Lavazza Professional North America, LLC

Mars, Incorporated

Lavazza Professional UK Limited

Philip Mould

Paul Robert Fletcher

Peter D Austin

David P Knowles

Paul Fletcher

Tony McCoy

Mark Thompson

Peter Austin

John Ella

David Knowles

A beverage preparation apparatus for preparation of a beverage from a capsule in a clamp assembly (). The clamp assembly has a first clamp member () and a second clamp member, where the inner surfaces of the first clamp member and the second clamp member form a clamp chamber () for substantially enclosing and supporting a capsule () during beverage preparation. The second clamp member comprises a rigid peripheral frame () having a central void and a resilient layer () extending across said central void. There is a piston () positioned in the central void and resiliently coupled to the peripheral frame () to allow limited resilient movement of the rigid peripheral frame () relative to the piston ().

Beverage preparation with pressurized liquid

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Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Philip Mould