Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080283131 | Priming Valve Device for Water Circuit of a Beverage Machine - A priming valve device for a beverage machine. The device includes a casing assembly including a water inlet, a water outlet, and a drain and venting portion for discharging water or air during priming and a valve assembly associated with the casing assembly. The valve assembly includes a valve member which is moveable to a closed position which closes the water outlet by elastic return when the pressure in the water inlet decreases under the elastic return pressure of the valve member. | 11-20-2008 |
20090308258 | BREWING DEVICE FOR CAPSULE WITH CLOSURE MECHANISM OF VARIABLE TRANSMISSION RATIO - A brewing device for the brewing of a capsule containing a beverage ingredient, the device including a main frame, a first capsule holding part, a second capsule holding part for at least partially holding the capsule mobile relative to the first capsule holding part in the frame and linked to the frame by a closing mechanism that includes knuckle joints; and a manual handle forming lever to activate via the closing mechanism the second holding part from the open position to the closed position and vice versa. The closing mechanism includes an additional force transmitting member associated with the handle and arranged to de-multiply the force applied by the handle on the knuckle joints that compensates for the increase of the force needed for closing the holding parts on the capsule. | 12-17-2009 |
20100218684 | HEATING DEVICE WITH AN INTEGRATED THERMOBLOCK FOR A BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE - An in-line heating device for a liquid food or beverage preparation machine in which liquid is circulated through the heating device and then guided into a brewing chamber. This heating device includes a thermoblock with a metal mass that incorporates an inlet, an outlet and a heating chamber extending therebetween to form a passage for guiding the liquid circulating through the mass, with the mass arranged to accumulate heat and to supply heat to the liquid; and one or more electric components that are rigidly secured onto or into the thermoblock and that are connected to a printed circuit board or a flex-print arranged to control the thermoblock. The electric components are rigidly connected to the printed circuit board or flex-print, in particular via rigid connector pins or blades or rigid plug and socket members. | 09-02-2010 |
20100282090 | INTEGRATED HEATER FOR A BEVERAGE PREPARATION DEVICE - An integrated in-line heater for a liquid food or beverage preparation machine, in which liquid is circulated through the heater and then guided into a brewing chamber for brewing a food or beverage ingredient, for instance within a pod or capsule, supplied into the brewing chamber. An upstream part of the brewing chamber may be formed by the heater. One or more electric components may be incorporated into the heater and rigidly connected to a printed circuit board. The heater may have a tubular inner core that is eccentric with respect to a tubular or prismatic outer member which form together a helicoidal heating chamber of variable cross-section. | 11-11-2010 |
20110011271 | BEVERAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A BEVERAGE FROM A SINGLE-USE CAPSULE - Beverage production device for producing a beverage from a single-use capsule containing a beverage ingredient, comprising: a brewing unit ( | 01-20-2011 |
20110041696 | MODULAR ASSEMBLY OF A BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE - A process for manufacturing a beverage preparation machine by providing a group of components a) to f), with the components including a brewing unit for receiving an ingredient of the beverage and for guiding an incoming flow of liquid, through the ingredient to a beverage outlet; b) an in-line heater for heating the flow of liquid to be supplied to the brewing unit; c) a pump for pumping the liquid through the heater; d) one or more fluid connecting members for guiding the liquid from a source of liquid to the beverage outlet; e) an electric control unit for receiving instructions from a user via an interface and for controlling the heater and pump; and f) one or more electric sensors for sensing at least one operational characteristic of the brewing unit, the heater, the pump, a liquid reservoir, an ingredient collector, a flow of the liquid, a pressure of the liquid and a temperature of the liquid, and for communicating the characteristic(s) to the control unit. Components a) to f) for assembling the beverage machine are connected by pre-assembling at least two or three modules, with each module being fully automatically assembled from at least two of components a) to f), wherein the components of the fully automatically preassembled modules are configured to be automatically seizable, orientable, positionable and fully connectable to each other in one or more automatic assembly steps. | 02-24-2011 |
20110107920 | PUMP FOR LIQUID BEVERAGE PREPARATION DEVICES - Devices for the preparation of a liquid food or beverage. One device includes a housing, pump, pump support for securing the pump to the housing, a rigid duct that is connected by an elastic sealing member to the housing and to an inlet or outlet of the pump. The pump support includes an elastic support member for resiliently supporting the pump chamber in the housing. Another device includes a pre-suction chamber connected to a liquid inlet of a pump and being designed to intermittently provide liquid to said liquid inlet. A further device includes a connector of at least one elastic sealing member designed to absorb vibrations from a pump of the device and to enable a relative movement of a duct and a liquid inlet or outlet of the pump. | 05-12-2011 |
20110217183 | BEVERAGE PRODUCTION MODULE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BEVERAGE PRODUCTION MODULE - A beverage production module that includes a pump for delivering a fluid from a tank to an extraction chamber, a power source for the pump and a controller for operating the pump and for controlling the voltage applied from the power source to the pump. The controller is adapted to operate the pump both at a normal operation voltage over a predefined time at a reduced voltage level. The invention further relates to a method for operating the pump of the beverage production module. | 09-08-2011 |
