US 11,701,992 B2
Semiautonomous apparatus and system of distribution of edible products including said semiautonomous apparatus
Rui Miguel Nabeiro, Campo Maior (PT); Jesús Medina Mundt, Lisbon (PT); José Miguel De Jesus Estima, Lisbon (PT); and Tiago Rafael Da Silva Ferrolho Mendes, Lisbon (PT)
Assigned to NOVADELTA—COMÉRCIO E INDÚSTRIA DE CAFÉS, LDA, Lisbon (PT)
Appl. No. 16/646,425
Filed by NOVADELTA—COMÉRCIO E INDÚSTRIA DE CAFÉS, LDA, Lisbon (PT)
PCT Filed Sep. 13, 2018, PCT No. PCT/PT2018/050033
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 11, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/054889, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 110287 (PT), filed on Sep. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0269743 A1, Aug. 27, 2020
Int. Cl. B60P 3/025 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 3/0257 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiautonomous apparatus (1) for preparation and distribution of edible products, including by means of using an individual portion (2) of an edible substance, and comprising:
a casing (3) confining a brewing device (4) that can be provided in an open position where said brewing device (4) can collect said individual portion (2) of an edible substance, and in a closed position where a pressurized flow can be injected upon said individual portion (2) of an edible substance,
autonomous propulsion and locomotion means (5) associated with said casing (3) and provided in operational connection with surroundings recognition means (6),
a use interface (7) provided in operational connection with said autonomous propulsion and locomotion means (5),
a control device (8) provided in operational connection with said brewing device (4) and with said autonomous propulsion and locomotion means (5), and
a fluid supply disposition (9), comprising a fluid heating and pressurization means,
wherein said casing (3) has a top region comprising a plurality of service regions (31, 32) that are adjacent and define a continuous surface without presenting any structures above said continuous surface, whereby said service regions (31, 32) include:
a first service region (31) adapted for preparing a beverage and that comprises at least one first opening (11) configured to provide for the manual introduction of said individual portion (2) of an edible substance to said brewing device (4), and at least a second opening (12) serving as a product discharge and configured to discharge a beverage along a vertical direction upwards, through a base region and inside of a beverage recipient, and
a second service region (32) supporting said use interface (7),
whereby said first opening (11) and said second opening (12) are provided on a continuous plane.