Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for sensing a capsule in a beverage production apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 用于感测饮料生产设备中的胶囊的装置
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Application No.: US14450900Application Date: 2014-08-04
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Publication No.: US09255819B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Christian Jarisch , Stefan Kaeser , Alexandre Perentes
- Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
- Applicant Address: CH Vevey
- Assignee: Nestec S.A.
- Current Assignee: Nestec S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Vevey
- Agency: K&L Gates LLP
- Priority: EP10170042 20100719
- Main IPC: G01B11/14
- IPC: G01B11/14 ; G01D5/26 ; A47J31/06 ; A47J31/36 ; A47J31/52 ; G01B7/14 ; G01D5/14

Abstract:
The invention aims to provide a device sensing a capsule inserted in a receptacle in machine and physical parameters of liquid supplied by a beverage production apparatus flowing through the capsule in function of the type of capsule. The capsule containing beverage ingredient is inserted in a cylindrical or conical wide mouthed receptacle having an upper opening for inserting the capsule and a lower bottom closing the receptacle. The receptacle rotates around an axis of a hollow shaft attached at the center and perpendicularly to the external face of the bottom of the receptacle, said shaft forming a hole at the center of the inner face of the bottom of the receptacle. The device comprises a rod sliding in the shaft and passing through the hole of the inner face of the bottom of the receptacle, said rod being provided with a spring maintaining an end of the rod lifted inside the receptacle in contact with the capsule, the other end being inside the shaft. The device further comprising means for measuring the position of the end of the rod in the shaft, in order to control, in function of the size of the capsule inserted in the receptacle, rotation speed of the receptacle, discharge and physical parameters of liquid supplied by the beverage production apparatus flowing through the capsule.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140340078A1 DEVICE FOR SENSING A CAPSULE IN A BEVERAGE PRODUCTION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-11-20
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