Patent ID: 8800433

Claim:
A machine for preparing liquid food or beverage from a beverage or food ingredient contained in a capsule or pod, comprising: a liquid food or beverage preparation unit arranged to receive capsules or pods for use and evacuate capsules or pods after use; a housing having an opening leading into a seat to which capsules or pods are evacuated from the preparation unit; a receptacle having a cavity forming a storage space for collecting capsules or pods evacuated to the seat into the receptacle to a level of fill, the receptacle being insertable into the seat for collecting capsules or pods and being removable from the seat for emptying the collected capsules or pods, and means to inhibit jamming of the receptacle at removal from the seat when the level of fill in the receptacle extends above the opening of the housing, the jamming inhibiting means being arranged to lower the level of fill of collected capsules or pods in the receptacle; or to displace the receptacle with its level of fill of collected capsules or pods, so that the collected capsules or pods in the receptacle are inhibited from interfering with the housing at removal of the receptacle through the housing's opening.