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Shallow machine

US10939779B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. · CH

Inventors

Fabien Ludovic Agon · Le Bouveret, CH
Da Mi Byun · Amsterdam, NL
Bianca Hanauer · Munich, DE
Marco Magatti · Lausanne, CH
Markus Mayer · Gettorf, DE
Matthias Schmiedbauer · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 2016
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 17, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47J31/3623
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A machine (1) for dispensing a beverage (84) from a capsule (2) has: an external housing (10, 30, 30′, 40, 50, 60) having an external front face (10), two external spaced-apart lateral side faces (30,30′) that extend rearwards behind the external front face (10) and that face each other; a beverage outlet (11) located on the external front face (10) and above a front area (20) for placing a user-receptacle (3,4) for collecting beverage (84) from the outlet (11); and a capsule handling device (70) that has a first part (71) and a second part (72) that are relatively movable between a capsule transfer position and a capsule extraction position. At least one part (72) of the first and second parts (71,72) is arranged to translate towards and away from at least one of the two external lateral side faces (30,30′) so that the first and second parts (71,72) relatively move between the transfer and the extraction positions.

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