Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Versuni Holding B.v.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Mart Kornelis-Jan Te Velde

Mark Thomas Johnson

Berent Willem Meerbeek

Bart Gottenbos

Karel Johannes Adrianus Van Den Aker

Lutz Christian Gerhardt

Jasper Zuidervaart

Nicolaas Petrus Willard

Gerben Kooijman

Johannes Marra

Jasper De Vreede

Harmina Christina Zeijlstra

Job Lipsch

Anna Louise Wijnoltz

Nicole Petronella Martien Haex

Paul Jean Geelen

Johannes Wilhelmus Weekamp

Frederik Jan De Bruijn

Franciscus Johannes Gerardus Hakkens

Jan Frederik Suijver

Christoph Dobrusskin

Jeroen Herman Lammers

Klaas Jacob Lulofs

Franciscus Hendrikus Van Heesch

Sander Theodoor Pastoor

Johan Marra

Christian Mikula

Juergen Holzbauer

Ravindra Bhat

Egbertus Reinier Jacobs

Felipe Maia Masculo

Susanne Maaike Valster

Michiel De Jong

Zhuangxiong Huang

Jeroen Alphons Pikkemaat

Edward Theodorus Maria Berben

Stefan Toonen

Richard Johannus Maria Van De Ven

Henriette Christine Marie Hoonhout

Aleksey Anatolievich Kharin

Robertus Leonardus Maria In 't Groen

Tess Speelpenning

Quintin Oliver Williams

Stefan Johannes Hendrikus Toonen

Kien-Vu Do

Pieter Musters

Peter Sedlmaier

Robertus Leonardus Maria In 'T Groen

Andrea Castellani

Constantijn Wilhelmus Maria Brantjes

Hendrikus Jan Wondergem

The invention provides a mouthpiece for dental cleaning system and the dental cleaning system itself. The mouthpiece has a base and inner and outer arches. An actuator is for applying motion to the inner arch and/or the outer arch, relative to the base. A coupling arrangement converts motion of one of the inner and outer arches in one direction relative to the base to motion in an opposite direction relative to the base of the other of the inner and outer arches. By forming the mouthpiece as a central stationary base enveloped by two contour-following and moving arches, an anti-phase brushing motion at opposite tooth sites along the tooth arch is enabled, giving increased reach toward the molars as well as a reduction in device vibration in the mouth.

Mouthpiece for a dental cleaning system and the dental cleaning system

A system for oral irrigation comprises a fluid delivery tube with a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is configured to receive fluids for oral irrigation. The system also comprises a nozzle at the distal end of the fluid delivery tube with an aperture for fluid delivery. The nozzle is configured to at least partially obstruct the flow of fluid from the fluid delivery tube through the nozzle when the aperture is in contact with a tooth relative to when the aperture is away from said contact. A pump is configured to pump fluids through the fluid delivery tube based on a pump configuration and a sensor is used for sensing a pressure or flow rate in the fluid delivery tube. A controller is configured to detect whether the nozzle is in an interdental space based on the sensor detecting a pressure drop or a flow rate increase in the fluid delivery tube and adjust the pump configuration based on the nozzle being in an interdental space.

Oral irrigator with interdental space sensing

There is provided a controller for use with an oral care device; wherein the controller is configured to estimate the location of the oral care device relative to an interdental space in a mouth using predetermined data and current use data, the current use data relating to at least one of: actions of the user during use of the oral care device, operations of the oral care device; and generate a control signal based on the outcome of the estimation. There is also provided an oral care system and a kit of parts, and a computer implemented method for an oral care device.

Oral care system for interdental space detection

A water delivery apparatus () for use at a household appliance is provided. The water apparatus comprises an air-tight water storage unit () configured to store water, an air channel () configured to allow air to enter the water storage unit at a predetermined height level so as to regulate the water pressure in the water storage unit, and a water delivery tube () connected to a component of the household appliance at which water is utilized for performing a function of the household appliance.

Water delivery apparatus

A method and apparatus provides a coffee beverage having a reduced terpene content, in which terpene content is reduced by increasing the particle size of the coffee grounds.

Coffee brewing

Provided is an apparatus for preparing a coffee beverage portion from a volume of water and a mass of coffee beans. The apparatus includes a brewing chamber for containing the ground coffee. The chamber admits water via an inlet. The water contacts the ground coffee contained within the chamber, and exits the chamber via an outlet. A ground coffee supplier dispenses coffee beans to the chamber, and a water supply supplies water to the chamber. A controller controls the ground coffee supplier and the water supply such that the coffee beverage portion is brewed in a plurality of brewing steps. Each brewing step includes passing a fraction of the water volume through the chamber so as to contact a further fraction of the coffee beans mass during a time period equal to the desired brewing time. Further provided is a method of preparing a coffee beverage portion.

