Patent ID: 9237824
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A47J

Claim Text:
1. A beverage production machine designed for producing a beverage from a capsule, the beverage production machine having a module comprising: a casing having lateral walls; an actuator mechanism; and a first capsule engagement member and so second capsule engagement member cooperating with the first capsule engagement member, the first capsule engagement member being so constructed and arranged to be displaced relative to the second capsule engagement member between an opened capsule-insertion position and a closed capsule-engagement position by means of the actuator mechanism, wherein the module is designed for injecting water into a capsule and draining a beverage from the capsule while the capsule is in a beverage production position, wherein the first engagement member comprises a guiding pin, wherein the actuator mechanism comprises a first guiding curve designed to co-operate with the guiding pin to selectively displace the first engagement member, wherein the first guiding curve is composed of a first linear section and a second linear section, the second linear section being shorter than the first linear section and forming an obtuse angle with respect to the first linear section, and wherein the lateral walls of the casing comprise a second guiding curve, wherein the guiding pin is so constructed and arranged to co-operate with the second guiding curve to carry out a relative displacement of the first capsule engagement member relative to the second capsule engagement member comprising (i) a linear displacement of the first capsule engagement member relative to the second capsule engagement member when the first and second capsule engagement members are close together, and (ii) a swivelling movement of the first capsule engagement member relative to the second capsule engagement member when the first and second capsule engagement members are distanced from each other.