Patent ID: 9386877
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A47J

Claim Text:
1. A delivery head for a beverage preparation machine comprising: a first part for supporting a cartridge separate from and received in the delivery head; a second part pivotally connected to the first part and pivotal relative to the first part between an open position toward a rear of the delivery head that permits loading of the cartridge into the delivery head and a closed position toward a front of the delivery head where the first and second parts are positioned to hold the cartridge in the delivery head; an upwardly directed inlet for supplying water to the cartridge; a downwardly directed outlet for outflow of beverage; a barcode reader having a barcode reader window that permits signals to be transmitted therethrough; wherein the inlet, the outlet and the barcode reader window are arranged in a line with the outlet being intermediate the inlet and the barcode reader window; a cartridge ejection chute spaced rearward from the inlet and outlet toward the rear of the delivery head, the cartridge ejection chute having an opening sized to permit the cartridge to be advanced through the opening; the inlet, the outlet, the barcode reader window and the cartridge ejection chute are located in a straight line on the delivery head; and the outlet and the inlet being intermediate the barcode reader window and the cartridge ejection chute along the straight line on the delivery head.