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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120107453 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATED WATER FILTER RECOMMENDATION A device and mechanism for recommending a water filter in a beverage dispenser is described. A sensor senses qualities of unfiltered water. Another sensor senses qualities of a flavorant container, such as the flavorant contained within the container. Based on the quali... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120024159 | Coffee Preparation Device Including at Least One Preparation Material Container with a Level Indicator In a coffee preparation device having at least one preparation material container, at least one container wall, particularly on a container front side, includes at least one filling level dependent activable luminous section as filling level indication.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120021109 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LEADING MEDIA THROUGH A TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR A LIQUID PRODUCT A method and a device for leading media in a thermal treatment system for a liquid product where, determining the led-in volume of the expelling medium while a medium is being expelled from the treatment system and by setting the determined volume of the expelling mediu... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120012007 | TRANSPORTABLE COMPACT MACHINE FOR PREPARING A DRINK Machine for preparing a drink, which comprises a body (20) and a head (21) fitted with a liquid-injection assembly (6), which comprises a support (7) to accommodate a portion of food ingredients and comprising a passage (10) through wh... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110308396 | PUMP MOUNT IN A BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE A beverage preparation machine that includes a housing, a pump which vibrates during use and which is mounted in the housing, and a dampener for preventing or reducing the transmission of vibrations from the pump to other machine parts. The damper includes a spring on w... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110293807 | Systems, apparatus and methods to reconstitute dehydrated drinks The present invention is directed to systems, apparatus and methods for the reconstitution of dehydrated drinking products for use in a domestic setting. A captive magnetic mixing impeller is described. Furthermore, a dehydrated drinking product preparation system is de... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110271841 | INJECTION ASSEMBLY AND MACHINE FOR PREPARING A DRINK PROVIDED WITH THIS INJECTION ASSEMBLY Injection assembly (6) for the preparation of a drink from consumable ingredients and a liquid, comprising a frame (50) in which the following are mounted: —an injection chamber (100), intended to accommodate a portion of ingredients, having a low... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110271840 | TRANSPORTABLE STAND-ALONE MACHINE FOR PREPARING A DRINK Machine for preparing a drink, which comprises a casing (1) defining an internal volume in which internal means for circulating a liquid intended for preparing said drink are housed, said means comprising: -means (2) for piping the liquid inside said casin... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110262615 | Apparatus for the Production of a Sparkling Beverage The present invention relates to an apparatus (1, 21) for the production of a sparkling beverage comprising a container (2) for containing the sparkling beverage having inlet and outlet openings (9, 13) respectively, detection means (3) of th... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110239868 | FROZEN MIXING SYSTEM AND CONTAINER RESTRAINT A container for containing food and/or beverage ingredients is described. The container is of a type which may be supported in a support while the ingredients inside the container are processed, such as by a rotating blade or other mechanism. The container includes anti... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110177201 | VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR INTERMITTIERENDEN IMPRAGNIERUNG UND AUSGABE VON TRINKWASSER The invention relates to a method and an associated device for intermittently enriching and dispersing drinking water with gases, particularly CO2 and/or O2, wherein the water is supplied to a mixing device (5) by means of a miniature pump (... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110154992 | Tofu coagulant producing apparatus and soymilk coagulation machine comprising the same An apparatus for producing tofu coagulant, comprising: a liquid food oil pumping pathway H1 from a liquid food oil tank T1 by a metering pump P1; a mineral salt solution pumping pathway H2 from a mineral salt solution tank T2 by anothe... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110146496 | BEVERAGE PREPARATION DEVICE COMPRISING AN INSERT INSERTED INTO A RECEPTACLE A beverage preparation device is disclosed which comprises an insert that is inserted into a receptacle and can be interlocked with the receptacle. The beverage preparation device comprises a receptacle (1), a receptacle holder (2), and an insert, e.g. a l... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110113967 | AUTOMATIC COCKTAIL MAKER An automatic cocktail maker, including a frame, multiple can bodies, a multi-channel switching device including a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet, a measuring pump including an inlet hole and an outlet hole, a pipe system, and a programmable control unit. The can body ... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110107918 | POST-MIX DISPENSER ASSEMBLY A beverage dispensing assembly which has one or more urns to which a manual, post-mix valve is engaged, on front walls thereof. The urn or urns do not contain fluid, rather, at least, a pair of fluid lines carrying pressurized fluid to the post-mix valve, which may be a... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110100227 | DEVICE FOR HEATING A CUP-SHAPED RECEPTACLE A heating device for cup-shaped receptacles such as coffee cups. The device includes a support for supporting a receptacle with the support including a heating mechanism and being designed to generate and guide heated air or radiating heat to the receptacles in order to... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110088558 | COMMERCIAL FROZEN FOOD PREPARATION APPARATUS SANITATION A machine prepares semi frozen food products and/or beverages from pre-prepared (e.g. frozen) cups. A user chooses the desired frozen cup, inserts it into the machine, chooses how they would like it prepared from a range of thickness options, and the machine then opens ... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110091615 | System and Method for Producing a Reduced-Fat Composition A reduced fat beverage and a method of making the same is disclosed. A method for making a reduced-fat beverage includes destabilizing a base solution, the base solution comprising a fat component and non-fat components. The method also includes separating the fat compo... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110086158 | Beverage Manufacture Using a Static Mixer Mouthfeel can be improved by processing a beverage product having an insoluble food component with a static mixer. The beverage product can be a soy beverage containing insoluble protein components. The static mixer serves to reduce the average particulate size of the i... