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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2020
Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a., Vevey, CH;
Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A machine () for preparing a beverage () has a beverage processing unit () formed of a first processing unit member () and a second processing unit member () that delimit a chamber () and that are movable between a distant configuration in which a flavouring ingredient () is received in the chamber () and a proximate configuration in which the flavouring ingredient () is held and mixed with water () in the chamber (). The machine includes: a water source for delivering the water () towards the processing unit (); a water guide () for guiding the water () between the water source and the chamber (); a support structure (), such as a frame, having a base () that is stationary during beverage preparation, the processing unit () being rotatably mounted to the support structure () about a processing unit axis ('); and an actuator supported by the support structure () that has a driving output member () rotating about an output axis (′). The output member () is coupled to the processing unit () for driving the processing unit () in rotation. The output member () is coupled to the processing unit () by a transmission () such that the output axis (′) is off-set relative to the processing unit axis (′).