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AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsJean-Luc Colantonio, Enzo Bonacci, Jean-Paul Denisart, Alfred Yoakim, Antoine Ryser
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A method for preparing a liquid comestible from a cell by passing liquid through the substance using centrifugal forces, wherein gas contained in the cell is controllably purged from the cell as liquid fills the cell. In one embodiment, the method includes prewetting the substance in the cell by filling liquid in the cell and rotating the cell at a first rotational speed; and then extracting the liquid comestible from the cell in an extraction phase which comprises continuing to fill liquid into the cell and rotating the cell at a second rotational speed that is higher than the first rotational speed. The invention also discloses a cell for use in these methods which cell includes a filter for preventing solids from being carried by gas during the gas purge.
In a method for preparing a liquid comestible from a cell by passing liquid through a liquid comestible forming substance in the cell using centrifugal forces provided by rotating the cell about a central axis, the improvement which comprises controllably purging gas from the cell through at least one gas purge conduit as liquid fills the cell, wherein gas purging ends by closing the at least one gas purge conduit by a valve.
In a method for preparing a liquid comestible from a cell by passing liquid from a liquid injection conduit through a liquid comestible forming substance in the cell using centrifugal forces provided by rotating the cell about a central axis, the improvement which comprises controllably purging gas from the cell through one or more controlled gas purging conduit(s) as liquid fills the cell, with the gas purging conduit(s) substantially concentrically arranged around the liquid injection conduit and the central axis of rotation of the cell, with the gas purging conduit(s) allowing the gas to move away from the cell in a direction opposite to the direction of injection of liquid into the cell.
In a method for preparing a liquid comestible from a cell by passing liquid from a first liquid injection conduit through a liquid comestible forming substance in the cell using centrifugal forces provided by rotating the cell about a central axis, the improvement which comprises controllably purging gas from the cell through at least one gas purging conduit as liquid fills the cell, wherein the at least one gas purging conduit is other than the first liquid injection conduit.
In a method for preparing a liquid comestible from a cell by passing liquid through a liquid comestible forming substance in the cell using centrifugal forces, the improvement which comprises controllably purging gas from the cell as liquid fills the cell, wherein the method is conducted in a beverage production system comprising:
In a method for preparing a liquid comestible from a cell by passing liquid through a liquid comestible forming substance in the cell using centrifugal forces, the improvement which comprises controllably purging gas from the cell as liquid fills the cell, wherein the method is conducted in a beverage production system comprising:
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