Nestec S.a.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Lucio Scorrano

Flavien Florent Dubief

Yann Epars

Heinz Wyss

Larry Sacha Baudet

Raphael Bernhardsgruetter

Thierry Jean Robert Fabozzi

Kevin Jamolli

Nihan Dogan

Alain Meier

Cedric Rey

Sophie Abraham

Nicolas Bezet

Yasmine Doudin

Thierry Jean Fabozzi

Frederic Doleac

Cedric Beausire

Frédéric Doleac

Albert Zsolt

Alexandre Perentes

Christian Jarisch

Jean-Luc Denisart

Alexa Perrin

Nicolas Jean-Guy Bezet

Zenon Ioannis Mandralis

Vincent Martin

Roberto Angelo Calderone

Daniel Roland Manser

Jean-Luc Colantonio

Silvio Lardelli

Nicola Tomatis

Richard Luke Murphy

Alain Contal

Fabrice Yerly

Grégory Savioz

Samuel Chevalley

Jonathan Gebs

Dieter Falk

Karine Laithier

Marco Ramaioli

Laura Priester

Cédric Beausire

Cédric Rey

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

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

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

Device () for producing fluid foam comprising: a container () where the fluid can be introduced; a foaming tool () being rotatable in the inner volume of the container (), able to mix and foam the fluid; at least one outlet () to allow dispensing of the fluid preparation from the container (); a base able to hold the container () and comprising a driving unit () providing the rotation of the foaming tool (); the at least one outlet () being actuated to be open or to be partially or totally closed as a function of one or a plurality of parameters defining the foaming of the fluid inside the container (), these parameters being: preparation time, fluid temperature, torque exerted by the foaming tool in the fluid, rotational speed of the foaming tool or sense of rotation of the foaming tool.

Foaming device with controlled outlet

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 container () for storing and dispensing a flowable product comprising a tank () and a dispensing closure for dispensing the product from the tank comprising disc member () with apertures () therein, one of the disc () being rotatable and susceptible to cooperate with a rotatable shaft. The invention also concerns a machine susceptible to be fed with a flowable product stored in such a container, said machine comprising disc members () with apertures () therein, one of the disc () being rotatable and cooperating with a rotatable shaft ().

System of a container for storing and dispensing a product and a machine for dosing the product

A portioned system for preparing a nutritional liquid product comprising a liquid supply device () and a container () containing nutritional ingredients; said container having an opening (), the system furthercomprising a liquid injection interface () for supplying an amount of liquid in the container () thereby providing the nutritional liquid product, wherein the liquid injection interface () comprises a liquid inlet () and a product outlet () for removing the nutritional liquid product from the container wherein the liquid injection interface comprises a wall () extending 10 transversally relative to the opening of the container during the operation of the system; said transversal wall () comprising the liquid inlet () and the product outlet () which are transversally distant one another along the said wall.

Portioned system for preparing a nutritional product

Production machine () for beverages and liquid comestibles, the machine comprising: a housing (); a capsule holder designed for insertion into the housing (), wherein the capsule holder comprises a capsule receiving means (); a liquid injection assembly () provided in the housing (). The capsule holder and the machine are designed such that the capsule holder can be transferred manually, via a relative movement of the capsule holder and the housing of the machine, at least between: &#x2014;a first capsule loaded position, in which any capsule () received in the capsule holder is positioned ready for being engaged by the liquid injection assembly () and, &#x2014;a second capsule loading position adapted for loading a capsule outside of the housing (). Complementary stopping means of the capsule holder and the housing are provided which are configured to automatically engage each other to stop the capsule holder in the second capsule loading position. The capsule holder () can be resiliently removed completely from the housing () for cleaning/replacing purposes and in a way that it is not damaged or does not require tools.

Beverage production machine comprising features to facilitate capsule loading and unloading

A capsule for the preparation of a nutritional product in a device adapted to supply liquid into the capsule. The capsule includes at least one compartment containing nutritional ingredients for the preparation of the nutritional product in combination with the supplied liquid, and a filter adapted for removing contaminants contained in the liquid. The capsule also has a selectively openable gas inlet which is placed on or in the capsule to allow gas introduction from outside the capsule into the compartment without passing through the filter.

Capsule, method and device for preparing a nutritional product

A beverage dispenser comprises: a housing (), at least two refillable containers () for storing bulk beverage ingredients, at least a beverage preparation unit () operatively linked to the containers for preparing a beverage from at least one of the stored bulk beverage ingredients, a sub-housing () in which the containers are placed, the sub-housing being removable from the housing.

Beverage dispenser with improved refilling operation

The invention relates to a refillable multi-dose container () for storing a flowable product comprising: &#x2014;a tank () with a top opened extremity (), &#x2014;means () for closing the top opened extremity () of the tank (), said means being openable by exercising contact pressure on them and closable by stopping contact pressure on them. The invention relates too to a machine comprising such a multi-dose container.

Refillable multi-dose container applicable to a machine for preparing beverages

The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: at least one beverage ingredient processing assembly () presenting one outlet () for evacuating a beverage, at least one conduit () removably connected to the outlet () of the at least one beverage ingredient processing assembly for dispensing the beverage in a container (), wherein: the dispenser comprises a drawer assembly () comprising a drawer () composed of an upper part () and a lower part (), said both parts being at least partly removable one from the other, at least one of said parts presenting at least one groove () on its internal surface so that when the two parts are connected together the at least one groove forms at least a part of the least one conduit () for dispensing the beverage from the beverage ingredient processing assembly outlet () to the container (), and the upper part () and the lower part () of the drawer assembly are made of a first hard material, and a second soft polymer material () covers the upper part () and/or the lower part () at least on the area near from the edges of the at least one conduit () formed by the at least one groove, and the drawer assembly () comprises a cover () for maintaining and squeezing the upper part and the lower part one against the other.

Beverage dispenser with improved outlet tubes assembly

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

The present invention relates to a beverage mixing and dispersing apparatus comprising: &#x2014;a metering device, &#x2014;a mixing chamber, &#x2014;at least one diluent feeding means, &#x2014;means for moving the mixing chamber, characterized in that the mixing chamber is movable between: &#x2014;a metering position, where the metering device outlet emerges in the mixing chamber inlet, and &#x2014;a mixing position, where the diluent feeding means are able to inject the diluent in the mixing chamber and the metering device outlet does not emerge in the mixing chamber inlet.

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Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland

Lucio Scorrano