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110081469 | OSMOTIC PUMP FOR FORWARD OSMOSIS DEVICES A self-regulating FO system is disclosed comprising a container containing a source water supply, a forward osmosis membrane element located within the container comprising an area of osmotic membranes, an osmotic agent inlet and a drink outlet, an osmotic pump element ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110052766 | BREWER SYSTEM INCLUDING PERVASIVE RFID SENSING FOR SERVERS An apparatus, system, and method for use with beverages and beverage making and dispensing equipment. The apparatus, system, and method of use monitors characteristics of the beverage, reports characteristics, or both and selectively affects the beverage and beverage ma... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110052773 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A DRINK FROM A FOOD SUBSTANCE CONTAINED IN A CAPSULE The invention relates to a method of wetting and/or dissolving a substance contained in a capsule for producing a beverage consisting, by means of a piercing and injection element, in piercing the capsule and injecting a liquid under pressure into the capsule to wet and... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110006079 | FROZEN CONFECTION MACHINE HAVING SIMULTANEOUS DISPENSING OF TWO FLAVORS WITH CLOG INHIBITING MECHANISM A frozen beverage freezer machine is provided with two side-by-side freezer cylinders containing different flowable frozen beverage products. Draw valves are provided to draw the beverages separately for dispensing separately from the two beverage freezer cylinders. An ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100326281 | EASY-OPEN CAN END, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAN END, AND BEVERAGE PRODUCT FILLED IN CAN CONTAINER USING THE SAME An easy-open can end including an inclined surface formed in a direction of a tab tail of a pull-tab from a center of a panel such that the center of the panel becomes a maximum concave portion, a lower surface of the pull-tab abuts on the inclined surface or is brought... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100236414 | SUPPORT WITH A DOUBLE RESTING SURFACE FOR CUPS AND OTHER CONTAINERS IN MACHINES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BEVERAGES The support (3) comprises a first resting surface (13) and a second resting surface (7), which can be set on top of one another at different heights.... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100221404 | LIQUID INFUSING AND FLAVOURING DEVICE A liquid infusing and flavouring device for the infusing and/or flavouring of liquids. The liquid infusing and flavouring device includes an inlet passage connectable to a liquid (typically beer) to allow liquid to flow into the liquid infusing and flavouring device. An... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100215797 | Treatment of Human Milk Method for heat treatment of human milk, wherein the milk is kept at an elevated temperature in a pasteurising step. Removal of bacterial constituents and/or viral constituents can be effected if an elevated temperature in the narrow range of 57-61° C. is applied durin... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100206174 | DRINK SHAKER A beverage mixing vessel or drink shaker has internal features effective for breaking up ice as the beverage mixing vessel or drink shaker is shaken. One or more protrusions disposed near the bottom of a container have apexes aligned in the direction of shaking motion. ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100199845 | APPLIANCE FOR DISPENSING A BEVERAGE An appliance for dispensing a beverage includes a housing, an outlet for dispensing a prepared beverage disposed on one side of the housing, a first support arranged below the outlet onto which a container can be placed for filling, and at least one second support secur... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100199850 | Holder assembly for a powdered ingredient for preparing an instant drink The invention relates to a holder assembly (1) for a powdered ingredient (4) for preparing an instant drink. The assembly comprises a holder, a conveyor screw (6), an outflow channel (7) provided on the holder for dispensing ingredient (1<... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100180773 | PORT SYSTEM FOR FASTENING A CONTAINER TO A CONNECTION SYSTEM The invention concerns a port system (1) for fastening a container (3) comprising a vessel (2) and an outlet (6) to a connection system (14) presenting an inlet, said port system comprising: —a main skirt (4) connectable to th... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100163567 | WATER INTAKE AMOUNT MANAGEMENT DEVICE A water intake amount management device includes a cup body and a cup cover. The cup body is used to store water, and includes at least one communicating tube and at least one float. The communicating tube is in communication with the stored water. The float is disposed... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100154644 | LIQUID FLOW CONTROL AND BEVERAGE PREPARATION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS Apparatuses, methods and systems for liquid flow control and beverage preparation are disclosed. The apparatuses, methods and systems of the present invention include liquid flow control and beverage preparation capsules, pods, cartridges, pouches, systems, and modules ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100159109 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING A READY TO USE LIQUID PRODUCT The invention relates to a device 10 for preparing a ready to use liquid product from a semi-finished product, said semi-finished arranged in a first container 1, the device comprising an injector for supplying an amount of liquid in the first container th... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100139493 | INTEGRATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING AND BLENDING/MIXING BEVERAGE INGREDIENTS An integrated beverage blending system comprising: a controller for menu selection; an ice portion control module; an ingredient module; a dispensing apparatus in communication with the ice portion control module and the ingredient module, wherein the ice and the ingred... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100132564 | IDENTIFICATION OF BEVERAGE INGREDIENT CONTAINING CAPSULES A beverage ingredient capsule (1) is provided with an identification member (6) designed for being physically contacted from outside in order to control operation parameters of an associated beverage production machine.... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100126353 | BEVERAGE MIXING APPARATUS Embodiments of the invention are directed to a beverage mixing apparatus which may be used to prepare alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage combination cocktails. In one embodiment, the beverage mixing apparatus includes an upper assembly capable of supporting a plurality... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100089244 | Electric beverage making machine comprising a control unit An electric beverage making machine including a control unit and at least one electric function unit for a process of making the beverage. For the power supply to the function unit and to the control unit, a first switching contact having an actuation element and a powe... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100049362 | System for the Preparation and Distribution of Beverages in a Transportation Unit The present invention relates to a modular beverage system incorporable into a transportation unit. The system comprises a power source, at least one user point, at least one vessel, at least one liquid transferring apparatus operatively associated with said power sourc... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100031825 | Blending System A blending system includes a first liquid supply arrangement for providing a first liquid component, a second liquid supply arrangement for providing a second liquid component, a mixing arrangement for mixing the first and the second liquid components to form a blending... | 02/11/2010 |
