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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Ramon Eduard Verhoeven, Heerhugowaard, NL;
Carlos Nicolaas Jozef Maria Koopman, Heerhugowaard, NL;
Johannes Theodorus Emerentia Huiberts, Spanbroek, NL;
Ramon Eduard Verhoeven, Heerhugowaard, NL;
Carlos Nicolaas Jozef Maria Koopman, Heerhugowaard, NL;
Johannes Theodorus Emerentia Huiberts, Spanbroek, NL;
BRAVILOR HOLDING B.V., Heerhugowaard, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a beverage-preparation device () provided with a storage container () for liquid, a dispensing () line connected to the storage container (), at least two beverage-dispensing stations () each provided with a collecting reservoir (), which collecting reservoirs are movable with respect to the dispensing line, a driving device () which engages with the dispensing line and/or the collecting reservoirs for displacing the dispensing line with respect to the collecting reservoirs in order to selectively bring the collecting reservoirs into liquid communication with the dispensing line and a control unit for controlling the driving device, characterized in that, within a dispensing period Td, the control unit brings the dispensing line into liquid communication with a first collecting reservoir in order to dispense a predetermined amount of liquid to each collecting reservoir, then with a second collecting reservoir and after that again with the first reservoir.