Patent SG-11201804820W-A (SG)
Title: Beverage dispenser with powder container
Inventor: WU FENGHUA
IPC: A47J31/40
Filed: 2015-12-24
Abstract: BiB B3 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau 111111111111110 III OE III OE III II III OE IIIIIIIIII OE EH RIII 11111111 (10) International Publication Number WO 2017/107142 Al WIPO I PCT (43) International Publication Date 29 June 2017 (29.06.2017) (51) International Patent Classification: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, A47J 31/40 (2006.01) DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (21) International Application Number: PCT/CN2015/098739 HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, (22) International Filing Date: SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, 24 December 2015 (24.12.2015) TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (25) Filing Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (26) Publication Language: English kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, (71) Applicant: NESTEC S.A. [CH/CH]; Avenue Nestle 55, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, 1800 Vevey (CH). TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, (72) Inventors; and DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, (71) Applicants US only): WU, Fenghua [CN/CN]; No. LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, 13 Bridge, Caoan Road, Jiading District, Shanghai 201812 SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, (CN). STIEGER, Mischa [CH/CN]; Unit 2501, Block 3, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). No. 888 Changning Rd., Shanghai 200042 (CN). Declarations under Rule 4.17: (74) Agent: ZHONGZI LAW OFFICE; 7F, New Era Build- — of inventorship (Rule 4.17(iv)) ing, 26 Pinganli Xidajie, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034 (CN). Published: — with international search report (Art 21(3)) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (54) Title: BEVERAGE DISPENSER WITH POWDER CONTAINER (57) : The invention concerns a beverage preparation machine (1) configured for dispensing a plurality of different beverages comprising: -a plurality of containers (3) for storing, dosing and dispensing different bever- age ingredients, -at least one beverage preparation unit (4) for preparing a beverage from at least one of the beverage ingredients and a diluent, -a con- trol system (5) operable to execute a preparation process comprising con- trolling said containers and beverage preparation unit (s) to prepare the beverage, -the control system comprising a user interface, -the user interface comprising a plurality of selection buttons (6) enabling the ordering of dif- ferent beverages, said selection buttons being positioned on the front face of the beverage preparation machine, and each selection button being associ- ated with one beverage identification label and cooperating with a corres- ponding backlight device so that the selection button and the associated label are made visible when backlighted only, wherein the control system is con- figured to: -receive input relative to the number of different beverages dis- pensable (to be dispensed) by the machine, and -in response to said input: switch on a number of backlight devices equal to the number of differ- ent beverages dispensable by the machine, and select the backlight devices to be switched on. 7 B4 B6 B7 B8 W O 20 17 / 107 142 Al FIG. 3