Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Campagnolo S.r.l.

Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.v.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Aertecnica S.p.a.

Liu Jo S.p.a.

Marco Marchi

Cesare Lenzi

Andrea Pecci

Mirco Civiero

Christian Marangon

Patrizio Frigeri

Marco Porro

Cesaré Lenzi

Armando Lagomarsini

The invention relates to a toothed wheel assembly for a cassette having a first toothed wheel and a second toothed wheel that are concentric. The second tooth wheel has a greater number of teeth than the first toothed wheel; a radially inner cylindrical portion to engage a sprocket support body; a plurality of spokes comprising respective first constraining portions to the first toothed wheel and second constraining portions to the radially inner cylindrical portion; and a plurality of connection bodies that connect the first. The second toothed wheel has an axially-extending portion with at least one pair of spokes having connection bodies that include axially-extending portions in the circumferential direction and at least partially contained in the minimum circumferential extension a respective spoke.

Toothed wheel assembly for a cassette

A cogset with a plurality of sprockets has a subset of the sprockets connected together in a monolithic subset that is mounted directly in engagement with a coupling profile on the radially peripheral surface of a sprocket in the monolithic subset. The direct shape coupling between the sprocket of the monolithic subset and the sprocket-carrying body makes it possible to have very high solidity and rigidity of coupling to ensure the maximum precision of actuation of the gearshift that uses the sub-assembly.

Sprocket-carrying body and sub-assembly of sprocket-carrying body and cogset for a bicycle rear wheel

A bicycle sprocket has a plurality of teeth arranged one after the other along a circumferential direction and a plurality of spaces each of which being arranged between two of said teeth. Said plurality of teeth includes at least one first gearshifting tooth and at least one second tooth arranged immediately downstream of said at least one first gearshifting tooth with reference to a rotation direction (R) of the sprocket during pedaling. Said plurality of spaces includes at least one first space defined between said at least one first gearshifting tooth and said at least one second tooth and having a predetermined circumferential extension and at least one second space arranged downstream of said at least one second tooth with reference to said rotation direction (R) and having a circumferential extension greater than that of said at least one first space.

Bicycle sprocket and sprocket assembly comprising such a sprocket

A beverage making device for preparing a beverage suitable for human consumption with a fine-bubble top cream layer. The beverage making device includes a beverage unit for supplying the beverage, at least one nozzle in fluid communication with the beverage unit, a dispensing spout provided with a cavity with a bottom wall and side walls, a beverage collecting area in a bottom of the cavity, and a bubble-squeezing member provided between the beverage collecting area and a beverage dispensing aperture. The beverage flows from the beverage collecting area through the bubble squeezing member and towards the beverage dispensing aperture.

Device for preparing a beverage

A device for separating a first space and a second space from one another is disclosed. The device comprises a partition wall, arranged such that the first space and the second space are located on opposite sides of said partition wall. The partition wall is provided with a through aperture, which connects the first space and the second space and allows a bulk material to move from the first space into the second space. A shutter is provided, slidingly movable with respect to the partition wall, for selectively opening and closing the through aperture. The shutter has a port, which can be selectively brought in an alignment position and in an out-of-alignment position with respect to the through aperture.

Device for separating two spaces from one another

A method for grinding coffee beans in a coffee machine is described. The method the steps of: arranging a first grinding wheel () and a second grinding wheel () in a seat (), the grinding wheels forming a grinding volume there between and rotating one with respect to the other; introducing coffee beans into said grinding volume and grinding the coffee beans by rotating the grinding wheels one with respect to the other. Rotation of the grinding wheels is continued after grinding of the coffee beans, thus removing ground coffee therefrom by centrifugal force.

Coffee grinder and coffee machine containing a coffee grinder

The invention relates to a beverage producing machine () comprising a housing () and a connector () for attaching an ingredient container (C) to said housing. The connector comprises a bottom wall () with a passage () for dispensing said ingredient towards the interior of the housing and a locking seat for said ingredient container. The locking seat comprises a ridge member () at least partly surrounding the bottom wall, wherein at least one resilient element () is provided in said locking seat and constrained to the ridge member. The ridge member () is provided with at least one tangentially extending slot () with an edge (A,A) extending substantially parallel to and distanced from the bottom wall. The at least one resilient element projects from the edge of the slot towards the bottom wall () and is arranged to reduce backlash between an ingredient container and said connector when said ingredient container is locked to said connector.

Beverage producing machine with a connector for a removable ingredient container

A beverage producing unit includes an infusion chamber with a first infusion chamber portion forming a receptacle for receiving a beverage preparing product and is configured to be movable between a loading position, where the first infusion chamber portion is arranged under a product-loading hopper, and a brewing position, where the first infusion chamber portion is configured to co-act with a second infusion chamber portion to close the infusion chamber. A scraper is arranged and configured to level a product heap projecting from the receptacle during movement of the first infusion chamber portion from the loading position towards said brewing position. The receptacle has a top edge surrounding a receptacle inlet aperture. The top edge is provided with a projection extending from the top edge and configured to prevent product from falling out of the receptacle when passing under the scraper.

Beverage producing unit and machine

A support for a container for receiving beverages from a spout of a machine for the production of beverages, where the support includes a first resting surface and a second surface with is hingedly attached to the first resting surface for positioning the two surfaces at different heights. In particular, the two resting surfaces are positioned on top of one another in a first position to accommodate a first cup between the second resting surface and the spout. Further, the two resting surfaces are positioned away from one another in a second position to accommodate a second cup between the first resting surface and the spout, where the second cup is taller than the first cup.

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