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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2009
Gilles Gavillet, Ursy, CH;
Alexandre Kollep, Lutry, CH;
Peter Möri, Walperswil, CH;
Renzo Moser, Gümmenen, CH;
Frank Schnyder, Mont-Pèlerin, CH;
Alfred Yoakim, St.-Legier-La Chiesaz, CH;
Gilles Gavillet, Ursy, CH;
Alexandre Kollep, Lutry, CH;
Peter Möri, Walperswil, CH;
Renzo Moser, Gümmenen, CH;
Frank Schnyder, Mont-Pèlerin, CH;
Alfred Yoakim, St.-Legier-La Chiesaz, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A machine for preparing a beverage having a main body containing a brewing unit and a handle movable relative to the main body, so as to act on the brewing unit to open the brewing unit for introduction or removal of an ingredient into and from the unit, and act to close the brewing unit for extraction of such ingredient within the unit. The movable handle has a gripping part and is arranged to be drivable by a human hand. The main body and the movable handle are so connected and configured that the gripping part has a carrying position in which the gripping part is seizable by the human hand for safe lifting and single-handed displacing of the machine.