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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Jean-luc Denisart, Cully, CH;
Jean-paul Denisart, La Conversion, CH;
Enzo Bonacci, Savigny, CH;
Hanspeter Pleisch, Corseaux, CH;
Christian Talon, Vufflens-le-château, CH;
Jean-Luc Denisart, Cully, CH;
Jean-Paul Denisart, La Conversion, CH;
Enzo Bonacci, Savigny, CH;
HansPeter Pleisch, Corseaux, CH;
Christian Talon, Vufflens-le-château, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A drink preparing machine that includes a tank, a water supply system having at least a section for heated water and a section for unheated water, a pump for conveying water from the tank through the supply system as far as a module for preparing the drink, and a valve device arranged so as to control the selective opening and closing of the supply system sections. The valve device is a peristaltic system that includes a compression member for compressing a tube of each supply system section and acting under the effect of an elastic return member.