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    A machine (1) for preparing a beverage (4') comprises a frame (2) and abeverage preparation module(9) supported by the frame, the module(9) having a part (10) that is movable relative to the frame between: a transfer position for introducing a beverage ingredient into the module(9) and/or removing the ingredient therefrom; and a processing position for forming the beverage from the ingredient in the module. The beverage preparation module further has a beverage outlet (11) for dispensing the formed beverage (4') to a beverage dispensing area (4) for receiving a user-recipient for collecting the beverage (4'). The frame (2) further supports a guide (20) configured to drain and deliver liquidresidues (3') from the beverage outlet (11) to a service area (3) separate from the dispensing area (4) so that the residues (3') are inhibited from being drained from the beverage outlet (11) to thebeverage dispensing area (4). Figure
    公开号:AU2013225017A1
    申请号:U2013225017
    申请日:2013-02-28
    公开日:2014-08-14
    发明作者:Francois Besson；Alexandre Kollep；Peter Mori
    申请人:Nestec SA；
    IPC主号:A47J31-46
    专利说明:
    WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE WITH DROP MANAGEMENT Field of the Invention The field of the invention pertains to beverage 5 preparation machines, in particular using capsules of an ingredient of the beverage to be prepared, having an outlet for dispensing the beverage to a user-recipient in a dispensing area and an arrangement for preventing undesired dripping of beverage residues from such an 10 outlet into the dispensing area, in particular after a beverage dispensing process and/or between beverage dispensing processes. For the purpose of the present description, a "beverage" is meant to include any human-consumable 15 liquid substance, such as tea, coffee, hot or cold chocolate, milk, soup, baby food, etc... A "capsule" is meant to include any pre-portioned beverage ingredient, such as a flavouring ingredient, within an enclosing packaging of any material, in particular an airtight 20 packaging, e.g. plastic, aluminium, recyclable and/or biodegradable packagings, and of any shape and structure, including soft pods or rigid cartridges containing the ingredient. The capsule may contain an amount of ingredient for preparing a single beverage serving or a 25 plurality of beverage servings. Background Art Certain beverage preparation machines use capsules containing ingredients to be extracted or to be 30 dissolved; for other machines, the ingredients are stored and dosed automatically in the machine or else are added at the time of preparation of the drink. Most beverage machines possess within a housing: filling means that include a pump for liquid, usually 35 water, which pumps the liquid from a source of water that is cold or indeed heated through heating means, such as a heating resistor, a boiler, a thermoblock or the like, a brewing unit in which an ingredient is brewed with water or a mixing unit in which ingredients are mixed together, 40 and a beverage outlet for dispensing the prepared WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 -2 beverage. Typically, the beverage outlet is located above a beverage dispensing zone, e.g. above a grid for supporting a cup or other recipient under the outlet and for the passage of drops of liquid from the beverage 5 outlet or other spills into a collector tray located under the grid. For example, EP 1 440 639 discloses a beverage machine comprising a receptacle stand having a hollow interior forming a drip tray. An upper surface of the 10 receptacle stand is provided with a grill on which the receptacle is positioned. The drip tray is removable from the housing to ease emptying of the collected water. Drip tray devices with cup supports are well known in the art. There are also such devices that are further arranged for 15 allowing the adjustment of the vertical position under the beverage outlet of cups of different sizes. Examples of arrangements in this field are disclosed in CA 2,260,352, EP 0 549 887, EP 1 731 065, EP 1 867 260, FR 2 439 042, US 5,161,455, US 5,353,692, WO 2009/074557. 20 WO 2006/050769 discloses a beverage preparation machine with a vertically movable cup support located under the machine's beverage outlet and a drop collector arm that is pivotable under the beverage outlet for collecting drops upon beverage dispensing. Another system 25 for collecting drops at the end of beverage dispensing is disclosed in co-pending application PCT/EP11/071547. Summary of the Invention The invention relates to a machine for dispensing a 30 beverage. The beverage preparation machine can be an in home or out of home machine. The machine may be for the preparation of coffee, tea, chocolate, cacao, milk, soup, baby food, etc.... The machine may be arranged for preparing within a beverage preparation module a beverage 35 by passing hot or cold water or another liquid through a capsule containing an ingredient, such as a flavouring ingredient, of the beverage to be prepared, such as ground coffee or tea or chocolate or cacao or milk powder. 