Eltek S.p.a.

Pepsico, Inc.

Fabio Nebbia

Giovanni Perucca

Brian T Cahill

William J Black

Timothy W Bethuy

Ronald Schilling

Paul Novotny

Costanzo Gadini

Daniele Cerruti

Paolo Colombo

Domenico Cantarelli

Mauro Zorzetto

Paolo Savini

Giorgio Martinengo

Marco Bigliati

Stefano Belfiore

Ronald D Schilling

Fiorenzo Pivetta

Franco Musso

Giovanni Perruca

Corrado Gambino

Andrea Fiorini

Paul Novonty

Adriano Petruzzi

Corrado Gerbaz

A beverage dispensing system with a base to which a dispensing head is removably attached without additional fasteners, wherein beverage forming liquids are supplied through a plurality of separate conduits in the base. Each base conduit has a normally closed valve that normally blocks fluid flow. The dispensing head has at least one passageway that receives liquid from an associated one of the base conduits. A projection associated with each dispensing head passageway opens the associated conduit valve to allow fluid flow from the base to the head. Dispensing valves in the dispensing head are independently accountable to regulate the dispensing of the beverage. In one version of the invention, four liquids are supplied to the dispensing head through the conduits, namely two liquid concentrates; carbonated water; and non-carbonated water. By selective opening of the dispensing valves, a plurality of beverages are formed from combinations of one or more of the liquids. A dispensing head for dispensing at least one carbonated fluid includes an inlet opening and an outlet opening at each end of a passage extending through a body, the inlet opening having a smaller cross-sectional area than the outlet opening.

Beverage dispensing system with a head capable of dispensing plural different beverages

A safety device against gas leaks for an apparatus having at least one gas tap or the like () includes control means (), safety means () and detection means (), for detecting possible presence of gas in a surrounding environment. The detection means () are in signal communication with the control means (), which are configured for controlling the safety means () in function of detections earned out by the detection means (), in order to prevent or interrupt the inflow of combustible gas to a burner. The control means () and the safety means () belong to a first functional unit (A) of the device (A, B), which is coupled or configured for the coupling with a portion of the body () of the tap (). Preferably the safety means () are controllable by the control means () for interrupting electric power supply to a solenoid of the tap, following a command signal generated by the detection means () and causing as a consequence the passage of the valve in the respective closed condition.

Safety device against combustible gas leaks for household appliances

A medical device for detecting a leakage of fluid on a subject includes a support, configured for being secured on the subject, and an optical sensor on the support. The support defines, in a region between the optical sensor and a lower face thereof, a detection surface that can be reached by leakage fluid. The optical sensor is arranged for detecting a leakage of fluid. The optical sensor has a sensor body with an emitter and a receiver of electromagnetic radiation. The support and the sensor body have mutual-coupling means, for retaining the sensor body on the support in such a way that a presence of leakage fluid can be detected via the optical sensor.

Medical device for detection of a leakage of fluid on a subject

A beverage dispensing system includes a base to which a dispensing head is removably attached without additional fasteners. Beverage-forming liquids are supplied through a plurality of separate conduits in the base. Each base conduit has a normally closed valve that normally blocks fluid flow. The dispensing head has at least one passageway that receives liquid from an associated one of the base conduits. A projection associated with each dispensing head passageway opens the associated conduit valve to allow fluid flow from the base to the head. Dispensing valves in the dispensing head regulate the dispensing of the beverage. By selectively opening the dispensing valves, a plurality of beverages are formed from combinations of one or more liquids. A dispensing head includes an inlet opening and an outlet opening at each end of a passage extending through a body, the inlet opening having a smaller cross-sectional area than the outlet opening.

A pressure sensor device comprises a casing () defining a chamber () and an inlet passage () of the chamber. Accommodated in the chamber () is a pressure sensor () having a sensor body with a cavity and a membrane capable of deformation under pressure action of a fluid present in the inlet passage (). The device further comprises a circuit arrangement () to which the pressure sensor () is electrically connected, the circuit arrangement including a circuit support at least partially accommodated in the chamber (). The sensor body is not rigidly associated to the casing () and/or to other parts of the device (), i.e. it is mounted elastically or in a moveable manner with respect to the casing () and/or to said other parts () inside the chamber ().

Pressure sensor device

A pressure sensor device comprises: &#x2014;a casing () defining a cavity () with an inlet passage (), &#x2014;a pressure sensor () having a body accommodated in the cavity (), for detecting the pressure of a fluid present in the inlet passage (), &#x2014;a circuit arrangement including a circuit support () at least partially accommodated in the cavity () according to a respective laying plane, the pressure sensor () being mounted on the circuit support (). Associated to the circuit support () is a protection body () surrounding the pressure sensor (), the protection body () externally defining a seat for positioning a respective seal member (), in particular a radial seal gasket, intended to cooperate with an internal surface of the casing ().

A dispensing head is removably attached to a beverage dispensing system base without additional fasteners, wherein beverage forming liquids are supplied through a plurality of separate conduits in the base. Each base conduit has a normally closed valve that normally blocks fluid flow. The dispensing head has at least one passageway that receives liquid from an associated one of the base conduits. A projection associated with each dispensing head passageway opens the associated conduit valve to allow fluid flow from the base to the head. Dispensing valves in the dispensing head are independently accountable to regulate the dispensing of the beverage. In one version of the invention, four liquids are supplied to the dispensing head through the conduits, namely two liquid concentrates; carbonated water; and noncarbonated water. By selective opening of the dispensing valves, a plurality of beverages are formed from combinations of one or more of the liquids.

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Fabio Nebbia