Patent ID: 9010237
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A beverage production system comprising: beverage ingredient containing capsules comprising an identification member; and a beverage production machine for receiving the capsules, the machine comprising a contact member for physically contacting the capsule identification member in order to read information thereof, and a controller connected to the contact member and designed to control the operation of the beverage production machine in response to the read information, the contact member comprising: at least one displaceable probe which mechanically contacts the capsule identification member, and a resilient support member in contact with the probe on one side and associated to a circuitry on its other side, at least a part of the resilient support member in contact with the probe on one side and associated to the circuitry on its other side presents a shape able to deform itself when the probe applies a force on it, the deformation being partially transversal to the direction applied by the force, and the resilient support member being a sheet on which a hollowed cylinder protrudes from the side of the resilient support member in contact with the probe, and in which a hollow cone extends coaxially with the hollowed cylinder on the other side of the resilient support member which contacts the circuitry when the resilient support member is deformed.