Coffee brewing apparatus and method

A method and apparatus provides a coffee beverage having a reduced terpene content, where a brew chamber has a brew area A is provided and a volume of water is provided to flow through the coffee grounds in the brew chamber and out of the brew chamber to provide a coffee beverage, and where the flow rate of water provided through coffee grounds in the brew chamber is F and the ratio of F/A is about 0.15 cm/s or less.

Method and device for providing a coffee beverage with reduced terpene content

A skin-mountable device () is disclosed comprising a surface () carrying an adhesive layer () for adhering the device to a skin region () and a removable non-adhesive cover layer () shaped as a loop having a first loop portion () covering the entire adhesive layer and a second loop portion () returning over the first loop portion, the second loop portion containing a pull tab () for pulling the cover layer from the adhesive layer when the skin-mountable device is positioned on said skin region. Also disclosed is a method of affixing such a skin-mountable device () to a skin region ().

Skin-mountable device and mounting method

An ultrasound probe arrangement comprises a holder for application to a surface, a housing mounted over the holder and a probe carrier. The housing has an inner guide surface which comprises a portion of a sphere and the probe carrier comprises a disc having an outer guide surface around the outer rim of the disc which comprises a portion of sphere. The probe carrier is slidable within the housing with the inner and outer guide surfaces in contact. An ultrasound probe is carried by the probe carrier and makes contact with the surface, e.g. skin. This arrangement enables the probe to be held in a desired orientation so that a clinician can work hands-free. The disc design enables different probe designs to be used with the same basic holder and housing design.

Ultrasound probe holder arrangement using guiding surfaces and pattern recognition

According to the present invention, there is provided an air-frying cooker () comprising: a cooking chamber (); a food receiving container () in the cooking chamber () having a permeable bottom wall (); a heater () for heating air in the cooking chamber (); a fan () for circulating a flow of hot air in the cooking chamber () to cook the food; and a system () to maintain a predetermined level (LI) of water in the cooking chamber () during cooking. The predetermined level (LI) is disposed between a base () of the cooking chamber () and the bottom wall () of the food container ().

Cooker

Disclosed is a horizontal juice extractor () comprising a main body delimiting a food processing chamber () comprising a juice outlet (), a food entry section () having a food inlet () and a food compression section () extending from the food entry section and having a food pulp outlet (); a spindle () extending through the food processing chamber for transporting food from the food entry section through the food compression section, said spindle comprising a body () and a helical member () extending from said body; and a drivetrain () adapted to rotate the spindle, wherein the food compression section () is located in between the food entry section () and said drivetrain (). The food entry section () comprises said juice outlet () at or near a distal end of said main body relative to the drivetrain, wherein the juice outlet () is vertically displaced relative to the food inlet ().

Horizontal juice extractor

A coffee grinder having a grinding tool () for grinding coffee beans, a motor () for driving the grinding tool (), a stall detector () for detecting a stall condition of the grinding tool () and/or of the motor (), and a reversal unit () configured to temporarily reverse a direction of rotation () of the grinding tool () and/or of the motor () if the stall detector () detects a stall condition. Further, a corresponding coffee grinding method and a coffee machine having a coffee grinder are presented.

Coffee grinder and coffee grinding method

A coffee dispensing apparatus includes a base and an at least one nozzle. Further, base and nozzle are arranged such that the dispensed coffee flows via inner upstanding wall of a standard sized coffee container.

Coffee dispensing apparatus

The present invention relates to a consumable recognition system for recognizing placement and/or type of consumable containing a food substance for the preparation of a beverage by use of a beverage dispenser. To enable the recognition of placement and/or type of consumable in a simple, foolproof and easily implementable way the system comprises a plurality of magnetic and/or electric field elements () for separately sensing a magnetic and/or electric field, wherein said consumable comprises one or more magnetically and/or electrically conductive elements () and the sensed magnetic fields depend on at least one characteristic of the one or more magnetically and/or electrically conductive elements, a driver () for providing drive currents to said magnetic and/or electric field elements, and a signal processor () for recognizing placement and/or type of consumable based on the sensed magnetic and/or electric fields.

Consumable recognition system, set of consumables and beverage dispenser

A juice extractor includes a food processing chamber having a food inlet, a juice outlet and a pulp outlet. The food processing chamber includes a food entry section having the food inlet and the juice outlet, and a food compression section extending between the food entry section and the food pulp outlet. A spindle extends through the food processing chamber for transporting food from the food entry section through the food compression section. The spindle has a body and a helical member extending from the body by a height of no more than 10 mm. The helical member includes a helical cutting portion in the food entry section, and a motor having a gear box coupled to the spindle and configured to rotate the spindle at a rotation speed of at least 300 rotations per minute during operation of the juice extractor.

Juice extractor

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Mart Kornelis-Jan Te Velde