Nestec S.a.

Buehler Ag

Buhler Ag

Buhler Inc.

Leeo Tech Ag

Bühler, Leo

Leo Bühler

Stefan Etter

Renzo Moser

Thomas Hodel

Alexandre Kollep

Peter Möri

Gilles Gavillet

Peter Preisig

Robin Schwab

Michael Meier

Urs Gaudenz

Rudolf Schenk

Markus Lang

Bernhard Bauer

Peter Braun

Steve Aemisegger

Yuantong Zeng

Stefano Ballardi

The invention relates to a valve flap () for producing a casting machine valve (), in particular for installing into a casting machine for casting a flowable substance, in particular a liquid substance with suspended solid particles, such as chocolate for example, in which cocoa particles and sugar particles are typically suspended in a molten fatty substance that has cocoa butter and milk fat to a greater or lesser extent. The valve flap is designed such that a valve can be produced with at least one other valve element, said valve consisting in particular of at least two valve flaps () that are preferably identical.

Casting machine valve

A process for manufacturing a beverage preparation machine by providing a group of interconnected components which include a brewing unit for receiving a beverage ingredient beverage and a liquid; an in-line heater for the liquid; a pump; one or more fluid connecting members; an electric control unit for receiving instructions from a user via an interface and for controlling the heater and pump; and one or more electric sensors for sensing at least one operational characteristic of the brewing unit, the heater, the pump, a liquid reservoir, an ingredient collector, a flow of the liquid, a pressure of the liquid and a temperature of the liquid and for communicating the characteristic(s) to the control unit. At least two or three modules, each containing at least two components, are preassembled such that the components are automatically seizable, orientable, positionable and fully connectable to each other.

Modular assembly of a beverage preparation machine

Devices for the preparation of a liquid food or beverage. One device includes a housing, pump, pump support for securing the pump to the housing, a rigid duct that is connected by an elastic sealing member to the housing and to an inlet or outlet of the pump. The pump support includes an elastic support member for resiliently supporting the pump chamber in the housing. Another device includes a pre-suction chamber connected to a liquid inlet of a pump and being designed to intermittently provide liquid to said liquid inlet. A further device includes a connector of at least one elastic sealing member designed to absorb vibrations from a pump of the device and to enable a relative movement of a duct and a liquid inlet or outlet of the pump.

Pump for liquid beverage preparation devices

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Wädenswil, Switzerland

Leo Bühler