In or relating to beverage preparation machines

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9084509
SERIAL NO

12600627

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A delivery head for a beverage preparation machine including a movable first part and a fixed second part, the first part being movable relative to the second part between an open position and a closed position, in the open position the first part being positioned to enable loading of a cartridge into the delivery head, in the closed position the first part and second part being positioned to hold the cartridge in a dispensing position, the delivery head further comprising an inlet piercer and an outlet piercer, the inlet piercer and the outlet piercer being orientated substantially in the same direction and being pivotable relative to the fixed second part between a retracted position and a piercing position.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • KONINKLIJKE DOUWE EGBERTS B.V.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Halliday, Andrew Michael Chipping Norton Oxfordshire, GB 10 346
Tanner, Roger Geoffrey Banbury Oxfordshire, GB 29 700

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