Abstract: The apparatus for preparing coffee comprises a holder arranged for receiving a pouch made of filter material and filled with a product to be extracted. The holder comprises at least one overflow opening and one access opening for placing the pouch in the holder. The apparatus further comprises a cover for closing and releasing the access opening and clamping means for pressing the holder and the cover towards each other when the cover closes of the access opening of the holder.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for preparing a coffee extract with a fine-bubble froth layer, provided with at least one inlet (2) to which coffee extract is supplied, at least one outlet (4.1; 4.2) for dispensing the coffee extract with the fine-bubble froth layer and at least one liquid flow path (6) extending from the at least one inlet to the at least one outlet (2) and along which, in use, the coffee extract flows from the at least one inlet to the at least one outlet (4.1; 4.2), while in the at least one liquid flow path a buffer reservoir is included with an upright sidewall and a bottom, the at least one inlet being provided with at least one spout opening for generating at least one coffee extract is supplied to the at least one inlet. According to the invention, in the buffer reservoir, a liquid flow decelerating barrier located at a distance from the upright sidewalls is included.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for preparing a coffee extract with a fine-bubble froth layer, provided with at least one inlet (2) to which coffee extract is supplied, at least one outlet (4.1; 4.2) for dispensing the coffee extract with the fine-bubble froth layer and at least one liquid flow path extending from the at least one inlet (2) to the at least one outlet (4.1; 4.2) and along which, in use, the coffee extract flows from the at least one inlet (2) to the at least one outlet (4.1; 4.2) while in the liquid flow path a liquid impact surface (12) is included and the at least one inlet is provided with at least one spout opening for generating at least one coffee extract jet which, in use, squirts to the liquid impact surface when the coffee extract is supplied to the at least one inlet. According to the invention, the impact surface (12) is provided with a roughened surface structure.

Abstract: The apparatus for preparing coffee comprises a holder arranged for receiving a pouch made of filter material and filled with a product to be extracted. The holder comprises at least one overflow opening and one access opening for placing the pouch in the holder. The apparatus further comprises a cover for closing and releasing the access opening and clamping means for pressing the holder and the cover towards each other when the cover closes of the access opening of the holder.

Abstract: The electrically operable ceramic valve of a beverage machine comprises at least one inlet (2), at least one outlet (4), and at least one liquid flow channel (8) extending between the inlet and the outlet, for controlling a liquid flow from the inlet to the outlet. The ceramic valve further comprises a first ceramic subhousing (16) and a second ceramic subhousing (18) through which the liquid flow channel extends and which are designed to be displaceable along each other by means of an electric drive. The liquid flow channel comprises a bend (8) extending at least for a part in the second subhousing, while in an opened condition of the valve the liquid flow channel, upstream of the second subhousing and downstream of the second subhousing, extends in at least the first subhousing. The second subhousing is displaced along the first subhousing by means of the electric drive for controlling the magnitude of the liquid flow.

Abstract: An air-freshener for a vehicle, in particular a motorcar, provided with a housing into which a container for a volatile liquid or a liquid containing one or more volatile components can be inserted, in the opening of which container a wick extending into the housing is fitted. There are further present a covering cap which, when the container with wick has been inserted into the housing, is movable up and down over the wick, and control means for setting the position of the covering cap.

Abstract: A cleansing and freshening unit having a twofold purpose of spreading a fresh odor in a toilet room and introducing active substances into flushing water with each flush, the unit comprises a holder with unfoldable flexible suspension means for suspending the unit from the rim of a toilet bowl, a reservoir for active substance, such as liquid containing cleansing and air freshening agent, detachably connected to the holder, and a porous mass being arranged in the holder so as to be located in a path of the flushing water when the unit is suspended from the rim of the toilet bowl, said porous mass communicating with the active substance contained in the reservoir.

Abstract: Assembly comprising a flexible container having an inner space in which liquid can be stored and a dosing device connected to the container. The dosing device comprises a filling chamber and at least one feed line system extending into the filling chamber. The feed line system comprises an outflow opening located in the filling chamber, so that the filling chamber can be filled with the liquid from the container by squeezing the chamber. The dosing device further comprises a mechanism for setting the filling height of the filling chamber.

Abstract: A cleansing and freshening unit having a twofold purpose of spreading a fresh odour in a toilet room and introducing active substances into flushing water with each flush, the unit comprises a holder with unfoldable flexible suspension means for suspending the unit from the rim of a toilet bowl, a reservoir for active substance, such as liquid containing cleansing and air freshening agent, detachably connected to the holder, and a porous mass being arranged in the holder so as to be located in a path of the flushing water when the unit is suspended from the rim of the toilet bowl, said porous mass communicating with the active substance contained in the reservoir.

