Patents by Inventor Franciscus Benedictus Maria Van Eeden

Franciscus Benedictus Maria Van Eeden 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: 9974413
    Abstract: A machine for preparing beverages, particularly for preparing espresso coffee, comprising a base (2) and a head (3) for dispensing the beverage that is provided with an extraction chamber adapted to accommodate a portion of at least one ingredient of the beverage, and in particular a dose of roasted and ground coffee, and connected to a water reservoir (4) by means of a pump (5). The machine comprises a support (6) for a container (6a) of the beverage dispensed by the dispensing head (3). The support (6) of the container of the beverage is interposed axially between the dispensing head (3) and the reservoir (4), so that the dispensing head (3), the support (6) and the reservoir (4) are crossed by an axis (A) that is substantially perpendicular to the base (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: ILLYCAFFE′ S.P.A.
    Inventors: Diego Balestier, Franciscus Benedictus Maria Van Eeden, Cosimo Fusco
  • Publication number: 20170127876
    Abstract: A machine for preparing beverages with frothed milk, which comprises a base structure adapted to dispense a beverage and provided with a dispensing head below which there is a dispensing region in which it is possible to arrange a container for collecting the dispensed beverage; the base structure comprises a steam outlet and a milk reservoir that can be separated from the base structure comprising a lid; the base structure comprises a Venturi block that can be separated from the base structure and is connected to the steam outlet and to the milk reservoir in order to draw the milk from the milk reservoir by the Venturi effect and to produce frothed milk; the Venturi block is interposed between the dispensing head and the lid of the milk reservoir and is connected detachably to the lid of the milk reservoir in a lateral position with respect to the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: ILLYCAFFE' SPA
    Inventors: Franciscus Benedictus Maria VAN EEDEN, Claudio GIACHIN, Bruno DELLAPIETRA, Diego BALESTIER
  • Publication number: 20160045061
    Abstract: A machine for preparing beverages, particularly for preparing espresso coffee, comprising a base (2) and a head (3) for dispensing the beverage that is provided with an extraction chamber adapted to accommodate a portion of at least one ingredient of the beverage, and in particular a dose of roasted and ground coffee, and connected to a water reservoir (4) by means of a pump (5). The machine comprises a support (6) for a container (6a) of the beverage dispensed by the dispensing head (3). The support (6) of the container of the beverage is interposed axially between the dispensing head (3) and the reservoir (4), so that the dispensing head (3), the support (6) and the reservoir (4) are crossed by an axis (A) that is substantially perpendicular to the base (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Diego BALESTIER, Franciscus Benedictus Maria VAN EEDEN, Cosimo FUSCO
  • Patent number: 8127665
    Abstract: Apparatus comprising a containing element for heating an extracting fluid, a transferring arrangement for causing the passage of the fluid through a dose of coffee and a collecting arrangement for collecting a beverage produced with the extracting fluid during the passage: there being provided a separating arrangement arranged for separating a fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of the fluid from a further fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently steam phase of the fluid, the separating arrangement leading into distinct zones of the collecting arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Illycaffe' S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luciano Navarini, Furio Suggi Liverani, Massimo Barnaba', Franciscus Benedictus Maria Van Eeden
  • Publication number: 20090126576
    Abstract: Apparatus comprising a containing element for heating an extracting fluid, a transferring arrangement for causing the passage of the fluid through a dose of coffee and a collecting arrangement for collecting a beverage produced with the extracting fluid during the passage: there being provided a separating arrangement arranged for separating a fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of the fluid from a further fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently steam phase of the fluid, the separating arrangement leading into distinct zones of the collecting arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: ILLYCAFFE' S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luciano Navarini, Furio Suggi Liverani, Massimo Barnaba, Franciscus Benedictus Maria Van Eeden