40 The machine of the invention includes: a frame and a beverage preparation module supported by the frame. For WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 -3 instance, the machine has a housing assembled to and/or formed by the frame. The module has a part that is movable relative to the frame between: a transfer position for introducing a beverage ingredient into the 5 module and/or removing such ingredient therefrom, such ingredient being in particular supplied into the module within a capsule; and a processing position for forming such beverage from such ingredient in the module. The module further has a beverage outlet for dispensing the 10 formed beverage to a beverage dispensing area for receiving a user-recipient, such as a cup or a mug, for collecting the beverage. Typically, the beverage preparation module comprises a further part cooperating with the movable part for 15 forming therewith an ingredient chamber in the processing position, optionally this further part is stationary relative to the frame, in particular the further part directly or indirectly fixed to the frame or integral therewith. Examples of such ingredient beverage 20 preparation modules are disclosed in WO 2007/135135 and WO 2009/043630 and in the references cited therein. The movable part may be have a downstream beverage collection and draining arrangement and the cooperating part may have a upstream liquid inlet arrangement, and/or vice 25 versa. The movable part and/or the further part of the module may comprise a hydraulic sealing piston for sealing the further part against the movable part, for instance as disclosed in WO 2011/042400. The ingredient chamber can be configured to house a 30 capsule containing the beverage ingredient. The ingredient chamber may comprise or may be associated with at least one capsule opener, such as at least one of: one or more puncturing and/or tearing elements; and one or more pins and/or blades, such as a capsule piercer or 35 tearing plate, e.g. as known from EP 0 512 468, EP 0 512 470, EP 1 299 022 and EP 1 339 305. The movable part of the beverage preparation module may delimit one or more passages for beverage to flow from the ingredient chamber to the outlet. 40 The beverage preparation typically includes the mixing of a plurality of beverage ingredients, e.g. water and milk powder, and/or the infusion of a beverage WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 -4 ingredient, such as an infusion of ground coffee or tea with water. One or more of such ingredients may be supplied in loose and/or agglomerate powder form and/or in liquid form, in particular in a concentrate form. A 5 carrier or diluents liquid, e.g. water, may be mixed with such ingredient to form the beverage. Typically, a predetermined amount of beverage is formed and dispensed on user-request, which corresponds to a serving. The volume of such a serving may be in the range of 25 to 200 10 ml and even up to 300 or 400 ml, e.g. the volume for filling a cup, depending on the type of beverage. Formed and dispensed beverages may be selected from ristrettos, espressos, lungos, cappuccinos, latte macchiato, caf6 latte, americano coffees, teas, etc... In particular, a 15 coffee machine may be configured for dispensing espressos, e.g. an adjustable volume of 20 to 60 ml per serving, and/or for dispensing lungos, e.g. a volume in the range of 70 to 150 ml per serving. The beverage machine may in particular have a means 20 for driving liquid, e.g. a pump, from a liquid source, e.g. a water tank, to the beverage preparation module. When the desired volume of liquid for a beverage preparation has been driven to the module, the driving of liquid is stopped. After the desired volume of liquid for 25 the requested beverage has been driven from the source to the module has been reached, the beverage preparation and dispensing is deemed to be over. Additional liquid flowing from the module via the outlet is deemed to form beverage residues. The end of beverage dispensing may be 30 nearly simultaneous with the stopping of the driving of liquid to the beverage module. However, depending upon the configuration and pressure management in the module, beverage dispensing may extend for a couple of seconds, e.g. 0.5 to 5, in particular 1 to 2.5 seconds, after the 35 driving of liquid to the module has been stopped. When the beverage dispensing is deemed to be over and no liquid is driven to the module anymore, the flow of liquid flowing from the outlet is significantly reduced. Typically, the flow of liquid may pass from a 40 mode of continuous or nearly continuous flow of liquid during beverage dispensing to a dripping mode with drops dripping from the outlet at a gradually slowing down WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 -5 pace, e.g. from 2 to 0.5 or even 0.1 drops/sec, after beverage dispensing. Hence, after a beverage serving or between beverage servings, residual liquids, e.g. beverage, may drip from 5 the outlet typically in the form of drops. Such liquids into the beverage dispensing area may lead to spills and are generally undesirable, especially when a user, unwilling to wait until all dripping of residual beverage is over, takes away the user-receptacle, e.g. a cup or 10 mug, that collects the beverage from the outlet. Therefore, in accordance with the invention, the frame further supports a guide configured to drain and deliver liquid residues, e.g. beverage residues, from the beverage outlet to a service area separate from the 15 dispensing area so that such residues are inhibited from being drained from the beverage outlet to the beverage dispensing area. In general, the guide may be directly or indirectly mounted on the frame. The guide may be fixedly or movable 20 mounted to the frame. Hence, the guide may act as a drop collector for collecting and evacuating residual beverage drops from the beverage outlet once the ordinary beverage preparation in the module and delivery of a beverage 25 serving from the outlet to a user-recipient is over. Instead of allowing residual beverage drops to drip into the dispensing area, these drops can be guided to a service area that typically includes a waste collection arrangement. The waste collection arrangement may include 30 a waste collector, such as a waste material tank or reservoir. Examples of such collectors are disclosed in EP 1 867 260, WO 2009/074557, WO 2009/074559 and WO 2009/135869. Typically, the waste collector is configured for collecting at least one of: one or more waste 35 beverage ingredients, such as a used flavouring ingredient and/or waste water; one or more used capsules for supplying a beverage ingredient into said machine; and a cleaning agent, such as a cleaning, rinsing or descaling liquid. 40 The dispensing area typically includes a support surface for positioning a user-recipient, e.g. a mug or a WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 -6 cup, to collect the dispensed beverage. The support surface may include a support member that is part of the machine or may be a virtual surface, e.g. the surface of a table on which the machine is placed. Examples of such 5 support surfaces for user-recipients are disclosed in EP 1 867 260 and in WO 2009/074557. Thus, the frame may surround a volume containing the service area and the dispensing area can be outside the volume surrounded by the frame. Alternatively, the 10 dispensing area can be inside the volume surrounded by the frame. As mentioned above, the service area may containing a collection reservoir collecting for waste material and/or the dispensing area can comprise a support for user-recipients, such as a cup or a mug. 15 It follows that the machine of the invention includes an arrangement to prevent dripping onto the dispensing area upon a beverage formation and dispensing (e.g. after dispensing of a serving or between dispensing of consecutive servings). In other words, once the 20 process of forming and dispensing the user-requested beverage is over, for instance when the movable part of the beverage preparation module is brought back into its transfer position, e.g. to insert a new ingredient into the seat and/or evacuate the used ingredient from the 25 seat, the outlet of the machine is automatically prevented from dispensing residues on the dispensing area, e.g. drops of residual beverage and/or ingredients thereof. This improves the cleanness and ergonomics of the machine. 30 Moreover, when the machine is of the type in which the above movable part of the beverage preparation module is arranged to move with the outlet between the transfer and processing positions over the dispensing area typically a movable front part of the module fixed to the 35 machine's outlet as for example disclosed in WO 2009/043630 - in such a case, moving the front part of the module with the outlet into the transfer position does not involve dripping of the outlet over the dispensing area. This can be particularly advantageous 40 when the movable part of the module is brought into the transfer position while a user-recipient, e.g. a cup or mug, is still positioned in the dispensing area: the dripping of liquid, e.g. residues of beverage, from the WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 -7 outlet moving over the dispensing area from above the mouth of the user-recipient over the upright wall(s) of the recipient, and the resulting spills on the recipient wall(s), can be efficiently prevented. 