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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Nestec S.a., Vevey, CH;
Cedric Rey, La Sarraz, CH;
Roberto Angelo Calderone, Orbe, CH;
Lucio Scorrano, Yverdon-les-Bains, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: at least one beverage ingredient processing assembly () presenting one outlet () for evacuating a beverage, at least one conduit () removably connected to the outlet () of the at least one beverage ingredient processing assembly for dispensing the beverage in a container (), wherein: the dispenser comprises a drawer assembly () comprising a drawer () composed of an upper part () and a lower part (), said both parts being at least partly removable one from the other, at least one of said parts presenting at least one groove () on its internal surface so that when the two parts are connected together the at least one groove forms at least a part of the least one conduit () for dispensing the beverage from the beverage ingredient processing assembly outlet () to the container (), and the upper part () and the lower part () of the drawer assembly are made of a first hard material, and a second soft polymer material () covers the upper part () and/or the lower part () at least on the area near from the edges of the at least one conduit () formed by the at least one groove, and the drawer assembly () comprises a cover () for maintaining and squeezing the upper part and the lower part one against the other.