US 12,453,435 B2
Dispensing module for a beverage preparation machine
Joeke Noordhuis, Groningen (NL); and Johan Van Toor, Drachten (NL)
Assigned to Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht (NL); and Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/312,369
Filed by Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht (NL); and Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/NL2019/050819
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/122713, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2022165 (NL), filed on Dec. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015570 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 31/40 (2006.01); A47J 31/06 (2006.01); A47J 31/34 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/407 (2013.01) [A47J 31/0673 (2013.01); A47J 31/34 (2013.01); A47J 31/467 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Beverage preparation machine arranged to brew a beverage by extracting matter from a substance by passing hot liquid under pressure through the substance held in a capsule having a tearable cover, the beverage preparation machine comprising:
a brewing chamber for receiving the capsule;
a hot liquid source;
a hot liquid conduit for providing the hot liquid to the brewing chamber;
a dispensing module comprising: —a fluid receiving plate comprising a plurality of extensions arranged to tear the tearable cover of the capsule, and a plurality of openings distributed over at least part of the plate, the openings being arranged for receiving the beverage, wherein the plate delimits the brewing chamber;
a fluid collector being delimited by the fluid receiving plate at a first side of the collector and a collector wall at a second side of the collector, the fluid collector being arranged for receiving beverage from the openings, wherein the fluid collector is provided with a collector outlet opening;
an outlet conduit extending from the collector outlet opening, for receiving fluid via the collector outlet opening and for guiding, in use, fluid towards at least one dispensing nozzle of the beverage preparation machine; and
a deflector wall provided between the fluid receiving plate and the collector outlet opening for screening off direct impingement of fluid from the fluid receiving plate into the outlet conduit wherein at least one of the fluid receiving plate, deflector wall and collector wall has an upstanding, vertically oriented orientation.