Beverage preparation device
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsFlavien Dubief, Larry Baudet
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Abstract
The invention concerns a beverage preparation device (10), said device comprising:—a chamber (1) for receiving and agitating a liquid, said chamber comprising an opened top (11), an opened bottom (12) and a lateral side wall (13), said chamber presenting the shape of a solid of revolution, the axis of revolution (XX′) being oriented between the top and the bottom of the chamber,—a rotating unit (2) for spinning the chamber (1) around its axis of revolution (XX′), and wherein the chamber presents a shape such that when the chamber is spinning, liquid present in the chamber forms a ring of liquid along the lateral side wall (13) of the chamber above the opened bottom (12).
Claims19
Beverage preparation device, the device comprising:
- at least one chamber for receiving and containing a liquid;
- the chamber comprising an opened top, an opened bottom and a lateral side wall;
- the chamber presenting the shape of a solid of revolution, the axis of revolution extending between the top and the bottom of the chamber;
- a rotating unit for spinning the chamber around its axis of revolution;
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- wherein the chamber presents a shape such that when the chamber is spinning, liquid present in the chamber forms a ring of liquid along the lateral side wall of the chamber above the opened bottom.
Method for preparing a beverage with a beverage preparation device comprising at least one chamber for receiving and containing a liquid;
- the chamber comprising an opened top, an opened bottom and a lateral side wall;
- the chamber presenting the shape of a solid of revolution, the axis of revolution extending between the top and the bottom of the chamber;
- a rotating unit for spinning the chamber around its axis of revolution;
- and wherein the chamber presents a shape such that when the chamber is spinning, liquid present in the chamber forms a ring of liquid along the lateral side wall of the chamber above the opened bottom comprising the steps of:
- a) spinning the chamber;
- b) introducing at least one beverage component including at least one liquid in the spinning chamber;
- c) keeping spinning the chamber until the beverage is prepared;
- and,
- d) stopping the spinning and enabling the dispensing of the beverage through the opened bottom of the chamber.
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