20120090406 | FLOWMETER MATERIALS FOR A BEVERAGE MACHINE - A flowmeter, in particular for a beverage preparation machine, includes a housing, such as a moulded housing, delimiting a measuring chamber, and a measuring body, such as a moulded body, rotatably mounted in the measuring chamber. The housing and the measuring body are made of at least one of polyoxymethylene, polyformaldehyde or polybutyleneterehpthalate. | 04-19-2012 |
20120090472 | FLOWMETER STRUCTURE FOR A BEVERAGE MACHINE - A flowmeter that includes a moulded housing delimiting a measuring chamber; a rotatable measuring body having a rotatable shaft extending across the measuring chamber; and point bearings for mounting and positioning opposite extremities of the rotatable shaft in the housing. Each point bearing is formed of a protruding part and a cooperating facing counter-part part, in particular a recessed part, associated, respectively, with the housing and an extremity of the rotatable shaft, or vice versa. This protruding part and its counter-part are integrally formed with their associated moulded housing and rotatable shaft. | 04-19-2012 |
20120234090 | FLOWMETER ASSEMBLY FOR A BEVERAGE MACHINE - A flowmeter ( | 09-20-2012 |
20120234181 | ASSEMBLY OF FLOWMETER TO PCB IN A BEVERAGE MACHINE - A flowmeter ( | 09-20-2012 |
20130064529 | DYNAMIC DOUBLE-CIRCUIT IN-LINE HEATER - A dynamic double-circuit in-Line heater is disclosed, as well as a machine containing the heater and a method of operating the machine. | 03-14-2013 |
20130174744 | EXTRACTION SYSTEM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A DRINK USING A CAPSULE - System for preparing drinks from a capsule comprising: a capsule ( | 07-11-2013 |
20130183130 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING A CAPSULE FROM A BEVERAGE PRODUCTION APPARATUS - The invention aims to provide a device and a method for retrieving efficiently a capsule from a receptacle of a beverage production apparatus. In particular, the device allows retrieving a used capsule in safe conditions and without waiting time. The beverage production apparatus comprises a receptacle ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130206014 | DEVICE FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE BY CENTRIFUGATION - Device for preparing a beverage from a beverage ingredient contained in a receptacle ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130247777 | LOW-INERTIA THERMAL SENSOR IN A BEVERAGE MACHINE - The invention pertains generally to a thermal sensor and a controlled heating system, in a beverage preparation machine. In particular, the invention relates to a thermal sensor comprising: connectors; an electrical coupling circuit; a sensing element having at least one measurable electrical quantity varying with the temperature of the sensing element; The sensing element is electrically coupled with the connectors through the electrical coupling circuit so as to allow measuring said electrical quantity at the level of the connectors. The sensor comprises a support having a first surface and a second surface thermally coupled and electrically isolated. The sensing element is thermally coupled with the first surface. The second surface is adapted to be thermally coupled with an area which temperature is to be measured. | 09-26-2013 |
20140020563 | HEATING DEVICE WITH AN INTEGRATED THERMOBLOCK FOR A BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE - A combination of a flow meter and printed circuit board or flex-print for a liquid food or a beverage preparation machine, which board or flex-print is rigidly connected to the flow meter. This combination is used in a liquid food or beverage preparation machine that includes an in-line heating device in which machine liquid is circulated through the heating device and then guided into a brewing chamber that includes a capsule or pod housing for brewing a food or beverage ingredient supplied into the brewing chamber. | 01-23-2014 |
20140022044 | HEATING DEVICE WITH AN INTEGRATED THERMOBLOCK FOR A BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE - A liquid food of beverage preparation machine that includes an electric supply circuit connectable to an electric power source; a heater powered by the electric supply circuit; and a thermal fuse device in thermal communication with the heater and associated with the electric supply circuit, the fuse device being arranged to interrupt the electric supply circuit from the power source when the heater exceeds a temperature limit. The thermal fuse device is reversible and includes a switch for automatically interrupting the electric supply circuit when the heater exceeds the temperature limit, the switch being operable by a user to close the electric supply circuit when the heater has a temperature that has returned below the temperature limit. | 01-23-2014 |
20140026759 | HEATING DEVICE WITH AN INTEGRATED THERMOBLOCK FOR A BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE - A liquid food or beverage preparation machine that includes a fluid arrangement and a printed circuit board for controlling one or more functions of the fluid arrangement, with the printed circuit board being enclosed within a substantially impervious housing to protect the printed circuit board from fluid or vapor emissions from the fluid arrangement. | 01-30-2014 |
20140053733 | INTEGRATED HEATER FOR A BEVERAGE PREPARATION DEVICE - An in-line heater for a liquid food or beverage preparation machine, in which machine liquid is circulated through the heater and then guided into a brewing chamber for brewing a food or beverage ingredient supplied into said brewing chamber. The heater has a body incorporating an inlet, an outlet and a heating chamber extending therebetween, with the inlet, outlet and heating chamber forming together a rigid passage for guiding the liquid circulating through the body, and one or more electric components that are secured on or in the body and connected to a printed circuit board arranged to control the heater. The one or more electric components are rigidly connected to the printed circuit board. | 02-27-2014 |
