Global Patent Index - EP 4304976 A1

EP 4304976 A1 20240117 - BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE WITH A LOCKING MEANS AND A COUPLING ELEMENT, AND BEVERAGE PREPARATION SYSTEM

Title (en)

BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE WITH A LOCKING MEANS AND A COUPLING ELEMENT, AND BEVERAGE PREPARATION SYSTEM

Title (de)

GETRÄNKEZUBEREITUNGSMASCHINE MIT EINEM VERRIEGELUNGSMITTEL UND EINEM KOPPLUNGSELEMENT SOWIE GETRÄNKEZUBEREITUNGSSYSTEM

Title (fr)

MACHINE DE PRÉPARATION DE BOISSONS COMPRENANT UN MOYEN DE VERROUILLAGE ET UN ÉLÉMENT DE COUPLAGE ET SYSTÈME DE PRÉPARATION DE BOISSONS

Publication

EP 4304976 A1 20240117 (DE)

Application

EP 22714782 A 20220311

Priority

  • DE 102021202397 A 20210311
  • EP 2022056328 W 20220311

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2022189623A1] The invention relates to a beverage preparation machine (1), in particular a dispenser, for preparing a beverage using a cartridge system consisting of a cartridge (10), which has a beverage substance in a reservoir (11), and a cartridge receiving area (14), which is connected to the cartridge (10) and has at least one liquid supply opening (19), a mixing chamber, and a beverage outlet (15), wherein the beverage preparation machine (1) comprises a cartridge mounting (4), in particular a cartridge mounting which has a balcony-like design, the cartridge system can be inserted into the cartridge mounting (4), and the beverage preparation machine (1) comprises a liquid reservoir (3), a liquid thermal conditioning system for thermally conditioning a liquid from the liquid reservoir (3), a coupling element (21) for selectively coupling between the liquid thermal conditioning system and the liquid supply opening (19) of the cartridge receiving area (14), and a controller for controlling the beverage preparation machine (1). The coupling element (21) has at least one liquid line (22), and the cartridge mounting (4) has at least one locking means (8) which is designed to reversibly lock the cartridge system in the cartridge mounting (4). The locking means (8) can be reversibly converted from an unlocked position into a locked position, and the locking means (8) interacts with the cartridge system in the locked position in a form- and/or force-fitting manner.

IPC 8 full level

B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/04 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP IL KR US)

B67D 1/0021 (2013.01 - EP IL KR US); B67D 1/0044 (2013.01 - EP IL); B67D 1/0046 (2013.01 - EP IL KR US); B67D 1/0066 (2013.01 - US); B67D 1/0079 (2013.01 - EP IL KR US); B67D 1/04 (2013.01 - EP IL KR); B67D 1/0418 (2013.01 - US); B67D 1/0801 (2013.01 - US); B67D 1/0809 (2013.01 - EP IL KR); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01 - EP IL KR); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01 - US); B67D 2001/0811 (2013.01 - EP IL KR US); B67D 2001/0814 (2013.01 - US); B67D 2001/0817 (2013.01 - EP IL KR)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2022189623A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2022189623 A1 20220915; AU 2022231982 A1 20230831; BR 112023016339 A2 20231003; CA 3209752 A1 20220915; CN 116963992 A 20231027; EP 4304976 A1 20240117; IL 304987 A 20231001; JP 2024510592 A 20240308; KR 20230142611 A 20231011; US 2024140774 A1 20240502

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2022056328 W 20220311; AU 2022231982 A 20220311; BR 112023016339 A 20220311; CA 3209752 A 20220311; CN 202280020649 A 20220311; EP 22714782 A 20220311; IL 30498723 A 20230806; JP 2023555606 A 20220311; KR 20237030930 A 20220311; US 202218278265 A 20220311