Nestec S.a.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

David J Harrison

David Hamel

Nihan Dogan

Jean-Luc Thuliez

Raphael Bernhardsgruetter

Cedric Beausire

Raphael Gugerli

Iwan Kissling

Balakrishna Reddy

John Meldrum

Mischa Stieger

Arturo F Guerrero

Amol Ashok Bhalerao

Johan Bergdahl

Michael (Mischa) Stieger

James Tuot

Michael Stieger

Robert Mora

Roland A MacHattie

Joshua Headings

Cédric Beausire

Raphael Bernhardsgrüter

A beverage production device prepares a beverage from a beverage concentrate contained in a receptacle. The beverage production device includes a support member for supporting the receptacle, a plate member arranged vertically to the support means, the plate member including at least four outlet nozzles for injecting a fluid jet into the receptacle. A liquid supply member is connected to the outlet nozzles, and at least two of the outlet nozzles are designed to direct a fluid jet to an inner side wall of the receptacle and are arranged at different angles with respect the vertical. At least two of the outlet nozzles are designed to direct a fluid jet to the bottom of the receptacle and are arranged at different angles with respect to the vertical.

Device for in-cup preparation of a beverage

The present invention proposes a beverage production device for preparing a beverage from a beverage concentrate contained in a receptacle, comprising a support means () for supporting the receptacle (), a plate member () arranged vertically to the support means, the plate member () comprising at least four outlet nozzles () for injecting a fluid jet (A) into the receptacle (), liquid supply means () connected to the outlet nozzles (), wherein at least two of the outlet nozzles () are designed to direct a fluid jet (A, A) to an inner side wall () of the receptacle () and said outlet nozzles () are arranged at different angles (a) with respect the vertical, and wherein at least two of the outlet nozzles () are designed to direct a fluid jet (A, A) to the bottom of the receptacle () and said outlet nozzles () are arranged at different angles (&#x3b2;) with respect to the vertical.

Device for in-cup-preparation of a beverage

A mixing nozzle () for mixing a concentrate and a diluent and dispensing the mixture is disclosed. The mixing nozzle includes: a concentrate conduit including a concentrate inlet port () and a concentrate outlet port () and a concentrate flowpath () therebetween, the conduit defining the longitudinal axis (XX') of the mixing nozzle; a toroidal chamber () around said concentrate conduit having a water inlet conduit () tangentially disposed with respect thereto to create a swirling of the water in said chamber, said toroidal chamber presenting multiple openings () at the bottom wall of the toroidal chamber to create multiple flows of diluent around the concentrate outlet port (); an assembly of multiple radially projecting ribs () provided downstream to the multiple openings () of the toroidal chamber, the ribs being curved at their downstream ends () towards the mixing nozzle longitudinal axis (XX&#x2032;).

Mixing nozzle

The invention concerns a beverage production device () having a first dissolution chamber (), said first dissolution chamber being configured for producing a beverage by mixing a beverage concentrate and a diluent and having: &#x2014;at least one diluent inlet () and&#x2014;at least one liquid delivery outlet (), &#x2014;a bottom wall (), the at least one liquid delivery outlet () being set in said bottom wall, wherein the device has a second dilution chamber (), said second dilution chamber having: &#x2014;a top wall (), and&#x2014;at least one liquid inlet () through the top wall, said liquid inlet being the liquid delivery outlet () of the first dissolution chamber, and&#x2014;at least one diluent inlet () configured for introducing a diluent in the second dilution chamber and mixing said diluent with the liquid flowing from the at least one liquid inlet () through the top wall.

Dispenser for producing beverages by dissolution of a soluble ingredient

Device for producing a frothed liquid comprising a chamber opened to atmosphere with a transverse bottom wall and a longitudinal upward wall, at least one diluent inlet, at least one liquid delivery outlet. The diluent inlet is provided through the upward wall and is dimensioned and oriented for directing a thin jet of diluent in the chamber. The at least one liquid delivery outlet is configured in the bottom wall for liquid to rise up along the side of the upward wall by the jet of diluent entering the chamber as a result of the direction and dimension of the diluent inlet in the chamber.

Device and method for producing a frothed liquid from soluble ingredients and diluent

Device for producing a frothed liquid comprising a chamber opened to atmosphere with a transverse bottom wall and a longitudinal upward wall, at least one diluent inlet, at least one liquid delivery outlet. The at least one diluent inlet comprises a first diluent inlet provided through the upward wall and dimensioned and oriented for directing a thin jet of diluent in the chamber. The at least one liquid delivery outlet is configured in the bottom wall for liquid to rise up along the side of the upward wall by the jet of diluent entering the chamber as a result of the direction and dimension of the diluent inlet in the chamber.

A method and a device are provided for dispensing multiple portions of a fluid that is stored in a container having a port and a flexible dispensing tube. The flexible dispensing tube includes an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is integrally sealed to the port and a viscoelastic valve is mounted in the outlet. The method includes a compression step and a step of terminating compression. The method also includes a step implemented at the end of the compression step that releases the pressure in a tube portion between a first tube portion and the valve.

Method and device for aseptically dispensing multiple portions of a fluid

Device for producing a frothed liquid comprising a chamberopened to atmosphere with a transverse bottom walland a longitudinal upward wall, at least one diluent inlet, at least one liquid delivery outlet, wherein the diluent inlet is provided through the upward wall and is dimensioned and oriented for directing a thin jet of diluent in the chamber, and wherein the at least one liquid delivery outlet is configured in the bottom wall for liquid to rise up along the side of the upward wall by the jet of diluent entering the chamber as a result of the direction and dimension of the diluent inlet in the chamber.

The invention relates to a method for delivering a flavored and/or nutritionally enhanced non-carbonated beverage on premise. The method comprises a step of providing at least one packaged source of a liquid premix base comprising at least one microbiologically, physically, enzymatically and/or chemically sensitive beverage component which is not solely carbohydrate, a water activity lowering component. The liquid premix based is formulated with a water activity and/or solid content effective to render it shelf stable at room temperature. The method comprises a step of separately providing a plurality of flowable additive packaged sources adapted to tailor the flavor, aroma, body and/or nutritional value of the beverage. The method comprises a step in which liquid premix base is mixed to hot or cold non-carbonated water to provide a beverage base which is dispensed to the cup and wherein at least one additive is delivered and mixed with the beverage base into the cup.

Method for delivering hot and cold beverages on demand in a variety of flavorings and nutritional additives

Beverage dispensers and dispensing methods that facilitate mixing of one or more additives (e.g., flavorings) with a base liquid are described. In a preferred method of preparing a beverage, a base liquid is dispensed from a dispensing device () into a container (). A flowable additive is dispensed from the dispensing device into the container to mix the flowable additive with the base liquid during the dispensing of the base liquid to provide the beverage. Preferably, the dispensing of the base liquid and the flowable additive is controlled to vary the relative concentration of the additive in the base liquid in the container during the dispensing.

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New Milford, CT, United States of America

David J Harrison