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WO/2004/004522A1
The invention relates to a method, a machine and a pack used to produce and ship hot and cold drinks. The inventive method consists in: storing at least one capsule containing a quantity of the food product which is used to produce the h...  
WO/2003/107285A1
Disclosed is an automatic vending machine for noodles, capable of sanitarily cooking them. The automatic vending machine for noodles comprises a discharging hole, which is formed at the door, and it is opened and closed by a discharging ...  
WO/2003/099705A2
A Local Controller device installed in or on the fuel pump capable of functioning as a pump controller dedicated solely to the pump in which it is installed and as a data router to and from the peripheral devices. This dedicated Local Co...  
WO/2003/091152A2
The invention relates to a fluid or beverage dispensing device having self-cleaning dispensing nozzle. The device includes a body provided with a conduit having a first end to which a dispensing nozzle is connected, and a second end to w...  
WO/2003/082690A2
Container (1) comprising a bottom (14), a panel (3) and a lid (2), said lid (2) comprising a groove (4) adapted to receive the panel open end (16), whereby the interlocking zone (5, 15) defined by said panel open end (16) and said groove...  
WO2002097759A9
A beverage system including a communication means (300) for communicating between a beverage dispensing module (32) and a base station (304). Each beverage-dispersing module (32) includes a controller (76), which is centralized for use w...  
WO/2003/070072A1
A device for dispensing water in portions, preferably hot water portions in a vending machine for beverages includes a water container (1), at least one outlet pipe (15, 16) connecting said water container (1) to the inlet of a pump (17)...  
WO/2003/069432A2
An electronic refueling transaction receipt (56, 60) is generated at a fuel dispenser position (12). The electronic receipt can be wirelessly communicated (34) to a user device (16) associated with the refueling customer. The electronic ...  
WO/2003/065320A1
Disclosed is a hair−care products vending machine incorporating hair−care products so that a user uses the hair−care products discharged by inserting a coin into the vending machine so as to care for his&sol her hair and a method f...  
WO/2003/062101A2
A coffee dispensing device is provided with a transport device (300) that couples various components for the processing of unroasted coffee beans together. For example a roaster (200) may be coupled to a grinding and brewing device (400)...  
WO/2003/042908A1
The present invention relates to means (20) for collecting biometric data, comprising a registration area (42) and at least one registration unit (29, 43, 46), said data then being stored in a storage medium (32a, b, c). The registration...  
WO/2003/042612A2
A touchless automatic fiber optic beverage/ice dispenser (10, figure 1), dispenses ice and or beverages into a cup/container (26, Figure 2), without user or cup/container touching any part of the machine, for sanitary effortless product ...  
WO/2003/039309A1
The invention concerns a device for preparing beverages from capsules containing a substance to be extracted in an extraction system (7) for preparing beverages. The device comprises a storage system (2) comprising capsules classified in...  
WO/2003/038770A2
An apparatus for preparing and vending beverages based on selections input by consumers is provided, including one or more sources of roasted coffee beans; one or more sources of teas; one or more sources of cocoa; at least one grinder f...  
WO/2003/035536A2
A dispenser (100) for soft-drinks and ice has an integral ice maker (100). The compressor (118) and condenser (116) for the ice making refrigeration system are located remotely from the ice making apparatus. Thus, the dispenser with an i...  
WO/2003/036574A2
The present invention provides for a vending system wherein a monitoring system verifies that a beverage product ordered by a vending customer is actually delivered through a delivery area to the customer. If the beverage product ordered...  
WO/2003/032281A2
Advertising adjacent to a beverage dispenser (10) reducing the cost of placing and maintaining a beverage dispenser in a retail outlet. A beverage dispenser specially equipped to display (34) advertisements for at least one of the bevera...  
WO/2003/027811A2
Provided is a computer-implemented, interface method by which a customer may execute transactions at a fuel dispenser having a large display and acting as a thin client in communication with at least one server. The interface is guided i...  
WO/2003/026966A1
A beverage mixing and dispensing valve, or a beverage dispenser including the valve, includes and automatic shut-off features. A user presses a cup or container against a lever (14) on a soft-drink dispenser. The lever closes a switch to...  
WO/2003/026458A2
Improved custom cosmetic formulation dispensing apparatus (10) including ingredients reservoirs (22) for syringe dispensing. The ingredients reservoirs are carried by a translatable carrier (24) to bring the respective reservoirs into di...  
WO/2003/020598A2
A method and apparatus (130) for vending a containerized fluid includes placing a machine-readable indicia (20) on the container (AA) identifying the base fluid. The container (AA) may be filled and then distributed or distributed prior ...  
WO/2003/007676A2
A method and apparatus for theft prevention and/or recovery of stolen drink dispensers generally comprises the provision of an anti-theft device (14) within a drink dispenser machine (10) for detecting illegitimate movements of the machi...  
WO/2003/009165A1
An intelligent volumetric module (35) for use in metering pressurized syrup to a drink dispenser machine (12) comprises a solenoid driven metering system for controlling liquid flows from a pressurized syrup container and a controller fo...  
WO/2003/005295A1
A method of and system for providing machine-readable tags, preferably programmable RFID tags are provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, a receptacle having at least one wall member that defines an enclosure and a tag asso...  
WO/2003/002449A1
A beverage apparatus (30) having a plurality of dispensing modules (32) and a housing (34) that defines a chamber (36) containing water or liquide suitable for use in brewing.  
