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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2007
Carlos Nicolaas Jozef Maria Koopman, Heerhugowaard, NL;
Ramon Eduard Verhoeven, Heerhugowaard, NL;
Eric Michaël Cornelis Maria Van Eijnatten, Obdam, NL;
Carlos Nicolaas Jozef Maria Koopman, Heerhugowaard, NL;
Ramon Eduard Verhoeven, Heerhugowaard, NL;
Eric Michaël Cornelis Maria Van Eijnatten, Obdam, NL;
Bravilor Holding B.V., Heerhugowaard, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a preparing device () for preparing an aqueous beverage by means of a beverage ingredient. The preparing device () comprises: an outflow nozzle () for dispensing prepared beverage; a preparation chamber () for at least partially preparing the beverage; a supply () line ending in the preparation chamber for the supply of water to the preparation chamber; an ingredient-dispensing system () for delivering the beverage ingredient to the preparation chamber; and an outflow path () which extends from the preparation chamber to the outflow nozzle. The outflow nozzle () and/or the preparation chamber () and/or the outflow path () are entirely or partly made from a polymer mixture which comprises (a) a self-lubricating, hydrophobic polymer or copolymer having a moisture absorption, determined in accordance with ASTM D 570 at a relative humidity of 50% and a temperature of 23° C., of less than 1% and (b) a homopolymer or a copolymer of a fluorinated ethylene.