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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2011
Applicants:
David Larzul, Meyzieu, FR;
Lionel Peretti, Bron, FR;
Blaise Rithener, La Tour-de-Peilz, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/08 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01); A47J 31/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/4485 (2013.01); A47J 31/46 (2013.01); A47J 31/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flavored-beverage preparation machine () comprises: —a fluid circuit having a duct () that has an outlet () for dispensing a flavored-beverage over a filling area () for user-receptacles (); and —a cleaning arrangement for removing remnant flavored-beverage from the duct by passing a clearing fluid through the duct and out of the duct via the outlet, The cleaning arrangement has: —means () for providing a gas under pressure; and —a configuration for passing such a gas as this clearing fluid under pressure through and out of the duct for evacuating remnant flavored-beverage from the duct.