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| 20100071563 | CAP EXTRACTION DEVICE - The invention relates to a device for extracting a cap ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100173053 | CAP EXTRACTION DEVICE - The invention relates to a device for extracting a cap ( | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100251900 | USED CAPSULE OR POD RECEPTACLE FOR LIQUID FOOD OR BEVERAGE MACHINES - A machine for preparing liquid food or beverage from a beverage or food ingredient contained in a capsule or pod. The machine includes a liquid food or beverage preparation unit arranged to receive capsules or pods for use and evacuate capsules or pods after use; a housing having an opening leading into a seat to which capsules or pods are evacuated from the preparation unit; and a receptacle having a cavity forming a storage space for collecting capsules or pods evacuated to the seat into the receptacle to a level of fill. The receptacle is insertable into the seat for collecting capsules or pods and is removable from the seat for emptying the collected capsules or pods. The preparation machine further comprises a mechanism to inhibit jamming of the receptacle at removal from the seat when the level of fill in the receptacle extends above the opening of the housing. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100263547 | ONE HAND CARRIABLE LIQUID FOOD OR BEVERAGE MACHINE - A machine for preparing a liquid food or beverage has an outermost housing that includes a top part and downwardly extending sidewalls which cover and shield at least part of a liquid food or beverage module. The downwardly extending sidewalls have a portion that forms, optionally together with a portion of the top part, a grip seizable by a human hand such that the machine can be carried and displaced single handed by seizure of the grip. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100263550 | LIQUID FOOD OR BEVERAGE MACHINE HAVING A DRIP TRAY AND A CUP SUPPORT - A machine for preparing a liquid food or beverage that includes a liquid food or beverage module having a liquid or beverage outlet; a support device that is located under the beverage outlet and that has an arrangement for evacuating liquid; and a collector, such as drip tray, for collecting liquid evacuated by the support device. The support device has a dispensing area on or above which a recipient may be placed for collecting a liquid food or beverage dispensed from the outlet. The support device also includes a non-dispensing area adjacent to the dispensing area, the non-dispensing area being arranged to support recipients upon use and for evacuating liquid to the collector. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100300301 | LIQUID FOOD OR BEVERAGE MACHINE WITH COMBINABLE ACCESSORIES - A device for preparing a liquid food or beverage having an outermost housing with faces that are arranged to shield at least part of a liquid food or beverage module. A face of the housing has a connection to an appliance. This face is arranged to support mechanically such an appliance. The connection is disconnectably connectable by a user to the appliance. The housing is so arranged that the appliance is removably mountable onto the housing face by a user. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110168026 | USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE FOR A BEVERAGE MACHINE - A beverage or liquid food machine has: a user-interface with a toggle-switch having a user-movable toggle switch member; and a control unit arranged for carrying out one or more operational processes of such machine. The control unit is arranged to store a plurality of values for a parameter of such an operational process. The user-interface is connected to the control unit and is arranged to allow a user-selection of one value from the stored values for the control unit to carry out the corresponding operational process with this selected value as such a parameter. The toggle-switch member is movable into a plurality of distinct selection positions for selecting the values of this plurality of values, with each value being associated with a corresponding distinct selection position of the toggle-switch member. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110259202 | DRINK DISPENSING DEVICE WITH HOLDING AND DRIP-COLLECTING SYSTEM FOR RECEPTACLES OF DIFFERENT SIZES - A drink preparing device that includes a box and a holding and drip-collecting system that comprises a holding part positionable beneath a drink outlet in order to accept a first, relatively small receptacle, and being configured and dimensioned to be moveable between a deployed holding position suitable for accepting the small receptacle and a second position in which the part is moved at least partly out of the way of the drink outlet to create an unoccupied space in which a second, larger receptacle can be positioned, in place of the first receptacle, beneath the drink outlet. | 10-27-2011 |
