechanical and electric contact by the at least one erecting element, wherein the dispenser comprises a slider (), said slider comprising: &#x2014;a first part () configured for switching on the electric supply of the beverage preparation unit when the slider is translated from a first rest position to a second operative position, and &#x2014;a second part () configured for engaging with a locking device () when the slider () is translated to the second operative position so that the slider is retained in said second operative position by the locking device, and wherein the element erecting from the internal surface of the door is configured for disengaging the second part of the slider from the locking device () when the door is closed.

Dispenser with openable door

The invention concerns a beverage dispenser () comprising a base () and a holding system that comprises a holding part () positionable beneath a beverage outlet () in order to accept a first, relatively small receptacle, and being configured and dimensioned to be moveable between a deployed holding position suitable for accepting the small receptacle and a second position in which the holding part is moved at least partly out of the way of the beverage outlet to create an unoccupied space in which a second, larger receptacle can be positioned, in place of the first receptacle, beneath the beverage outlet, wherein the holding system comprises a sensor () configured for detecting the position of the holding part between the first position and the second position.

Dispenser with holding system for receptacles of different sizes

The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: a housing (), at least one refillable container () for storing bulk beverage ingredient, said container comprising a tank (), a discharge port () at the outlet () of the tank, at least a beverage preparation unit () operatively linked to the container for preparing a beverage from the stored bulk beverage ingredient, a door, wherein the discharge port () of the container () is configured for being automatically closed due to the opening movement of the door.

Beverage dispenser with automatic closure of the powder containers chutes

The invention concerns a beverage dispenser () comprising :&#x2014;a beverage module having at least one beverage outlet (),&#x2014;a drip tray (), said drip tray comprising: a collecting tray (), and a filtering member () positioned above at least the front part () of the tray, wherein the drip tray comprises a lid () for covering the back part () of the tray.

Drip tray for beverages dispenser

A beverage dispenser comprises: a housing (), at least two refillable containers () for storing bulk beverage ingredients, at least a beverage preparation unit () operatively linked to the containers for preparing a beverage from at least one of the stored bulk beverage ingredients, a sub-housing () in which the containers are placed, the sub-housing being removable from the housing.

Beverage dispenser with improved refilling operation

The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: at least one beverage ingredient processing assembly () presenting one outlet () for evacuating a beverage, at least one conduit () removably connected to the outlet () of the at least one beverage ingredient processing assembly for dispensing the beverage in a container (), wherein: the dispenser comprises a drawer assembly () comprising a drawer () composed of an upper part () and a lower part (), said both parts being at least partly removable one from the other, at least one of said parts presenting at least one groove () on its internal surface so that when the two parts are connected together the at least one groove forms at least a part of the least one conduit () for dispensing the beverage from the beverage ingredient processing assembly outlet () to the container (), and the upper part () and the lower part () of the drawer assembly are made of a first hard material, and a second soft polymer material () covers the upper part () and/or the lower part () at least on the area near from the edges of the at least one conduit () formed by the at least one groove, and the drawer assembly () comprises a cover () for maintaining and squeezing the upper part and the lower part one against the other.

Beverage dispenser with improved outlet tubes assembly

The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: a frame () for supporting the components of the dispenser, a whipper assembly () comprising a whipperhousing (), a whipper device () and a back wall (), the whipper housing and the back wall forming a whipper chamber () in which is lodged the whipper device, a drive shaft () for driving the whipper device (), said drive shaft being supported by the frame (), detachable connection means () for attaching the back wall to the whipper housing, wherein it further comprises detachable connection means () for attaching the whipper housing to the frame.

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