US 12,433,443 B2
Fluid-processing device for a beverage preparation machine
Christian Talon, Vufflens-le-Chateau (CH); and Christophe Sebastien Paul Heydel, Chez-le-Bart (CH)
Assigned to Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 17/756,767
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/084064
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/110650, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19213413 (EP), filed on Dec. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408962 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 31/40 (2006.01); A47J 31/36 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/407 (2013.01) [A47J 31/3628 (2013.01); A47J 31/3695 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid processing device for a beverage preparation machine, the fluid processing device being configured for processing a fluid substance to be introduced into a container (C) for the preparation of a beverage product by mixing of the fluid substance with an ingredient contained in the container (C), the fluid processing device comprising a fluid processing body provided with an inlet portion, wherein the fluid processing body comprises:
at least one inlet member for introducing the fluid substance into the container (C), the at least one inlet member being provided at the inlet portion;
an outlet portion;
at least one outlet member for dispensing the beverage product from the container (C), the at least one outlet member being provided at the outlet portion; and
at least one sealing member to be engaged with the container (C) for preventing leakage of the fluid substance and/or the beverage product from the container (C) at least when the fluid substance is introduced into the container (C).