Outlet nozzle arrangement for a drink dispensing apparatus
AssigneeKoninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
InventorsKoen Standaar, Hendrik Johan Dees, Tobias Kelderman, Bas Jongenburger, Boris Franzen
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Abstract
A drink dispensing apparatus includes a nozzle arrangement comprising a plurality of nozzles, wherein at least one of the plurality of nozzles is an outlet nozzle for dispensing a drinkable fluid and wherein at least one of the plurality of nozzles is a cleaning return nozzle; and a cleaning chamber housing repeatably movable between a stowed position and a deployed position for cleaning the nozzle arrangement. The cleaning chamber housing includes an internal cavity in which the plurality of nozzles are sealably received when in the deployed position.
Claims19
A drink dispensing apparatus, comprising:
- a nozzle arrangement comprising a plurality of nozzles, wherein at least one of the plurality of nozzles is an outlet nozzle for dispensing a drinkable fluid and wherein at least one of the plurality of nozzles is a cleaning return nozzle;
- and,
- a cleaning chamber housing repeatably movable between a stowed position and a deployed position for cleaning the nozzle arrangement, the cleaning chamber housing comprising an internal cavity in which the plurality of nozzles are sealably received when in the deployed position;
- wherein the plurality of nozzles are configured to extend into the internal cavity when the cleaning chamber housing is in the deployed position;
- and
- wherein the cleaning return nozzle is provided at the lowest point of the internal cavity relative to the at least one outlet nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.