Seb S.a.

Gilles Morin

Vincent Crosville

Laurent Gagnon

Séverine Mih

Annabelle Goyon

Didier Brodin

Lionel Averty

Olivier Beaudet

Romain Turpin

Nicolas Bazin

Fabien Russier

Gerard Brunee

Séverine Miu

Luc Morcel

A beverage preparation machine includes a frame equipped with a cup holder, a coffee dispensing nozzle including an outlet orifice and a rotating stirring device including a tool rotating about an axis and intended to cooperate with a preparation contained in a container resting on the cup holder, the rotating stirring device including a conduit for conveying hot water and/or steam toward the rotating tool. The rotating stirring device is mobile in vertical translation parallel to the axis between a top standby position, in which the rotating tool is situated above the container, and a bottom working position, in which the rotating tool is situated in the container. The outlet orifice is separated from the rotating stirring device and arranged at a constant distance from the axis so that the outlet orifice and the rotating tool are arranged above an upper opening of the container arranged on the cup holder.

Beverage preparation machine equipped with a rotating stirring device and a coffee nozzle

A mixing paddle that is configured to rotate about a horizontal rotation axis and includes at least one eccentric arm which includes a first portion inclined with respect to a plane containing the rotation axis, so as to cause the ingredients contained in the mixing chamber to move in a first axial direction when the mixing paddle rotates in a first direction of rotation, a second portion having a cross section oriented radially with respect to the rotation axis in order, when the mixing paddle rotates in a second direction of rotation, to bring about a radial movement of the ingredients towards the outside of the mixing chamber.

Mixing paddle for appliance for preparing animal feed, and method for preparing animal feed

A ground coffee dispenser intended to cooperate with a coffee machine, includes a ground coffee storage reservoir provided with a contour and a bottom, and a ground coffee distributor pouring a predefined quantity of ground coffee from the reservoir into a brewing area of the machine. The distributor includes a disk driven in rotation, curved blades being attached onto a lower face of the disk. The quantity of ground coffee poured is defined by a peripheral space provided between the diameter of the periphery of the disk and an inner wall of the contour, close to the bottom of the storage reservoir. The bottom of the reservoir includes an opening for transferring the ground coffee arranged under the disk. The curved blade extends from the periphery towards the inside of the disk to transfer the ground coffee admitted by the peripheral space into the transfer opening when the disk rotates.

Ground coffee dispenser for a coffee machine provided with a turbine with curved blades

An apparatus for preparing feed for animals, includes a first container for storing at least one liquid; a second container for storing at least one dehydrated feed; a mixing chamber; a first dosing system configured to dose and transfer a first predetermined amount of the at least one liquid to the mixing chamber; a second dosing system configured to dose and transfer a second predetermined amount of the at least one dehydrated feed to the mixing chamber; a mixer, arranged at least temporarily in the mixing chamber, for stirring and mixing the at least one liquid with the at least one dehydrated feed during a mixing phase, so as to form a feed ration in paste form; and a dispenser, arranged to dispense the feed ration in paste form from the mixing chamber into a container, for dispensing during a dispensing phase.

Apparatus for preparing feed for animals

A preparation apparatus for preparing feed for animals, includes a first storage container for storing a dehydrated feed, a second storage container for storing a liquid such as water, mixing chamber, a mixer for mixing the dehydrated feed and the liquid in order to form a feed ration in paste form, and a consumption container arranged to receive the feed ration, wherein the mixing chamber includes an opening, the mixing chamber is mounted movable relative to the preparation apparatus, so as to move from a first position to a second position.

An appliance for preparing animal feed, includes a housing, a mixing chamber designed to receive a portion of dehydrated feed and a liquid portion, mobile mixer arranged in the mixing chamber, a consumption chamber, wherein the mixing chamber is removable from the preparation appliance, wherein the mixing chamber, once mounted on the preparation appliance: is rotatable in order to pass from a position mixing the feed ration to a position dispensing the feed ration, and has a gripping portion which protrudes from the housing.

Appliance for preparing animal feed

A coffee machine includes an infusion zone, a storage container for ground coffee arranged above the infusion zone, and a device for transferring the coffee grounds from the storage container to the infusion zone via an aperture. The transfer device includes a member for opening and closing the aperture, which can move between an open position and a closed position. The aperture opening and closing member includes an open portion that has an inclined wall configured, when in the open position, to be positioned beneath the aperture and to direct the coffee grounds that pass through said aperture towards the infusion zone, and configured to be offset from the aperture when in the closed position. The transfer device also includes a cleaning member for the inclined wall when moving from the open position into the closed position and vice versa.

