Nestec S.a.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Christian Jarisch

Alexandre Perentes

Alfred Yoakim

Stefan Kaeser

Arnaud Gerbaulet

Daniel Abegglen

Andre Noth

Carlo Magri

Nicolas Camier

Thomas Kaeser

Christian Talon

Antoine Ryser

Stefan Etter

Jean-Luc Denisart

Jean-Paul Denisart

Enzo Bonacci

Antoine Cahen

Alexandre Kollep

Youcef Ait Bouziad

Christophe Boussemart

Gilles Gavillet

Fabien Ludovic Agon

Pirow Engelbrecht

Christophe Sebastien Paul Heydel

David Nordqvist

Jean-Luc Colantonio

Zbynek Struzka

Lucio Scorrano

Blaise Rithener

Renzo Moser

Alain Jaccard

Minh Quan Phan

Stéphane Pellegrini

Patrik Benz

Philippe Baenninger

André Noth

Patrick Kern

Stefan (deceased) Etter

Nicola Tomatis

Lionel Peretti

Pierre Monnier

Irène Verettas

Amaud Gerbaulet

Diego Jimenez Alvarez

Delphine Ricoux

Jonathan Gebs

Fausto Di Muzio

Fabrice Yerly

Jean-Claude Gille

Isabelle Huynh

Gautier Montvenoux

Timothy John Palmer

Denisart Jean-Paul

M Christophe S Boussemart

Christophe S Boussemart

Laura Priester

Christophe Sébastien Paul Heydel

Jean Luc Colentonio

Jean Paul Denisard

Charles Brian Durler Cooke

A capsule for preparation of a beverage can include a container and a beverage ingredient contained therein. The container can include at least one support having a section on which a plurality of sequences of symbols is represented; each symbol is sequentially readable, by a reading arrangement of an external device, while the capsule is rotated along an axis of rotation. Each sequence can code a set of information related to the capsule, and at least one of the sequences can include symbols defining a preamble sequence that allows determination of a position of the symbols in the associated sequence coding the set of information related to the capsule. The container can include a cup-shaped body having a flange-like rim and a lid connected to the body, the support can be on a bottom of the rim, and the bottom of the rim can be opposed to the lid.

Support and capsule for preparing a beverage by centrifugation, system and method for preparing a beverage by centrifugation

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 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.

Code and container of system for preparing a beverage or foodstuff

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.

The invention relates to a product container () for multiple dosing of a food product, comprising an inner volume () with a food product, this inner volume () being pressurized with nitrogen gas; the product container () further comprising a rotatable outlet element () able to move from a position where the outlet of the container is open to a position where the outlet of the container is closed, being able to open and close the volume of the container under pressure; the pressure inside the container being higher than the atmospheric pressure. The invention further relates to a multi-serving product dispenser system for multiple dosing of a food product, comprising a product container () according as disclosed and a dosing mechanism (), the container () being connectable to the dosing mechanism () by means of the rotatable outlet element () in a tight manner, the dosing mechanism () comprising a moveable element () which movement is sequential with that of the rotatable outlet element () such that the product can be stored, and can be dispensed into a dosing chamber () in the dosing mechanism (), keeping the inner volume () of the container at a pressure higher than the atmospheric pressure. The invention also relates to a method for dispensing a food product one or a plurality of times using a multi-serving dispenser system as described.

Multi-serving product dispenser system

A mobile liquid tank is disclosed that includes an insulated tank body and two heating elements. Also disclosed is a liquid heating system comprising the mobile liquid tank, as well as methods of heating a liquid using the mobile liquid tank.

Mobile liquid tank for heating liquids

The invention relates to a pack () for preparing a food or beverage product from one or more food or beverage ingredients comprising an insert () and a container () where the ingredient or ingredients are stored, the insert () comprising at least a fluid inlet () configured for introducing an aqueous fluid under the form of a jet in the inner volume of the pack, the insert () further comprising at least an air conduit () configured to allow introducing air from the exterior of the pack and into the inner volume of the said pack through at least an air nozzle (). The at least one fluid inlet () communicates with a depression chamber () through at least one liquid nozzle () in order to create a jet from a pressurized fluid introduced through the fluid inlet (). The invention further relates to the use of a pack as described for preparing a food or beverage product.

Pack for preparing foamed food or beverage products

The present invention concerns a capsule () for food or beverage preparation having a capsule body defining a compartment for containing a precursor ingredient, the capsule body being a volume with one symmetry plane or one symmetry axis so as to define at least two symmetrical volume segments, the capsule () being suitable for coupling any of its body segments to a food or beverage preparation machine () for injection of a mixing ingredient from the machine within the capsule, characterized in that the capsule () comprises at least two codes () each located in one body segment, each code () carrying two different alternative values of a same beverage preparation setting.

Capsule for preparing edible compositions

Capsule for the preparation of a beverage comprising a container and a beverage ingredient contained therein, wherein the container comprises a code adapted for being identified or read by external reading means, wherein the code is arranged on the container to be read while the capsule is rotated around an axis of rotation traversing the capsule.

Capsule, system and method for preparing a beverage by centrifugation

A capsule for preparation of a beverage includes a container and a beverage ingredient contained therein. The container includes a code adapted for being identified or read by external reading means, and the code is arranged on the container to be read while the capsule is rotated around an axis of rotation traversing the capsule.

A capsule for the preparation of a beverage can include a container and a beverage ingredient contained therein. The container can include at least one support having a section on which a plurality of sequences of symbols is represented; each symbol is sequentially readable, by a reading arrangement of an external device, while the capsule is rotated along an axis of rotation. Each sequence can code a set of information related to the capsule, and at least one of the sequences can include symbols defining a preamble sequence that allows determination of a position of the symbols in the associated sequence coding the set of information related to the capsule. The container can include a cup-shaped body having a flange-like rim and a lid connected to the body, the support can be on a bottom of the rim, and the bottom of the rim can be opposed to the lid.

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Lutry, Switzerland

Christian Jarisch