Beverage preparation machines
First Claim
1. A delivery head for a beverage preparation machine comprising a movable first part, a fixed second part and a cartridge guide;
- the first part being pivotally attached to the second part and movable between an open position and a clamping position;
the cartridge guide being operatively engaged with the first part and slidably movable relative to the second part between a loading position and a dispensing position;
the cartridge guide being located in the loading position when the first part is in the open position so as to enable loading of a cartridge into the cartridge guide;
wherein on movement of the first part from the open position toward the clamping position the cartridge guide slides into the dispensing position due to the operative engagement of the cartridge guide with the first part;
wherein the cartridge guide is constrained to be slidable horizontally.
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Abstract
A delivery head for a beverage preparation machine comprising a movable first part, a fixed second part and a cartridge guide; the first part being movable between an open position and a clamping position; the cartridge guide being operatively engaged with the first part and slidably movable relative to the second part between a loading position and a dispensing position; the cartridge guide being located in the loading position when the first part is in the open position so as to enable loading of a cartridge into the cartridge guide; wherein on movement of the first part into the clamping position the cartridge guide is slidable into the dispensing position due to the operative engagement of the cartridge guide with the first part.
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41 Claims
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1. A delivery head for a beverage preparation machine comprising a movable first part, a fixed second part and a cartridge guide;
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the first part being pivotally attached to the second part and movable between an open position and a clamping position; the cartridge guide being operatively engaged with the first part and slidably movable relative to the second part between a loading position and a dispensing position; the cartridge guide being located in the loading position when the first part is in the open position so as to enable loading of a cartridge into the cartridge guide; wherein on movement of the first part from the open position toward the clamping position the cartridge guide slides into the dispensing position due to the operative engagement of the cartridge guide with the first part; wherein the cartridge guide is constrained to be slidable horizontally. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A delivery head for a beverage preparation machine comprising a movable first part, a fixed second part and a cartridge guide;
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the first part being pivotally attached to the second part and movable between an open position and a clamping position; the cartridge guide being operatively engaged with the first part and slidably movable relative to the second part between a loading position and a dispensing position; the cartridge guide being located in the loading position when the first part is in the open position so as to enable loading of a cartridge into the cartridge guide; wherein on movement of the first part from the open position toward the clamping position the cartridge guide slides into the dispensing position due to the operative engagement of the cartridge guide with the first part; wherein the first part is pivotable about a pivot point between the open and clamping positions, the cartridge guide is slidable in a horizontal plane and the pivot point is offset from the horizontal plane.
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9. A delivery head for a beverage preparation machine comprising a movable first part, a fixed second part and a cartridge guide;
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the first part being pivotally attached to the second part and movable between an open position and a clamping position; the cartridge guide being operatively engaged with the first part and slidably movable relative to the second part between a loading position and a dispensing position; the cartridge guide being located in the loading position when the first part is in the open position so as to enable loading of a cartridge into the cartridge guide; wherein on movement of the first part into the clamping position the cartridge guide is slidable into the dispensing position due to the operative engagement of the cartridge guide with the first part, wherein the cartridge guide is operatively engaged with the first part by means of co-operative formations of the cartridge guide and first part, wherein the cooperative formations comprise a pin on one of the cartridge guide and the first part and a channel in the other of the cartridge guide and the first part, the pin being constrained to move along the channel as the first part moves between the open and the clamping positions wherein the channel comprises at least a first portion associated with non-movement of the cartridge guide and a second portion associated with movement of the cartridge guide from the loading position into the dispensing position, the first portion of the channel comprising an arc of constant radius having a centre of rotation coincident with a pivot point of the first part, the second portion of the channel comprising a path having an instantaneous centre of curvature non-coincident with the pivot point of the first part.
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10. A delivery head for a beverage preparation machine comprising a first part, a second part and a cartridge guide;
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the first part being pivotal relative to the second part and movable between an open position and a closed position; the cartridge guide being connected to the first part and movable relative to the second part between a loading position and a dispensing position; the cartridge guide being located in the loading position when the first part is in the open position so as to enable loading of a cartridge into the cartridge guide and being in the dispensing position when the first part is in the closed position; wherein on movement of the first part from the open position toward the closed position the cartridge guide and the second part move translationally relative to one another as the cartridge guide moves toward the dispensing position. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A delivery head for a beverage preparation machine comprising a first part, a second part and a cartridge guide;
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the first part being pivotal relative to the second part and movable between an open position and a closed position; the cartridge guide being movable relative to the second part between a loading position and a dispensing position; the cartridge guide being located in the loading position when the first part is in the open position so as to enable loading of a cartridge into the cartridge guide and being in the dispensing position when the first part is in the closed position; wherein movement of the first part from the open position toward the closed position causes movement including translational movement of one of the cartridge guide and the second part relative to the other of the cartridge guide and the second part. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of loading a cartridge into a delivery head of a beverage preparation machine of the type having a movable first part, a fixed second part and a cartridge guide, comprising the steps of:
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moving the first part into an open position by pivoting it relative to the second part so as to cause the cartridge guide to move into a loading position by virtue of an operative engagement of the cartridge guide and the first part; loading a cartridge into the cartridge guide; moving the first part from the open position toward a closed position thereby causing the cartridge guide to slide relative to the second part into a dispensing position by virtue of the operative engagement of the cartridge guide and the first part; wherein the cartridge guide slides horizontally. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of loading a cartridge into a delivery head of a beverage preparation machine of the type having a first part, a second part and a cartridge guide, comprising the steps of:
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moving the first part into an open position by pivoting it relative to the second part so as to cause the cartridge guide to move into a loading position; loading a cartridge into the cartridge guide; moving the first part from the open position toward a closed position thereby causing the cartridge guide and the second part to move translationally relative to one another as the cartridge guide moves toward a dispensing position thereof. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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Specification