Patents by Inventor Eckhard Seid

Eckhard Seid 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).

  • Beverage preparation machine
    Patent number: 10610048
    Abstract: A beverage machine (300) comprises a pump (106) for pumping water (104) from a water tank (102) through a heater (108) and a hollow injection needle (200) into a beverage capsule (202), a pressurization device (302) comprising a cavity (304), a water line (116) connecting an outlet of the pump (106) to said cavity (304), a pressurization device valve (316) between the pump (106) and said pressurization device (302), a gas line (312) connecting the pressurization device (302) to said hollow injection needle (200), and a discharge valve (314), such that the pressurization device (302) receives a volume of water (104) from the pump (106) to compress a volume of gas (310) held in the cavity (304) of said pressurization device (302), and such that said compressed volume of gas (310) is discharged through the hollow injection needle (200) when the discharge valve (314) is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Olivier Gaillard, Eckhard Seid
  • Process of preparation of a foamed tea beverage
    Patent number: 8557315
    Abstract: The invention concerns a foamed tea beverage composed of: a mixture of liquid and bubbles, a foam head above the mixture of liquid and bubbles, characterized in that the beverage is deprived of any creamer, lipid or thickener agent, and in that the said beverage is generated from the combination of water, a powdered tea composition having a tea extract powder, and a food-grade acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Eckhard Seid, Jean Pacault
  • NEW FOAMED TEA BEVERAGE AND PROCESS OF PREPARATION
    Publication number: 20120177788
    Abstract: The invention concerns a foamed tea beverage composed of: a mixture of liquid and bubbles, a foam head above the mixture of liquid and bubbles, characterized in that the beverage is deprived of any creamer, lipid or thickener agent, and in that the said beverage is generated from the combination of water, a powdered tea composition comprising a tea extract powder, and a food-grade acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Eckhard Seid, Jean Pacault
  • Beverage ingredient capsule with opening plate having pressure relief openings
    Patent number: 8147887
    Abstract: A capsule (1) containing ingredients for producing a beverage, wherein the ingredients are housed in a compartment (3), wherein the capsule (1) comprises a contoured opening plate (5) designed for opening a face of the compartment (3) when the pressure inside the ingredient compartment (3) presses the face against the opening plate (5) of the capsule (1), or an insert and wherein the opening plate (5) or insert is provided with one or several capillary through holes (100, 101, 102, 103) connecting two opposing sides of the opening plate (5) or insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Nihan Dogan, Olivier Villain, Frederic Doleac, Eckhard Seid, Jean-Francois Combart
  • BEVERAGE INGREDIENT CAPSULE WITH OPENING PLATE HAVING PRESSURE RELIEF OPENINGS
    Publication number: 20100034929
    Abstract: A capsule (1) containing ingredients for producing a beverage, wherein the ingredients are housed in a compartment (3), wherein the capsule (1) comprises a contoured opening plate (5) designed for opening a face of the compartment (3) when the pressure inside the ingredient compartment (3) presses the face against the opening plate (5) of the capsule (1), or an insert and wherein the opening plate (5) or insert is provided with one or several capillary through holes (100, 101, 102, 103) connecting two opposing sides of the opening plate (5) or insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Nihan Dogan, Olivier Villain, Frederic Doleac, Eckhard Seid, Jean-Francois Combart