APPARATUS AND METHODS RELATING TO DISPENSATION FROM BEVERAGE MACHINES
First Claim
1. A device, suitable for use with a beverage machine of the type comprising a code reader, the device comprising:
- an inlet for receiving, in use, heated water from a water supply of the beverage machine; and
an outlet through which said heated water can be dispensed;
the device further comprising a plurality of codes, each of the plurality of codes containing information relating to one or more dispensation parameters of the beverage machine;
the device being configurable by a user such that the user can choose one of the plurality of codes to be read by the code reader of the beverage machine during a dispensation operation in order to set one or more dispensation parameters of the beverage machine.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a device (1), suitable for use with a beverage machine of the type comprising a code reader, the device (1) comprising: an inlet (40) for receiving, in use, heated water from a water supply of the beverage machine; and an outlet (43) through which said heated water can be dispensed; the device (1) further comprising a plurality of codes (19), each other plurality of codes (19) containing information relating to one or more dispensation parameters of the beverage machine; the device (1) being configurable by a user such that the user can choose one of the plurality of codes (19) to be read by the code reader of the beverage machine during a dispensation operation in order to set one or more dispensation parameters o the beverage machine.
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29 Claims
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1. A device, suitable for use with a beverage machine of the type comprising a code reader, the device comprising:
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an inlet for receiving, in use, heated water from a water supply of the beverage machine; and an outlet through which said heated water can be dispensed; the device further comprising a plurality of codes, each of the plurality of codes containing information relating to one or more dispensation parameters of the beverage machine; the device being configurable by a user such that the user can choose one of the plurality of codes to be read by the code reader of the beverage machine during a dispensation operation in order to set one or more dispensation parameters of the beverage machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of dispensing heated water from a beverage machine of the type comprising a code reader, comprising utilising a device comprising a plurality of codes in combination with the beverage machine to set one or more dispensation parameters of the beverage machine;
- the method comprising the steps of;
a) configuration of the device by a user to thereby select one of the plurality of codes to be read by the code reader of the beverage machine; b) operating the beverage machine such that the code reader reads the selected code of the device to thereby set one or more dispensation parameters of the beverage machine; c) dispensing heated water in accordance with the one or more dispensation parameters via the device into a receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (16)
- the method comprising the steps of;
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17. A refillable device, suitable for use with a beverage machine, the device comprising:
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an inlet for receiving, in use, water from a water supply of the beverage machine; an outlet through which fluid can be dispensed; and a plurality of refillable beverage ingredient chambers. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of dispensing a beverage from a beverage machine, comprising utilising a refillable device comprising an inlet for receiving, in use, water from a water supply of the beverage machine;
- an outlet through which fluid can be dispensed; and
a plurality of refillable beverage ingredient chambers;
the method comprising the steps of;a) opening the device; b) filling one or more of the plurality of refillable beverage ingredients with one or more beverage ingredient portions; c) closing the device; d) inserting the device in the beverage machine; e) operating the beverage machine to thereby dispense water via the plurality of refillable beverage ingredient chambers and out of the outlet of the device into a receptacle.
- an outlet through which fluid can be dispensed; and
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