WO/2003/000100A1
An apparatus for making and dispensing a plurality of beverages, the dispensing apparatus comprising; a plurality of beverage dispensing modules (32), each beverage module having a container (68) and a brewing assembly (30) for making a ...  
WO/2003/001465A1
A door (2) for closing the operative space of a cup drink distributing machine (1) comprising: a back part facing said operative space and an opposed front part. To the door (2) are associated means for filling cups, means for driving th...  
WO/2003/000101A1
A beverage making apparatus comprising, a reservoir (68) for containing liquid, a manifold (114) communicating with the reservoir and operable to direct liquid from the reservoir to at least one of a dispensing valve (104) and a disposal...  
WO/2002/096253A1
The invention concerns a capsule feeding device containing a substance to be extracted in an extraction system under pressure for preparing a beverage comprising storage means (10) containing capsules (51) arranged in several series (11)...  
WO/2002/094705A1
A machine for dispensing beverages may include a support structure and a plurality of valve trays mounted on the support structure in side-by-side relation. The machine may also include a connection block disposed on each of the pluralit...  
WO/2002/090193A2
A container positioner assembly (220) in the form of a slide-out support. The assembly includes a pair of handles (222), which can be grasped by a user to extract a container (178) attached to the assembly for removing it from a housing ...  
WO/2002/081308A2
The invention relates to a device for cleanly and conveniently refilling a flowable substance in a dispensing device which comprises a container assembly (10) of a container (11) containg a flowable substance; a container holding assembl...  
WO/2002/078498A1
A machine-readable identifier on a portion package, which contains ground coffee, for espresso machines is provided in a rotationally symmetrical manner, whereby permitting it to be easily and reliably read, on an essentially flat surfac...  
WO/2002/076271A1
The flange portion of a functional filter is set on the filter setting portion of an extracting upper cup, and an extracting material and an extracting liquid (water) are placed into the functional filter. When the upper cup is inserted ...  
WO2001012038A9
An improved system for providing an individually customized fresh brewed coffee beverage on demand by a consumer, in a wide range of variety and strength. Said brewing system for making relatively large quantities of fresh brewed coffee ...  
WO/2002/069286A1
A method for simply selecting, obtaining and drinking drink having a flavor or scent that the user likes, or an effect, comprising (1) information recording means for recording information concerning capsuled drink, sweetening, seasoning...  
WO/2002/065377A1
An Internet-enabled fuel dispenser includes a card reader (64) adapted to retrieve a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) data element encoded on a card-type device (66) furnished by the customer. The URL data element defines the Internet addr...  
WO/2002/065412A2
The invention concerns a system for controlling machines (2) automatically preparing and dispensing several types of beverages, selected by keys (5). Means (7) detect the actuating of each key (5), and a management module (8) counts the ...  
WO/2002/035320A2
Physical items can be digitally watermarked, permitting their recognition by webcams or the like to trigger corresponding actions. Coffee cups and coffee cup jackets are exemplary of items that may be so watermarked. The action triggered...  
WO/2002/025608A1
The present invention provides a vending machine for oriental tea and method for vending the tea. The vending machine comprises a monitor, a monetary detection part, a pulse detection part detecting the user's pulse, an iris photograph p...  
WO/2002/021982A1
Capsules (2, 2a) of espresso coffee, of an essentially rotationally symmetrical form, in particular in the form of a straight frustum fit in a sliding manner into the essentially cylindrical magazine tubes (1) of a magazine which may be ...  
WO/2002/023735A2
A system (30) for monitoring the performance of beverage preparation equipment includes a device, such as a data collector (52), for monitoring the use of the equipment. Information regarding one or more inputs to the equipment is provid...  
WO/2002/017850A1
A system for dispensing pill- or capsule-form medications (61) in desired doses (60). The system comprises a dispensing device (35), which includes a cartridge (20, 40) rotatable relative to a housing or frame (10) and provided with disc...  
WO/2002/013754A1
The invention in one aspect is a process and apparatus for converting tablet type material into a palatable fluid including the steps of placing the tablet type material into the apparatus, having a removable container, and applying auto...  
WO/2002/012837A1
In a beverage dispensing nozzle (10), a cap member (11) includes first, second, and third beverage syrup inlet ports (21-23) coupled to a respective first, second, and third beverage syrup sources and a mixing fluid inlet port (27) coupl...  
WO/2002/012112A2
A remote data acquisition and transmission system and method are dislosed. A plurality of application controllers are disclosed. A plurality of application controllers are interfaced with remote beverage dispensing equipment from which o...  
WO/2002/011087A1
The present invention provides a method which enables a customer to purchase fuel from a service station which utilises a computer system wherein said computer system comprises a central controller which is accessible for interactive com...  
WO/2002/009061A2
A method, system, and apparatus for wireless communication in a retail refueling environment. In one aspect of the present invention, wireless RF server and client modules are used to interface an in-store controller to various third par...  
WO2001026772B1
A filter assembly (20) is described that includes a substantially recyclable filter cartridge (30) inside a pressure vessel (22). The invented filter cartridge comprises substantially non-pressure bearing walls, except for a pressure-bea...  
WO/2001/091601A2
Methods and apparatus are provided for customizing the cosmetics used by a consumer. A consumer provides selection data and a cosmetic product formula is generated therefrom, base ingredients are then dispensed in accordance with the for...  

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