Patents by Inventor Cedric Rey

Cedric Rey has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11564526
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: a housing (4) at least two containers (2) for storing a water soluble beverage powder, each container comprising a tank (21) and an outlet (22), at least two dissolution chambers (3), each being operatively linked to one of the containers (2) for preparing a beverage from the water soluble beverage powder and a diluent, for each dissolution chamber (3), an extractor hood (5) at the top of said dissolution chamber, an evacuating fan (6), an extraction device (7) connected to each extractor hood (5) and to said evacuating fan (6), said extraction device comprising internal paths (71) for guiding flows from the extractor hoods through the extraction device, wherein: the extraction device (7) is an essentially parallelepipedic box connected: to each extractor hood (6) through cooperating holes (71) on its front lateral side, and to the evacuating fan (36) through one cooperating holes (72) on one other lateral side, the box of the extraction device i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Erich Hinderegger, Patrick Fluck, Roberto Angelo Calderone, Cedric Rey
  • Publication number: 20220110473
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: a housing (4) at least two containers (2) for storing a water soluble beverage powder, each container comprising a tank (21) and an outlet (22), at least two dissolution chambers (3), each being operatively linked to one of the containers (2) for preparing a beverage from the water soluble beverage powder and a diluent, for each dissolution chamber (3), an extractor hood (5) at the top of said dissolution chamber, an evacuating fan (6), an extraction device (7) connected to each extractor hood (5) and to said evacuating fan (6), said extraction device comprising internal paths (71) for guiding flows from the extractor hoods through the extraction device, wherein: the extraction device (7) is an essentially parallelepipedic box connected: to each extractor hood (6) through cooperating holes (71) on its front lateral side, and to the evacuating fan (36) through one cooperating holes (72) on one other lateral side, the box of the extraction device i
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Erich Hinderegger, Patrick Fluck, Roberto Angelo Calderone, Cedric Rey
  • Patent number: 11234551
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising:—a housing (4)—at least two containers (2) for storing a water soluble beverage powder, each container comprising a tank (21) and an outlet (22),—at least two dissolution chambers (3), each being operatively linked to one of the containers (2) for preparing a beverage from the water soluble beverage powder and a diluent,—for each dissolution chamber (3), an extractor hood (5) at the top of said dissolution chamber,—an evacuating fan (6),—an extraction device (7) connected to each extractor hood (5) and to said evacuating fan (6), said extraction device comprising internal paths (71) for guiding flows from the extractor hoods through the extraction device, wherein:—the extraction device (7) is an essentially parallelepipedic box connected: to each extractor hood (6) through cooperating holes (71) on its front lateral side, and to the evacuating fan (36) through one cooperating holes (72) on one other lateral side,—the box of the extraction device is fully
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Erich Hinderegger, Patrick Fluck, Roberto Angelo Calderone, Cedric Rey
  • Patent number: 9962032
    Abstract: The invention concerns a mixing device (1) having: —a whipper housing (2), a rotor (3) and a back wall (4), the whipper housing and the back wall forming a whipper chamber in which is lodged the rotor, —the whipper housing having a beverage inlet (11) and a beverage outlet (7), —a drive shaft (41) for driving the rotor, said drive shaft being supported by the back wall, —the rotor presenting a radial back surface (33) facing the whipper housing back wall (4) and a radial front surface (32) opposed to the radial back surface —the whipper housing having a front wall (21), said front wall facing at least a part of the radial front surface (32) of the rotor, and wherein the whipper housing front wall (21) presents bumps (5) elevating from the surface (211) of the front wall, the upper surface (51) of each bump being flat and the edges (52) of said upper surface being sharp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Rey, Roberto Angelo Calderone, Fabien Rawyler, Patrice Candaux
  • Patent number: 9944508
    Abstract: The invention concerns a dispenser (1) comprising: —a housing (2) defining an internal space (3), —a beverage preparation unit housed in the internal space, said beverage preparation unit being connected to an electric supply, —a door (4) to get access to the internal space of the housing, said door being assembled to the housing (2) by means of at least one hinge (5), said door comprising one element erecting from the internal surface of the door, said door being configured for switching off the electric supply of the beverage preparation unit when it opens, the switching off being due to the release of a mechanical and electric contact by the at least one erecting element, wherein the dispenser comprises a slider (6), said slider comprising: —a first part (61) configured for switching on the electric supply of the beverage preparation unit when the slider is translated from a first rest position to a second operative position, and —a second part (62) configured for engaging with a locking device (7) when th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Angelo Calderone, Cedric Rey, Silvio Lardelli, Julian Wamsler
  • Publication number: 20170217749