20140245894 | PUMP FOR LIQUID BEVERAGE PREPARATION DEVICES - A device for the preparation of a liquid food or beverage, such as tea, coffee or soup from a preferably portioned ingredient, in particular in the form of capsules, housed within a beverage preparation chamber. The device includes a housing, a pump comprising a pump chamber, in particular a pump chamber containing a piston moveably mounted therein, the pump further comprising a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet, a liquid supply which is in fluid connection with the liquid inlet of the pump, a pump support connected to the housing of the device at which the pump is mounted, and a pre-suction chamber connected to the liquid inlet of the pump and being designed to intermittently provide liquid to the liquid inlet of the pump. | 09-04-2014 |
20140322401 | FAST HEAT-UP OF A THERMAL CONDITIONING DEVICE E.G. FOR COFFEE MACHINE - The invention concerns a unit ( | 10-30-2014 |
20140326142 | CENTRIFUGAL BREWING MACHINE WITH FLOW COLLECTING ASSEMBLY - Centrifugal brewing machine ( | 11-06-2014 |
20140332101 | BEVERAGE COLLECTOR FOR COLLECTING CENTRIFUGED LIQUID AND CENTRIFUGAL BEVERAGE MACHINE USING SUCH COLLECTOR - Beverage collector ( | 11-13-2014 |
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20130263977 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS OR COUPONS MADE OF A HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERALLOY - A method for manufacturing a component or coupon made of a high temperature superalloy based on Ni, Co, Fe or combinations thereof includes forming the component or coupon using a powder-based additive manufacturing process. The manufacturing process includes completely melting the powder followed by solidifying the powder. The formed component or coupon is subjected to a heat treatment so as to optimize specific material properties. The heat treatment takes place at higher temperatures compared to cast components or coupons. | 10-10-2013 |
20140053956 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARTICLE - The disclosure refers to a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional article, the method including successively building up the article from a metallic base material by means of an additive manufacturing process, thereby creating an article with a substantial anisotropy of its properties and heat treating the manufactured article at a sufficiently high temperature to reduce the anisotropy significantly by recrystallization and/or grain coarsening. | 02-27-2014 |
20140154088 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A METALLIC COMPONENT BY ADDITIVE LASER MANUFACTURING - The invention refers to a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional metallic article/component entirely or partly. The method includes a) successively building up said article/component from a metallic base material by means of an additive manufacturing process by scanning with an energy beam, thereby b) establishing a controlled grain orientation in primary and in secondary direction of the article/component, c) wherein the secondary grain orientation is realized by applying a specific scanning pattern of the energy beam, which is aligned to the cross section profile of said article/component, or with characteristic load conditions of the article/component. | 06-05-2014 |
20140242400 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HYBRID COMPONENT - The invention refers to a method for manufacturing a hybrid component including the following steps of manufacturing a preform as a first part of the hybrid component, then successively building up on that preform a second part of the component from a metallic powder material by means of an additive manufacturing process by scanning with an energy beam, thereby establishing a controlled grain orientation in primary and in secondary direction of at least a part of the second part of the component. The controlled secondary grain orientation is realized by applying a specific scanning pattern of the energy beam, which is aligned to the cross section profile of the component or to the local load conditions for the component. | 08-28-2014 |
20140295087 | METHOD FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE MADE OF A DIFFICULT-TO-WELD MATERIAL - The invention relates to a method for additively manufacturing an article made of a difficult-to-weld highly-precipitation-strengthened Ni-base super alloy that comprises Al and Ti in the sum of more than 5 wt.-% or a difficult-to weld carbide/solution-strengthened cobalt (Co)-base super alloy, whereby a metal particle mixture of at least a first phase and a second phase is provided as a starting material, said first phase of the mixture being a base material and said second phase of the mixture being a material which is a derivative of the first material and has relative to said material of said first phase an improved weldability, and whereby the metal particle mixture is processed by means of an additive manufacturing process which is one of selective laser melting (SLM), selective laser sintering (SLS), electron beam melting (EBM), laser metal forming (LMF), laser engineered net shape (LENS), or direct metal deposition (DMD). | 10-02-2014 |
20140366995 | METHOD FOR POST-WELD HEAT TREATMENT OF WELDED COMPONENTS MADE OF GAMMA PRIME STRENGTHENED SUPERALLOYS - The invention relates to a method of post-weld heat treatment of a without a filler material electron beam or laser welded high strength component made of a gamma prime (γ′) strengthened superalloy based on Ni or Co or Fe or combinations thereof. The method consists of the following steps | 12-18-2014 |
20150013852 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS MADE OF SINGLE CRYSTAL (SX) OR DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED (DS) NICKELBASE SUPERALLOYS - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a component, especially of a gas turbine, made of a single crystal (SX) or directionally solidified (DS) nickelbase superalloy, including a heat treatment and a machining and/or mechanical treatment step. The ductility of the component is improved by doing the machining and/or mechanical treatment step prior to said heat treatment and a solution heat treatment of the component is done prior to the machining/mechanical treatment step. | 01-15-2015 |