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US 4,724,752 AGranted
Machine for the automatic preparation of a beverage
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsRobert Aliesch, Karl Germann
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Abstract
A machine, for the automatic preparation of a beverage which is extracted from a product contained in a cartridge, has at least one extraction mechanism and at least one assembly having a plurality of magazines for housing cartridges containing product to be extracted and for supplying those cartridges to a conveyor which supplies the cartridges from a magazine to a distributor which then supplies the cartridges to the extraction mechanism and which also removes cartridges from the extraction mechanism for discarding the used cartridge.
Claims12
A machine for the automatic preparation of a comprising:
- at least one extraction mechanism;
- a distributor associated with each extraction mechanism for first receiving a cartridge containing product to be extracted, for then positioning that cartridge with regard to the extraction mechanism for extraction by a heated liquid and for, after extraction, removing the cartridge from the extraction mechanism for discarding the cartridge;
- a plurality of movable magazines, associated with each distributor for housing the cartridges containing product to be extracted to be received by the associated distributor;
- a conveyor associated with each plurality of movable magazines and with each distributor for contacting, slidably advancing and conveying a cartridge containing product to be extracted from a magazine of the plurality of movable magazines to the associated distributor for positioning the cartridge for extraction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.