Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Nestec S.a.

Laurent Lagouche

Bertrand Guyon

David Larzul

Marco Restelli

A connecting device is arranged for connecting a beverage machine () with an external liquid delivery system () to supply such liquid to the machine (). The connecting device () has: a device body (); an inlet () for a fluid connection to the external system (); an outlet () for delivering liquid from the external system () via the inlet () to the machine (); a valve arrangement () switchable between an open configuration for establishing a fluidic connection between the inlet () and the outlet () and a closed configuration for interrupting the fluidic connection; and a control unit () for switching the valve arrangement () between its open configuration and its closed configuration. The device body () has an assembly arrangement () for reversibly or irreversibly assembling the device body () to the machine ().

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Evian les Bains, France

Laurent Lagouche