5 For instance, the guide has a dispensing opening from which the beverage is dispensed to the dispensing area and a service opening from which the residues are drained and delivered to the service area. The outlet may be connected to the movable part of 10 the beverage preparation module and can be moved by the movable part over the guide between the transfer and the processing positions. The guide can be configured to drain and deliver residues from the outlet to the service area when the 15 movable part is in the transfer position, the guide being configured to allow the dispensing of beverage from the outlet to the dispensing area when the movable part is in the processing position. In one embodiment, the guide has a service 20 configuration for draining and delivering residues to the service area and a dispensing configuration for the dispensing of beverage to the dispensing area. The guide is typically movable between these two configurations. The guide can be pivotable between the service 25 configuration and the dispensing configuration, the guide being in particular pivotally mounted on the frame. The guide may be pivotable about a generally horizontal axis, in particular an axis that is generally transverse to the movement of the movable part between the processing and 30 the transfer positions. The guide may delimit a drainage channel that is tilted down: towards the dispensing area in the dispensing configuration and towards the service area in the service configuration. The outlet is for instance 35 located above the drainage channel so that the beverage and/or said residues are collected in the drainage channel. Optionally, the drainage channel comprises at least one ramp spaced above a bottom of the channel for confining a flow of beverage to the dispensing area or 40 confining a flow of residues to the service area.
    WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 -8 The movable part of the beverage preparation module may drive the guide between the service configuration and the dispensing configuration when the movable part is moved between the transfer position and the processing 5 position. The movable part and the guide can have, respectively, a cam and a cam-follower cooperating together so that: - when the movable part is moved from the transfer 10 position to the processing position, the cam drives the cam-follower to bring the guide from the service configuration to the dispensing configuration; and/or - when the movable part is moved from the processing position to the transfer position, the cam drives the 15 cam-follower to bring the guide from the dispensing configuration to the service configuration. For instance, at least one of the dispensing and service configurations of the guide is stable. The guide can be urged into one of the dispensing and service 20 configurations by means of gravity and/or a spring means. The guide may be maintained in both dispensing and service configurations by a bi-stable spring means and/or under the effect of friction in said configurations. The movable part may drive the guide from the 25 service configuration to the dispensing configuration and/or vice versa only over an end-of-travel of displacement of the movable part moving from the transfer position to the processing position and/or vice versa. For instance, the movable part drives the guide over less 30 than 50%, e.g. less than 30%, of the displacement distance. Hence, the guide may be maintained in the dispensing and/or in the service configuration at the beginning of the motion of the movable part from one end position to the other end position so that the beverage 35 and residues continue to be guided to the dispensing area and the service area, respectively, at the beginning of the displacement of the movable part from one end position to the other end position, i.e. the transfer and the processing positions. 40 The guide may be associated with an automatic return means, such as a return spring or motor, for bringing the WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 -9 guide from the dispensing configuration to the service configuration and/or vice versa. The guide can be brought automatically, in particular by motorization, into a configuration for draining and delivering residues from 5 the outlet to the service area immediately upon formation of the beverage or shortly thereafter and, e.g. 2 to 6 seconds such as 3 to 5 seconds thereafter, when normal dispensing of the beverage to the dispensing area is deemed to be over. 10 Hence, once a particular beverage processing for a serving is ended, the beverage machine, e.g. typically its control unit that controls the beverage processing, may at the same time or shortly thereafter bring the guide into the service configuration to stop any dripping 15 of residual beverage into the dispensing area. The movable part of the beverage preparation module can be moved automatically, in particular by a motorization, into the transfer position immediately upon formation of the beverage or shortly thereafter, e.g. 2 20 to 6 seconds such as 3 to 5 seconds thereafter, when normal dispensing of