Abstract: An emulsifying assembly comprising a milk supply duct and a mixing device for mixing at least steam and milk for preparing hot milk for cappuccino and similar beverages. The mixing device comprises at least one steam inlet, at least one milk inlet and an outlet while a first end of the milk supply duct is connected to the at least one milk inlet, a second open end of the at least one milk supply duct is situated at a height lower than the highest point of the at least one milk supply duct, while further, in use, the second open end of the milk supply duct is in fluid communication with a milk-filled milk container. The emulsifying assembly further comprises an aeration valve which is connected to the at least one milk supply duct, and with which the at least one milk supply duct can be aerated when the aeration valve is in its opened position. The milk container is placed in a cooling unit. The milk supply duct extends substantially inside the cooling unit.

Abstract: The assembly comprises a flexible container in which liquid can be stored and a dosing device connected to the container for dispensing liquid from the container in a dosed manner. The dosing device comprises a filling chamber and means for filling the filling chamber from the container at a selectively settable filling height by squeezing the container. The filling chamber comprises a filling chamber bottom, a vertical sidewall and at least a first and a second channel which each extends upwards from the filling chamber bottom of the filling chamber and each has an inflow opening and an outflow opening. The dosing device further comprises a base bottom connected to the container, the entire filling chamber being rotatably mounted on the base bottom.

Abstract: A cleansing and freshening unit having a twofold purpose of spreading a fresh odour in a toilet room and introducing active substances into flushing water with each flush, the unit comprises a holder with unfoldable flexible suspension means for suspending the unit from the rim of a toilet bowl, a reservoir for active substance, such as liquid containing cleansing and air freshening agent, detachably connected to the holder, and a porous mass being arranged in the holder so as to be located in a path of the flushing water when the unit is suspended from the rim of the toilet bowl, said porous mass communicating with the active substance contained in the reservoir.

Abstract: The method for preparing a beverage suitable for consumption such as coffee comprises the following steps:

Abstract: A system for preparing a consumable beverage, wherein a liquid and a granular material are brought together to produce the beverage. The system includes at least one vacuum pack enclosing a beverage making granular material therein. The free end of the pack defines a longitudinal narrow gap, and a closing seam adjacent the free end that retains the granular material within the vacuum pack. A holder is configured to receive and fully enclose the vacuum pack therein. A liquid dispensing mechanism is provided for dispensing a liquid. A needle-shaped tube connects to the liquid dispensing mechanism and includes a free end for piercing the vacuum pack and introducing the liquid into the vacuum pack. The holder includes an opening at one end to allow the end of the vacuum pack to extend below the holder when the vacuum pack is placed within the holder, and the holder further includes a movable sidewall positioned to engage the opposite end of the vacuum pack.

Abstract: According to the method for preparing frothed milk or café crème, milk concentrate or coffee concentrate is mixed with water, using a venturi chamber. The venturi chamber comprises a water inlet, a concentrate inlet and an outlet. Further, a whirl chamber, located downstream of the venturi chamber, is used, which is in fluid communication with the outlet. The water is supplied under pressure via the water inlet to the venturi chamber, so that a reduced pressure is created in the venturi chamber. The concentrate inlet is brought into fluid communication with a stock of milk or coffee concentrate, so that, as a result of the reduced pressure in the venturi chamber, via the concentrate inlet, milk or coffee concentrate is sucked into the venturi chamber. The milk or coffee concentrate and the water then flow together via the outlet to the whirl chamber, and the milk or coffee concentrate and the water are beaten in the whirl chamber to form frothed milk or café crème.

Abstract: The apparatus for preparing coffee extract having a small-bubbled foam layer comprises at least one inlet for coffee extract and one outflow opening for discharging coffee extract having a small-bubbled foam layer. The inlet is provided with at least one spout opening for generating a coffee extract jet when coffee extract is fed to the inlet. In the liquid flow path extending between the inlet and the outflow opening, a buffer reservoir is incorporated, spaced from the spout opening and the outflow opening, the buffer reservoir being positioned such that, in use, the coffee extract jet from the outlet spouts into a liquid surface of coffee extract already received in the buffer reservoir. This creates small bubbles in the coffee extract.

Abstract: The assembly comprises a holder and a pack filled with a granular material such as ground coffee, which is received in the holder. It comprises a first valve for closing and clearing a first dispensing opening in the pack, and the holder comprises a second valve for closing and clearing a second dispensing opening in the holder. The holder includes a dosing space.

Abstract: A pump comprises an inlet for pumping a liquid and an outlet nozzle for dispensing the pumped liquid. The outlet nozzle comprises an outflow opening which includes an outlet valve formed by a valve wall made of a flexible material. In a rest position, the valve wall closes the outflow opening. The valve wall comprises at least three cuts provided in the configuration of a star, each extending from a common point of the valve wall in a radial direction of the outflow opening. The pump further comprises an outlet valve energization element for pressing valve subwalls, formed between the cuts of the valve wall, from an inside of the outlet nozzle adjacent to the valve wall in a downstream direction of the outlet nozzle, whereby the valve subwalls are bent in the downstream direction and at the cuts between the valve subwalls flow passages are formed for opening the outflow opening for dispensing the pumped liquid.