Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Damien Romand

Marco Magatti

Etienne Crozier

Jean-Luc Thuliez

Guillaume Heisel

Adrien Hoffet

Robin Zimmermann

Exchangeable cartridge () for portion dispenser () arranged for storing and dispensing beverage items () for the preparation of beverages comprising: an elongated hollowed storage member () comprising an interior for accommodating a plurality of beverage items (), comprising a closed end () and an open end () comprising an exit opening (), a closure cap () adapted to connect in a removable manner to the elongated hollowed storage member () at the open end of the storage member and to be sealed through a removable complementary connection () of the storage member () and closure cap (), wherein the closure cap () comprises a locking member (), or respectively keying member, being arranged for complementarily fitting with a keying member (), or respectively a locking member, of the portion dispenser () and for allowing the closure cap () to be removed from the elongated hollowed member () and to be re-connected to the elongated hollowed member ().

Exchangeable cartridge for beverage portion dispenser

The invention relates to a device () for preparing a beverage, more particularly, for a vehicle comprising: —a brewing unit () for receiving a dose () of beverage ingredients, —a pressure pump () for supplying pressurized liquid to the brewing unit, —an electronic control unit () for selectively controlling the activation of the pressure pump, wherein the electronic control unit () is arranged to control the activation and deactivation of the pressure pump (), by providing output to the pressure pump as response to input indicative of a determined inclination angle relative to horizontal and/or to a detected spatial displacement or acceleration; said input being received from inclination angle and/or displacement sensing means () which are part of and/or foreign to the device.

Beverage preparation device for vehicle

Beverage preparation device () for preparing a beverage from a beverage dose () comprising: &#x2014;a brewing unit () for receiving the dose () and preparing a beverage from the ingredients contained within the dose and pressurized liquid injected in the dose, &#x2014;a pressure pump () for supplying pressurized liquid to the brewing unit (), &#x2014;beverage dispensing means () connected to the brewing unit and comprising a beverage injector () arranged for dispensing the beverage through a bottom () of a beverage receptacle (); wherein the beverage dispensing means () comprises a residual beverage draining valve (), between the beverage injector () and the brewing unit (), which is arranged to be moved between a beverage dispensing position and a residual beverage draining position, wherein the residual beverage draining valve () and/or the beverage receptacle () comprise valve activation means () arranged to move the draining valve between a beverage dispensing position in response to the engagement of the bottom of the receptacle with the beverage injector and a residual beverage draining position in response to the removal of receptacle from the beverage injector ().

Beverage preparation device with beverage draining means

Beverage preparation apparatus for preparing a beverage comprising: &#x2014;a water tank () for storing water, &#x2014;a brewing unit () for receiving a dose of beverage ingredients, &#x2014;a water line () for supplying water from the water tank to the brewing unit () including a pressure pump () for supplying pressurized liquid to the brewing unit and a fluid heater () for heating liquid, &#x2014;a control unit () for selectively controlling the activation of the pressure pump, wherein it further comprises a fluidic interrupter () positionable in fluidic interruption position for interrupting the fluidic communication between the water tank () and the water line () and, reversely, positionable in fluidic communication position for restoring the fluid communication between the water tank and the water line and wherein the control unit () is arranged for automatically activating an anti-freeze mode by activating the fluidic interrupter () in fluidic interruption position and by running the pressure pump () to at least partially empty the water line () from water contained therein.

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La Neuveville, Switzerland

Damien Romand