Abstract: The milk frothing device includes a mixing part comprising a mixing chamber, a hot water/vapor inlet orifice and a main flow conduit connecting the hot water/vapor inlet orifice to the mixing chamber; a closure part movable relative to the mixing part between a closed position in which the closure part closes the mixing chamber and the main flow conduit and an open position in which the mixing chamber and the main flow conduit are open; a milk supply conduit; a seal extending around the mixing chamber and the main flow conduit and a holding system configured to hold the closure part in the closed position.

Abstract: The milk frothing device includes a mixing part having a mixing chamber, a hot water/vapor inlet orifice and a main flow conduit connecting the hot water/vapor inlet orifice to the mixing chamber; a closure part movable relative to the mixing part between a closed position in which the closure part closes the mixing chamber and the main flow conduit and an open position in which the mixing chamber and the main flow conduit are open; a milk supply conduit and an air supply conduit connected to the main flow conduit; and a seal extending around the mixing chamber and the main flow conduit.

Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing containing a cooking vessel configured to receive food to be cooked; a lid mounted pivotably on the housing between an open and a closed position; a steam outlet valve that is movable between a first valve position in which the steam outlet valve places the inside of the cooking vessel in communication with the outside of the cooking appliance, and a second valve position in which the steam outlet valve fluidly insulates the inside of the cooking vessel from the outside of the cooking appliance; a lid locking mechanism configured to lock the lid in the closed position; and a control member configured to be handled by a user and to control the locking and unlocking of the lid in relation to the housing.

Abstract: An electric cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooking vessel configured to receive food to be cooked; a lid pivotably mounted on the housing between an open position in which the lid frees access to the cooking vessel and a closed position in which the lid prevents access to the cooking vessel; and a heating device which is removably mounted on an inner surface of the lid, the heating device having a heating device configured to be located opposite the food to be cooked received in the cooking vessel and for heating said food to be cooked when the lid is in the closed position.

Abstract: A machine for dispensing beverages includes a pod including at least two cavities each cavity containing a volume of ingredients forming part of a composition of the beverage, the machine further including an air injection device configured to supply at least two volumes of air in a synchronized manner, the at least two volumes of air being adapted respectively to the volumes of ingredients in the at least two cavities, the injection device including an air pump including two chambers and two pistons slidably mounted respectively in the two chambers, and an actuator configured to actuate the two pistons in a synchronized manner.

Abstract: A machine for dispensing beverages from a pod, includes a frame, a container including a pod-receiving zone, and an opening/closing device arranged between the frame and the container so as to pivot the container along a vertical axis between a closed position permitting the beverage to be dispensed and an open position permitting access to the pod-receiving zone, wherein the opening/closing device is configured such that the container has a 180° angular stroke for moving from the closed position to the open position and vice versa, such that a direction of rotation of the container can be clockwise or counter-clockwise, at the user's discretion.

Abstract: A machine for dispensing beverages from a pod, includes a frame, a container including a pod-receiving zone, a fluid-dispensing needle holder to hold fluid-dispensing needles and a moving system for moving the needle holder from a position released from the pod to a position engaged on the pod, the moving system including a control member mounted in rotation about a vertical axis on the frame, wherein the control member includes a body equipped with at least one spiral ramp which cooperates with at least one pin secured to a piston, the piston being secured to the needle holder and mounted in translation along the vertical axis, the at least one spiral ramp including at least two different slope zones, configured to correspond respectively to a zone where the fluid-dispensing needles approach contact with the pod and to a work zone where the fluid-dispensing needles are engaged on the pod.

Abstract: A machine for dispensing beverages from a pod, includes a frame, a container including a pod-receiving zone, and an opening/closing device arranged between the frame and the container so as to pivot the container along a vertical axis between a closed position permitting the beverage to be dispensed and an open position permitting access to the pod-receiving zone, wherein the opening/closing device is configured such that the container has a 180° angular stroke for moving from the closed position to the open position and vice versa, such that a direction of rotation of the container can be clockwise or counter-clockwise, at the user's discretion.

Abstract: A machine for dispensing beverages includes a pod including at least two cavities each cavity containing a volume of ingredients forming part of a composition of the beverage, the machine further including an air injection device configured to supply at least two volumes of air in a synchronized manner, the at least two volumes of air being adapted respectively to the volumes of ingredients in the at least two cavities, the injection device including an air pump including two chambers and two pistons slidably mounted respectively in the two chambers, and an actuator configured to actuate the two pistons in a synchronized manner.

Abstract: A machine for dispensing beverages from a pod, includes a frame, a container including a pod-receiving zone, a fluid-dispensing needle holder to hold fluid-dispensing needles and a moving system for moving the needle holder from a position released from the pod to a position engaged on the pod, the moving system including a control member mounted in rotation about a vertical axis on the frame, wherein the control member includes a body equipped with at least one spiral ramp which cooperates with at least one pin secured to a piston, the piston being secured to the needle holder and mounted in translation along the vertical axis, the at least one spiral ramp including at least two different slope zones, configured to correspond respectively to a zone where the fluid-dispensing needles approach contact with the pod and to a work zone where the fluid-dispensing needles are engaged on the pod.