Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080277409 | Capsule Dispensing Apparatus - The present invention refers to an apparatus for dispensing capsules, preferably single-use, disposable capsules ( | 11-13-2008 |
20100192778 | BREWING APPARATUS - A brewing apparatus, in particular for brewed beverage vending machines, the brewing apparatus having a fixed axis; a fixed frame; a reversible drive; and a number of movable driven members all connected directly or indirectly to the drive to only oscillate about the fixed axis and/or move radially with respect to the fixed axis. | 08-05-2010 |
20100319548 | BREWING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC MACHINES FOR PRODUCING BREWED BEVERAGES - A brewing apparatus, wherein an infusion body, defining an infusion chamber, oscillates, about a fixed axis and beneath a discharge doctor, between an infusion position and a discharge position on opposite sides of a brewing material loading position; and wherein a piston moves along the infusion chamber to expel, in the discharge position, a cake of brewed material through an end surface of the infusion chamber; and the discharge doctor has a follower device which, when activated, keeps the discharge doctor detached from the end surface. | 12-23-2010 |
20110146499 | BEVERAGE BREWING APPARATUS - A beverage brewing apparatus, the brewing apparatus having an infusion chamber for housing material to be percolated and for receiving pressurized water; a beverage outflow conduit connecting the infusion chamber to the outside; and a valve located between an inlet portion and an outlet portion of the outflow conduit; the valve being a three-way valve having an inlet communicating with the infusion chamber via the inlet portion of the outflow conduit; a first outlet communicating with the outlet portion of the outflow conduit; and a second outlet communicating with the outside. | 06-23-2011 |
20120118911 | BEVERAGE VENDING MACHINE CUP DISPENSER ASSEMBLY - A dispenser assembly for dispensing cups in a beverage vending machine, the assembly having a dispensing device for releasing one cup at a time from a stack of cups; and a belt conveyor, which defines a store for two parallel, staggered lines of stacks, communicates with the dispensing device via an outlet, and is connected to a wall, for pushing the stacks, by a friction coupling, so as to draw the wall, in use, towards the outlet. | 05-17-2012 |
20120160943 | BEVERAGE-MAKING METHOD - In a brewing assembly—wherein a brewing chamber has an inlet facing the outlet of a funnel of a grinding device having two grinding units, each of which can be activated selectively to dispense a powder to the brewing chamber through a respective active portion of the outlet—the brewing chamber is rotated towards the currently active portion of the outlet prior to the powder being dispensed. | 06-28-2012 |
20130092031 | INFUSION ASSEMBLY - An infusion assembly, wherein a piston is positioned facing an open end of a cup, and is movable along a first axis to insert a container of powdered material into the cup; the container having been arrested, in use, by a gripper-type stop device in a position coaxial with the first axis and inside a through channel interposed between the piston and the cup; the gripper-type stop device being movable with and by the piston to perform a work movement towards the cup; and the cup having a second axis, and being mounted to oscillate, about a third axis perpendicular to the first axis, between a normal unloading position, in which the open end of the cup faces downwards, and a work position, in which the second axis is coaxial with the first axis. | 04-18-2013 |
20130186908 | CAPSULE FEEDING APPARATUS - A feeding apparatus of capsules to a brewing device of an automatic beverage vending machine; the feeding apparatus comprising two stores for respective types of capsules; an outlet device, common to the two stores, to feed the capsules to the brewing device; and, for each store, dispensing means of the respective capsules one by one; and orientating means configured to give the capsules a determined final orientation before they are dispensed to the brewing device; the feeding apparatus also comprising detecting means to detect whether or not a capsule is present inside the outlet device; and control means for stopping the dispensing means of both stores and preventing further capsules from being dispensed in response to a capsule-presence signal emitted by the detecting means. | 07-25-2013 |
20130195433 | LIQUID-HEATING BOILER - A boiler for heating a liquid, in particular water, and having at least one module in turn having a cylindrical conduit closed at the ends by two caps and fitted through with an electric resistor, which defines an annular channel between itself and the conduit, and is fitted in fluidtight manner to each cap and to the inner surface of the conduit by a respective single seal; the conduit having a tubular inlet fitting and tubular outlet fitting, which are located close to the opposite axial ends of the annular channel, are independent of the caps, and have respective channels extending radially with respect to and communicating with the annular channel; the tubular inlet and outlet fittings being complementary in shape. | 08-01-2013 |