Nestec S.a.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Vincent Rognon

Jean-Luc Denisart

Yann Epars

Christian Talon

Jean-Paul Denisart

Samuel Odet

Vincent Boileau

An beverage-preparation apparatus includes a capsule receptacle () receiving a beverage capsule () containing a quantity of a beverage ingredient, and an injection head () for injecting fluid into said beverage capsule () to produce a beverage, said injection head () being mobile between a first, inactive position and a second, active position, and further having a biasing device () selectively preventing the injection head () from remaining in the first, inactive position, and a capsule-detecting means () activating the biasing device () when the presence of a beverage capsule () within said capsule receptacle () is detected.

Machine and method for preparing a beverage

A container for food or beverage preparation has walls defining at least one compartment adapted for containing at least one precursor ingredient, the walls including at least one fluid connection portion for fluidly coupling to a cooperating fluid connection portion of a food or beverage preparation machine having at least one source of a fluid mixing ingredient, whereby a food or beverage product is prepared within the compartment by mixing the mixing ingredient with the precursor ingredient. The container further includes at least one food or beverage delivery wall, and the container includes built-in pump means suitable for pumping the mixing ingredient from the source when the container is fluidly connected to the machine and for generating a fluid circulation within the at least one compartment, such that a food or beverage product is prepared and expelled through the delivery wall.

Capsule for beverage preparation

Capsule for the preparation of a beverage from beverage ingredients contained therein, comprising a body () comprising at least one compartment for receiving said beverage ingredients and a flange-like rim () extending outwardly and transversally to a central axis (I) of said body; a membrane () for closing the opening which is sealed onto the flange-like rim, an optical code () containing binary information configured to be read by a camera () of a beverage producing device (), wherein the optical code () is a two-dimensional barcode having rectilinear borders (-) and which is inscribed in a circular area () concentric relative to the center (O) of the membrane having a radius (R) smaller than the radius (R) of the membrane.

Capsule for the preparation of a beverage comprising an identification code

Method for providing information to a user from a capsule for the preparation of a beverage in a beverage producing device () comprising a capsule with a two-dimensional barcode () thereon, capturing at least one image of the barcode via a digital camera () and displaying decode information from said image on a display ().

Method for providing information to a user from a capsule for the preparation of a beverage using a code

The present invention is directed to container () for food or beverage preparation, comprising walls () defining at least one compartment adapted for containing at least one precursor ingredient, said walls () comprising at least one fluid connection portion () for fluidly coupling to a cooperating fluid connection portion () of a food or beverage preparation machine () having at least one source () of a fluid mixing ingredient, whereby a food or beverage product is prepared within said compartment () by mixing said mixing ingredient with said precursor ingredient, said container () further comprising at least one food or beverage delivery wall (), characterized in that said container () comprises built-in pump means () suitable for pumping said mixing ingredient from said source () when said container () is fluidly connected to said machine (), and for generating a fluid circulation within said at least one compartment, such that a food or beverage product is prepared and expelled through said delivery wall ().

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Vincent Rognon