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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2008
Carlos Nicolaas Jozef Maria Koopman, Heerhugowaard, NL;
Johannes Theodorus Emerentia Huiberts, Spanbroek, NL;
Romanus Eduard Verhoeven, Heerhugowaard, NL;
Carlos Nicolaas Jozef Maria Koopman, Heerhugowaard, NL;
Johannes Theodorus Emerentia Huiberts, Spanbroek, NL;
Romanus Eduard Verhoeven, Heerhugowaard, NL;
Bravilor Holding B.V., , NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a holder assembly () for a powdered ingredient () for preparing an instant drink. The assembly comprises a holder, a conveyor screw (), an outflow channel () provided on the holder for dispensing ingredient (), a threshold plate () extending into the outflow channel (), and also a shut-off valve () for shutting off the outflow channel (). The shut-off valve () comprises a shut-off body () which can be moved back and forth in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor screw () between a release position and a shut-off position. In the release position the shut-off body () is located downstream of the threshold plate (), set apart therefrom. In the shut-off position the shut-off body () is located next to the threshold plate () in such a way that the shut-off body () and the threshold plate () together shut off the shut-off channel (). The invention further relates to a drink preparation means comprising a holder assembly () according to the invention.