Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Nestec S.a.

Kevin Jamolli

Flavien Florent Dubief

Lucio Scorrano

Larry Sacha Baudet

Paul Michel

Samuel Chevalley

The invention concerns a beverage preparation machine () for preparing a beverage from a beverage ingredient powder, said machine comprising:—at least one container () configured for storing a beverage ingredient powder and comprising a powder outlet () for dispensing at least one dose of said beverage ingredient powder, and—a rotating device () to rotate said at least one container () around a rotational axis (XX'), wherein said rotational axis is inclined with respect to vertical and said rotational axis is positioned externally to said at least one container.

Beverage dispenser with powder container

The invention concerns a beverage preparation apparatus (), said apparatus comprising at least one chamber () for receiving and mixing an aqueous liquid and at least one soluble beverage ingredient, said chamber comprising: &#x2014;a lateral side wall () comprising a liquid inlet (), &#x2014;a bottom wall () comprising a beverage outlet (), and wherein the liquid inlet is positioned close to the bottom of the chamber, and wherein the liquid inlet is configured so that the liquid is introduced in the chamber as a straight jet of liquid, said introduced straight jet extending transversely through the internal volume of the chamber along a line L, said line L being offset relative to the longitudinal central axis (XX') of the chamber, wherein, at the area of the cylindrical lateral side wall opposed to the liquid inlet and crossed by the line L, the chamber comprises a bump () extending from the cylindrical lateral side wall inside the chamber, said bump presenting a shape designed: &#x2014;to convert the introduced straight jet of liquid extending transversely through the internal volume of the chamber into a swirl flowing along the lateral side wall off the chamber, and &#x2014;to reduce the diameter of the swirl rotating back to the bump and to guide said swirl in direction of the liquid inlet.

Beverage preparation apparatus comprising a mixing chamber

A beverage preparation assembly includes: a container for storing a water soluble beverage powder, the container having a tank and a powder outlet; a dissolution chamber for preparing a beverage from the water soluble beverage powder and a diluent, the dissolution chamber having at last one diluent inlet and a beverage outlet; a chute for guiding the water soluble beverage powder from the powder outlet of the container to the dissolution chamber; and an air outlet configured for evacuating air from the dissolution chamber. The powder outlet is connected to the chute by a conduit; and the powder outlet, the conduit, the chute and the dissolution chamber are connected together through airtight connections. The assembly includes an air inlet positioned above the chute only.

Beverage preparation assembly

The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: at least one refillable container () for storing soluble beverage powder, said container comprising: a tank (), a dosing device (), a discharge port () at the outlet of the tank, at least one beverage preparation unit () operatively linked to the container for preparing a beverage from the stored soluble beverage powder, wherein the discharge port () of the container comprises: an internal delivery tube () comprising a hollowing-out () in its bottom part, an external movable cover () comprising a hollowing-out () in its bottom part, said external movable cover covering at least a part of the internal delivery tube () and being movable between: a dosing position in which the both hollowing-outs () of the internal delivery tube and of the external movable cover overlap each other, and a rest position in which the surface of the external movable cover () overlaps and closes the hollowing-out () of the delivery tube.

The invention concerns a beverage preparation assembly () comprising: &#x2014;a container () for storing a water soluble beverage powder, said container comprising a tank () and a powder outlet (), &#x2014;a dissolution chamber () for preparing a beverage from the water soluble beverage powder and a diluent, said dissolution chamber comprising at last one diluent inlet () and a beverage outlet (), &#x2014;a chute () for guiding the water soluble beverage powder from the powder outlet () of the container to the dissolution chamber (), &#x2014;an air outlet () configured for evacuating air from the dissolution chamber (), wherein the powder outlet () is connected to the chute () by a conduit (), and wherein the powder outlet (), the conduit (), the chute () and the dissolution chamber () are connected together through airtight connections, and wherein said assembly comprises an air inlet (), said air inlet being positioned above the chute () only.

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Kevin Jamolli