Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Hermes Sellier

Nicolas Stoudmann

Michael Ayoub

Xavier Greppin

Vincent Le Men

Franck Couvidat

Mickael Lépine

Antoine Gardiol

Axel De Beaufort

David Badstüber

Pierre-Yves Vannay

Gilles Froidevaux

An item of luggage includes an extendable and retractable handle mechanism having a handle axle to which a grip portion is mechanically connected. An elongate member of specific cross-section is mounted to be movable in translation relative to a fixed sheath and a locking/unlocking system. The locking/unlocking system includes a bushing and partly housed in the elongate member. In a first position of the grip portion, the locking/unlocking system is configured to compress the bushing such that it is tightly applied against an inside face of the sheath to keep the elongate member fixed in the sheath, thus locking the handle in a selected position. In a second position of the grip portion, the locking/unlocking system is configured to decompress the bushing to enable a free sliding of the elongate member in the sheath, thus unlocking the handle.

Luggage-type baggage article

The present invention is directed to a home food or beverage preparation machine () comprising a mechanical part which is mobile between at least a first and a second position. The machine () comprises an actuator comprising a wire () made of a shape memory material. This wire () has a retracted state and an extended state, and the actuator is configured to move the mechanical part to or maintain the mechanical part in one of said first and second positions by retraction of the wire. Any mobile part of a home food or beverage preparation machine, and more particularly a valve assembly or a mobile plate () for clamping an ingredient package may thus be moved instantaneously without noise between its different positions.

Food or beverage preparation machine

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Cugy, Switzerland

Nicolas Stoudmann