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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2007
Applicant:
Mariano Turi, Zürich, CH;
Inventor:
Mariano Turi, Zürich, CH;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dispensing head includes an infusion chamber constituted by at least one first portion in which a seat for single-dose capsules is set, and one second, closing, portion of the infusion chamber. The dispensing head also includes an oscillating expeller set between the first and second portions of the infusion chamber. The oscillating expeller engages a capsule inserted in the infusion chamber to cause expulsion thereof when the infusion chamber is opened. The expeller includes an appendage shaped so as to engage the capsule from the bottom and lift it from the infusion chamber.