Patent ID: 8627760
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A beverage production machine comprising: a functional block including a beverage extraction module that houses a beverage ingredient containing pouch or capsule that receives water for extraction of a beverage therefrom, a water pump, and a beverage delivery outlet, and a separate support base on which the functional block is removably arranged and which is operatively associated therewith to supply the functional block electrically such that when the functional block is arranged on the support base, the support base supplies electrical power to the functional block for operation of the pump and extraction of the beverage from the pouch or capsule, and when the functional block is removed from the support base, the pump is not operational and the beverage cannot be extracted or dispensed from the functional block, wherein at least the beverage delivery outlet and the functional block are mounted free in rotation relative to the support base, the functional block is operative to extract and dispense a beverage only when arranged on the support base, and the beverage is delivered through the delivery outlet at various circumferential positions after rotation of the functional block with respect to the base.