    Abstract: The invention concerns a dispenser (1) comprising: —a housing (2) defining an internal space (3), —a beverage preparation unit housed in the internal space, said beverage preparation unit being connected to an electric supply, —a door (4) to get access to the internal space of the housing, said door being assembled to the housing (2) by means of at least one hinge (5), said door comprising one element erecting from the internal surface of the door, said door being configured for switching off the electric supply of the beverage preparation unit when it opens, the switching off being due to the release of a mechanical and electric contact by the at least one erecting element, wherein the dispenser comprises a slider (6), said slider comprising: —a first part (61) configured for switching on the electric supply of the beverage preparation unit when the slider is translated from a first rest position to a second operative position, and —a second part (62) configured for engaging with a locking device (7) when th
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Roberto Angelo Calderone, Cedric Rey, Silvio Lardelli, Julian Warmsler
  • Publication number: 20170215629
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising:—a housing (4)—at least two containers (2) for storing a water soluble beverage powder, each container comprising a tank (21) and an outlet (22),—at least two dissolution chambers (3), each being operatively linked to one of the containers (2) for preparing a beverage from the water soluble beverage powder and a diluent,—for each dissolution chamber (3), an extractor hood (5) at the top of said dissolution chamber,—an evacuating fan (6),—an extraction device (7) connected to each extractor hood (5) and to said evacuating fan (6), said extraction device comprising internal paths (71) for guiding flows from the extractor hoods through the extraction device, wherein:—the extraction device (7) is an essentially parallelepipedic box connected: to each extractor hood (6) through cooperating holes (71) on its front lateral side, and to the evacuating fan (36) through one cooperating holes (72) on one other lateral side,—the box of the extraction device is fully
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Erich Hinderegger, Patrick Fluck, Roberto Angelo Calderone, Cedric Rey
  • Publication number: 20160242592
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for preparing a beverage, said beverage comprising at least one milk beverage component, wherein the beverage is prepared by means of a beverage dispenser, said beverage dispenser comprising: —at least two milk ingredient containers (1b, 1a) storing different milk ingredients, said milk ingredients differing by their fat contents, —dosing devices (2a, 2b) cooperating with the milk ingredient containers (1a, 1b) for dosing doses of milk ingredients from each milk ingredient container, and wherein the process comprises the steps of: —introducing doses of different milk ingredients simultaneously in a beverage reconstitution place (3, 8), —mixing said doses of different milk ingredients together with a diluent in order to produce the milk beverage component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Fabien Rawyler, Cedric Rey, Marie Perrot, Ursula Leuenberger, Souad Fettah, Clemence Lorilleux, Charlotte Rousselon
  • Patent number: 9380907
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser (1) comprising a base (2) and a holding system that comprises a holding part (3) positionable beneath a beverage outlet (4) in order to accept a first, relatively small receptacle, and being configured and dimensioned to be moveable between a deployed holding position suitable for accepting the small receptacle and a second position in which the holding part is moved at least partly out of the way of the beverage outlet to create an unoccupied space in which a second, larger receptacle can be positioned, in place of the first receptacle, beneath the beverage outlet, wherein the holding system comprises a sensor (8) configured for detecting the position of the holding part between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Angelo Calderone, Cedric Rey, Guillaume Langloy
  • Patent number: 9301641
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: a housing (1), at least one refillable container (2) for storing bulk beverage ingredient, said container comprising a tank (22), a discharge port (5) at the outlet (23) of the tank, at least a beverage preparation unit (3) operatively linked to the container for preparing a beverage from the stored bulk beverage ingredient, a door, wherein the discharge port (6) of the container (2) is configured for being automatically closed due to the opening movement of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Rey, Sven Zwicker, Michel Hess, Silvio Lardelli
  • Patent number: 9198536
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser (2) comprising :—a beverage module having at least one beverage outlet (21),—a drip tray (1), said drip tray comprising: a collecting tray (11), and a filtering member (12) positioned above at least the front part (111) of the tray, wherein the drip tray comprises a lid (13) for covering the back part (112) of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Silvio Lardelli, Michel Hess, Cedric Rey, Roberto Angelo Calderone
  • Patent number: 9161653
    Abstract: A beverage dispenser comprises: a housing (1), at least two refillable containers (2) for storing bulk beverage ingredients, at least a beverage preparation unit (3) operatively linked to the containers for preparing a beverage from at least one of the stored bulk beverage ingredients, a sub-housing (4) in which the containers are placed, the sub-housing being removable from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Rey, Lucio Scorrano, Albert Zsolt
  • Patent number: 9101245
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: at least one beverage ingredient processing assembly (1a, 1b, 1c) presenting one outlet (2a, 2b, 2c) for evacuating a beverage, at least one conduit (8a, 8b, 8c) removably connected to the outlet (2a, 2b, 2c) of the at least one beverage ingredient processing assembly for dispensing the beverage in a container (9), wherein: the dispenser comprises a drawer assembly (3) comprising a drawer (4) composed of an upper part (4a) and a lower part (4b), said both parts being at least partly removable one from the other, at least one of said parts presenting at least one groove (50a, 50b, 50c, 51a51a, 51 b, 51c) on its internal surface so that when the two parts are connected together the at least one groove forms at least a part of the least one conduit (8a, 8b, 8c) for dispensing the beverage from the beverage ingredient processing assembly outlet (2a, 2b, 2c) to the container (9), and the upper part (4a) and the lower part (4b) of the drawer assembly are made
