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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
May. 30, 2018
Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a., Vevey, CH;
Da Mi Byun, Lausanne, CH;
Bertrand Guyon, Pontarlier, FR;
Marco Magatti, Lausanne, CH;
Eric Meyer, Pully, CH;
Nicolas Obliger, Franey, FR;
Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A machine () has a unit for preparing and dispensing via an outlet () a beverage. The machine includes: an outside housing () with one or more outside faces (); and at least one placement member () for resting onto a generally flat external support surface () in a configuration such that the unit is in an orientation for preparing and dispensing the beverage via the beverage outlet () to a beverage dispensing surface (). At least one placement member () is movable and has: a deployed placement position providing a stability of the unit in this orientation on the external support surface (); and a retracted rest position within the outside housing () or collapsed against the outside housing ().