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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Meinrad Rosse, La Tour-de-Peilz, CH;
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/100 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for the on demand preparation of beverages or sauces from water-dispersible foodstuffs. The device includes one or more pressing units that urge one or more solid refills of a water-dispersible foodstuff towards one or more abrading devices so that the refill contacts the abrading device and the abrading device abrades the refill to provide an amount of powdered foodstuff that is collected in a collector and combined with water to provide the beverage. The invention also relates to a refills for use in the device of the invention and a process for manufacturing the refills.