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Rey, Roberto Angelo Calderone, Lucio Scorrano
  • Patent number: 9084510
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: a frame (1) for supporting the components of the dispenser, a whipper assembly (2) comprising a whipper 9b housing (21), a whipper device (22) and a back wall (23), the whipper housing and the back wall forming a whipper chamber (24) in which is lodged the whipper device, a drive shaft (3) for driving the whipper device (22), said drive shaft being supported by the frame (1), detachable connection means (4a, 4b) for attaching the back wall to the whipper housing, wherein it further comprises detachable connection means (5) for attaching the whipper housing to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Lucio Scorrano, Richard Luke Murphy, Cedric Rey, Albert Zsolt, Larry Sacha Baudet, Jonathan Gebs
  • Publication number: 20150079257
    Abstract: The invention concerns a mixing device (1) comprising:—a whipper housing (2), a rotor (3) and a back wall (4), the whipper housing and the back wall forming a whipper chamber in which is lodged the rotor,—the whipper housing comprising a beverage inlet (11) and a beverage outlet (7),—a drive shaft (41) for driving the rotor, said drive shaft being supported by the back wall,—the rotor presenting a radial back surface (33) facing the whipper housing back wall (4) and a radial front surface (32) opposed to the radial back surface—the whipper housing comprising a front wall (21), said front wall facing at least a part of the radial front surface (32) of the rotor, and wherein the whipper housing front wall (21) presents bumps (5) elevating from the surface (211) of the front wall, the upper surface (51) of each bump being flat and the edges (52) of said upper surface being sharp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Cedric Rey, Roberto Angelo Calderone, Fabien Rawyler, Patrice Candaux
  • Publication number: 20150053303
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser (1) comprising a base (2) and a holding system that comprises a holding part (3) positionable beneath a beverage outlet (4) in order to accept a first, relatively small receptacle, and being configured and dimensioned to be moveable between a deployed holding position suitable for accepting the small receptacle and a second position in which the holding part is moved at least partly out of the way of the beverage outlet to create an unoccupied space in which a second, larger receptacle can be positioned, in place of the first receptacle, beneath the beverage outlet, wherein the holding system comprises a sensor (8) configured for detecting the position of the holding part between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Roberto Angelo Calderone, Cedric Rey, Guillaume Langloy
  • Publication number: 20140352802
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser (2) comprising :—a beverage module having at least one beverage outlet (21),—a drip tray (1), said drip tray comprising: a collecting tray (11), and a filtering member (12) positioned above at least the front part (111) of the tray, wherein the drip tray comprises a lid (13) for covering the back part (112) of the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Silvio Lardelli, Michel Hess, Cedric Rey, Roberto Angelo Calderone
  • Publication number: 20140332561
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: at least one beverage ingredient processing assembly (1a, 1b, 1c) presenting one outlet (2a, 2b, 2c) for evacuating a beverage, at least one conduit (8a, 8b, 8c) removably connected to the outlet (2a, 2b, 2c) of the at least one beverage ingredient processing assembly for dispensing the beverage in a container (9), wherein: the dispenser comprises a drawer assembly (3) comprising a drawer (4) composed of an upper part (4a) and a lower part (4b), said both parts being at least partly removable one from the other, at least one of said parts presenting at least one groove (50a, 50b, 50c, 51a51a, 51 b, 51c) on its internal surface so that when the two parts are connected together the at least one groove forms at least a part of the least one conduit (8a, 8b, 8c) for dispensing the beverage from the beverage ingredient processing assembly outlet (2a, 2b, 2c) to the container (9), and the upper part (4a) and the lower part (4b) of the drawer assembly are made
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Cedric Rey, Roberto Angelo Calderone, Lucio Scorrano
  • Publication number: 20140166697
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising:—a housing (1),—at least two refillable containers (2) for storing bulk beverage ingredients,—at least a beverage preparation unit (3) operatively linked to the containers for preparing a beverage from at least one of the stored bulk beverage ingredients,—a sub-housing (4) in which the containers are placed, said sub-housing being removable from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Rey, Lucio Scorrano, Albert Zsolt
  • Publication number: 20140150671
    Abstract: The invention concerns a beverage dispenser comprising: a housing (1), at least one refillable container (2) for storing bulk beverage ingredient, said container comprising a tank (22), a discharge port (5) at the outlet (23) of the tank, at least a beverage preparation unit (3) operatively linked to the container for preparing a beverage from the stored bulk beverage ingredient, a door, wherein the discharge port (6) of the container (2) is configured for being automatically closed due to the opening movement of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Rey, Sven Zwicker, Michel Hess, Silvio Lardelli