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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2018
Applicant:

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a., Vevey, CH;

Inventor:

Alexandre Pugliese, Paudex, CH;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/56 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (2006.01); A23L 2/00 (2006.01); A47J 31/41 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/56 (2013.01); A23L 2/00 (2013.01); A47J 31/41 (2013.01); A47J 31/525 (2018.08); A47J 2203/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a container () for receiving a liquid comprising a thin film capacitive sensor () comprising a level sensor for detecting the liquid filling level of the container () over time, wherein the sensor () further comprises a settable device allowing setting one or more desired liquid filling levels of the container (), of the same or of different liquids. Preferably, the settable device is configured as a touch screen, arranged in the external layer of the sensor (). The invention further relates to a beverage production system (S) comprising a beverage production machine () having a beverage production unit () for preparing and dispensing a beverage and a control unit () for controlling a beverage production of the beverage production unit (), and a container () as the one described. Yet further, the invention relates to a method for setting one or a plurality of liquid filling levels of a container ().


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