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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
May. 18, 2011
Guido Piai, Munich, DE;
Christian Probst, Munich, DE;
Antoine Cahen, Lausanne, CH;
Eric Granger, Lausanne, CH;
Guido Piai, Munich, DE;
Christian Probst, Munich, DE;
Antoine Cahen, Lausanne, CH;
Eric Granger, Lausanne, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus () for conditioning a food substance, such as milk or a milk-containing substance, comprises: —a food conditioning module () that has a structure () for holding such food substance and that has an electric device () comprising a conditioner () for imparting a conditioning effect to such food substance and a conditioner control unit () for controlling the conditioner; and —a user-interface device () in data-communication with the conditioner control unit to transmit user-data from the user-interface device to the control unit for controlling the conditioner accordingly. The user-interface device () is external to the food conditioning module () and disconnectably connected thereto.