Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Nestec S.a.

Larry Sacha Baudet

Flavien Florent Dubief

Lucio Scorrano

Kevin Jamolli

Jean-Luc Denisart

Cedric Rey

Akos Spiegel

Ahmed Azouz

Richard Luke Murphy

Albert Zsolt

Jonathan Gebs

Samuel Chevalley

Cédric Rey

The invention concerns a beverage preparation device (), said device comprising: a chamber () for receiving and agitating a liquid, said chamber comprising an opened top (), an opened bottom () and a lateral side wall (), said chamber presenting the shape of a solid of revolution, the axis of revolution (XX') being oriented between the top and the bottom of the chamber, a rotating unit () for spinning the chamber () around its axis of revolution (XX&#x2032;), and wherein the chamber presents a shape such that when the chamber is spinning, liquid present in the chamber forms a ring of liquid along the lateral side wall () of the chamber above the opened bottom ().

Beverage preparation device

The invention concerns a system of: &#x2014;a beverage preparation apparatus, wherein said apparatus comprises a mainframe () supporting a diluent supply (), at least two container areas () with identification means reader device (), at least two dissolution chamber areas (), with identification means reader (), and a user interface (), and&#x2014;a multiplicity of containers (), with identification means () identifying the nature of the soluble beverage ingredient the container is designed to store, and&#x2014;a multiplicity of dissolution chambers () with identification means () identifying the nature of the soluble beverage ingredient the dissolution chamber is designed to dissolve, wherein the apparatus comprises a control system () configured for comparing, for each pair of a container housed in a container area and a dissolution chamber housed in the chamber area positioned under the container area and receiving the soluble beverage ingredient from said container, the identification means () of the dissolution chamber and the identification means () of the container.

Beverage dispenser with a plurality of dissolution chambers

The invention concerns a beverage preparation device (), said device comprising:&#x2014;a chamber () for receiving and agitating a liquid, said chamber comprising an opened top (), an opened bottom () and a lateral side wall (), said chamber presenting the shape of a solid of revolution, the axis of revolution (XX') being oriented between the top and the bottom of the chamber, &#x2014;a rotating unit () for spinning the chamber () around its axis of revolution (XX&#x2032;), and wherein the chamber presents a shape such that when the chamber is spinning, liquid present in the chamber forms a ring of liquid along the lateral side wall () of the chamber above the opened bottom ().

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.

Beverage dispenser with powder container

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.

The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: a frame () for supporting the components of the dispenser, a whipper assembly () comprising a whipperhousing (), a whipper device () and a back wall (), the whipper housing and the back wall forming a whipper chamber () in which is lodged the whipper device, a drive shaft () for driving the whipper device (), said drive shaft being supported by the frame (), detachable connection means () for attaching the back wall to the whipper housing, wherein it further comprises detachable connection means () for attaching the whipper housing to the frame.

Beverage dispenser with whipper assembly

A device () for preparing a beverage from a food substance contained in a capsule () by feeding a liquid into the capsule () provided to the device (), said device comprising an extraction head () which comprises: a first and second enclosing members () delimiting a receptacle () for enclosing a capsule (); a closing mechanism () to act on at least one () of the enclosing members () in relative displacement of the enclosing members, between an open position of the receptacle () and a closed position of the receptacle () with the capsule positioned therein; the closing mechanism () further comprising a locking means (), a lever () and force demultiplying means () for transmitting a movement of the lever () into the relative displacement of the enclosing members (); wherein the demultiplying means () are designed to vary a transmission ratio of the closing mechanism () acting between the lever () and at least one () of the enclosing members ().

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Larry Sacha Baudet