Coffee machine comprising a device for transferring coffee grounds

The invention relates to a coffee machine () including a ground coffee dispensing device (), a percolating device () and a tray for recovering coffee grounds (). According to the invention, shown in a section along the horizontal plane, the ground coffee dispensing device (), the percolating device () and the recovery tray () are arranged in three areas () with a substantially rectangular shape and contiguous to one another, a first area with a vessel () for the recovery tray () and a second vessel (), a second percolation area () for the percolating device (), and a third adjoining area () for the ground coffee dispensing device ().

Coffee machine

Method for cleaning a steam nozzle () of a beverage preparation machine comprising a rinsing container () having a top opening () and a draining device () for evacuating the liquid contained therein; a feed device for feeding the nozzle with liquid; a device () for moving the nozzle vertically so that its free end () enters the container (); and a control unit for controlling the moving and feeding devices. It includes a rinsing sequence with the following steps: the lowering of the nozzle () into the rinsing position inside the container; the filling of the container () with liquid by the nozzle; and the draining of the container () activated by the control unit connected to the moving and feeding devices.

Method for cleaning the steam nozzle of a machine for preparing beverages

Beverage preparation machine comprising a body (), a movable steam nozzle () connected to the body by a moving device (), a beverage preparation area () in which a cup can be placed, and a cleaning area in which is disposed a rinsing container (). The moving device () moves the nozzle () between the preparation and cleaning areas. The machine also includes a cleaning product outlet () that can be moved between a dispensing position located in the cleaning area for dispensing product into the container (), and a storage position located outside the cleaning area. The cleaning product outlet () is connected to the moving device () so as to place this outlet in the storage position when the nozzle () is in the cleaning area.

Drink preparing machine including a steam nozzle cleaning system

Beverage preparation machine comprising a bodyhaving a facade, a beverage preparation area () delimited on one side by the facade, in its upper part by beverage outlets, and in its lower part by a cup rest, and a movable steam nozzleconnected to the body by a moving device. The body includes a housingdefining a cleaning area, in which is disposed a rinsing containerhaving a top openingand including a draining device, and in which the movable nozzleis driven in a vertical movement by the moving device so that its free endenters the containerthrough its top opening.

Drink preparing machine including a built-in container for cleaning using steam nozzle

A distributor of powdered product, the distributor having a case, a reservoir removably installable in a housing formed in the case, the reservoir having a distribution orifice and being adapted to contain the powdered product and to be installed in the housing by a vertical translation movement, and elements for locking the reservoir in an intended position in the housing, with associated elements for confirming that the reservoir is correctly positioned inside the housing, elements for confirming including a switch that is responsive to the position of the reservoir in the housing and that forms part of an operating control of a machine associated with the distributor.

Distributor of powdered product with removable reservoir

The inventive coffee machine is provided with a housing () including a coffee output (), a steam generator and a steam output nozzle () which is movable with respect to the housing and is provided with a free end () immersible into a cup. The free end is introducible into a space under the coffee output () and is translationally displaceable between an elevated position in which the free end () is placed at least substantially at the level of the coffee output () and a lower position in which the free end () is immersible into a cup which is positioned in such a way that it receives espresso coffee.

Coffee maker equipped with a steam nozzle

A machine for preparing an infusion includes: an infusion chamber () delimited by a lower vessel () and an upper packing head () that can move relative to one another; a supply of hot pressurized water to the infusion chamber, the packing head () having an inner conduit () having an inlet () that communicates with the infusion chamber and enabling the infusion to pass through the packing head () in an upward direction toward the distribution outlet, and; elements () located inside the conduit () in the vicinity of its inlet and configured for forming the foam in the infusion when passing through the packing head () and for preventing the infusion from returning into the infusion chamber. These elements are formed by a deformable flexible piece () passed through by at least one hole () calibrated for forming the foam and for preventing the infusion from returning.

Machine for preparing an infusion

A dispenser of a product in powder from, composed of: a case delimiting a housing; a reservoir removably installed in the housing, the reservoir being adapted to contain the product in powder form and having a dispensing orifice; and a device for obturating the dispensing orifice. The device has a blocking member in the form of a shutter mounted to the reservoir for movement between a position for closing the dispensing orifice and a position for opening the dispensing orifice. The housing, the reservoir and the device are constructed to enable the reservoir to be installed in the housing by a vertical linear movement and to cause automatic movement of the shutter from the position for closing to the position for opening in response to the vertical linear movement of the reservoir into the housing.

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Varois et Chaignot, France

Gilles Morin