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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Mark Ronald Van Der Woning, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An extruder () for use in a dispenser () of a loose product () for the preparation of beverages, comprising: a housing (), defining a product inlet (), a product outlet (), and a bore () that interconnects the product inlet and the product outlet; a screw feeder () including a screw blade () that is both rotatably and translatably received in the bore (), such that it is axially movable along the longitudinal axis (/) between a first position and a second position; and a first sealing device () that is configured to releasably fluidtightly seal a portion of the bore () interconnecting the product inlet () and the product outlet () in dependence of the axial position of the screw blade ().