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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 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 the ingredient () is received in the chamber () and a proximate configuration in which the ingredient () is held and mixed with the water () in the chamber (). The machine includes: a water source for delivering the water () towards the beverage processing unit (); and a fluid module () having a water guide () for guiding the water () between the water source and the chamber (), the fluid module () comprising the first processing unit member () of the processing unit (). The fluid module () is assemblable by a user as a unit to the water source and to the second processing unit member () and is disassemblable by a user as a unit from the water source and from the second processing unit member ().