the beverage to the beverage dispensing area is deemed to be over, typically when a slow dripping of beverage residues begins. For instance, the guide driven by the moving part into the service 25 configuration while the moving part is moved from the processing position to the transfer position. Suitable examples of a motorization of the movable part of the beverage preparation module, in particular the configuration and type of motor, transmission of the 30 drive from the motor to the movable part and the control of the motor are disclosed in PCT/EP11/057233, PCT/EP11/057235 and PCT/EP12/050033, the content of which are hereby incorporated by way of reference. A further motorization of a movable part of the beverage 35 preparation module is disclosed in EP 1 767 129. Typically, the machine comprises a control unit for controlling the preparation of the beverage and the configuration of the guide, the control unit being arranged to bring the guide automatically into its 40 service configuration at the end of the beverage preparation. In particular, the control unit may be configured to control a pump means and a thermal WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 - 10 conditioner for circulating a liquid, such as water, at a desired temperature to the beverage preparation module. The control unit may also be configured to control the movement of the movable part of the module and/or the 5 guide when they are motorized. As mentioned above, the beverage preparation module can be configured to house a capsule containing the beverage ingredient, such as ground coffee, instant coffee, tea leaves, cacao and/or milk powder. The module 10 may have at least one capsule opener, such as at least one of: one or more puncturing and/or tearing elements; and one or more pins and/or blades. The beverage preparation module may be connected to a source of liquid, such as water, typically via a thermal 15 conditioner and/or a pump for mixing the beverage ingredient with the liquid to form the beverage. The movable part of the beverage preparation module may delimit one or more passages for beverage to flow from the ingredient chamber to the outlet. For instance, 20 such passages are in the form of through-holes extending through the movable part. At the end of a beverage dispensing residual dripping is strongest. Such dripping reduces with a pressure release in the beverage preparation module. A 25 motorized reopening (into the transfer position) of the movable part of the module at the end of a beverage preparation and dispensing reduces the pressure at an early stage and residual beverage drops are handled via the guide. To reduce dripping, the beverage machine may 30 include a pressure release valve upstream the module, for example as disclosed in WO 2011/067264. Brief Description of the Drawings The invention will now be described with reference 35 to the schematic drawings, wherein: - Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of part of a beverage machine according to the invention, having a guide in a service configuration; - Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views of part of the 40 machine of Figs 1 and 2 in which the guide is in the dispensing configuration; WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 - 11 - Figures 5 to 7 are side views of part of the machine of Figs 1 to 4 illustrating the passage of the guide from its service configuration to its dispensing configuration, the passage of the guide from the 5 dispensing to the service configuration being illustrated in Figures 8 to 10. Detailed description Figures 1 to 10 illustrate part of an embodiment of 10 a beverage machine 1 according to the present invention. For instance, the machine is arranged for preparing and dispensing tea and/or coffee or other beverages including liquid food such as soup. Machine 1 has a frame 2 and a beverage preparation 15 module 9 supported by frame 2 and connected to an internal circuit for circulating liquid from a reservoir (not shown). Examples of such internal circuits and their connection to a beverage preparation module are disclosed in WO 2009/074550 and WO 2009/130099. Module 9, and 20 optionally at least part of frame 2, can be covered by a housing (not shown). In particular, outlet 11 and later discussed guide 20 may be (at least partly) covered or hidden underneath such a housing Beverage preparation module 9 can have a ingredient 25 chamber arranged for containing or housing a flavouring ingredient, in particular a pre-portioned ingredient such as an ingredient supplied to such module within a capsule, and circulating a liquid therethrough to form a beverage 4'. Examples of such beverage preparation 30 modules are disclosed in PCT/EP11/057233 and PCT/EP11/057235, the teachings of which are hereby incorporated by way of reference. Hence, the liquid, e.g. water, may be stored in a reservoir and supplied to the beverage preparation module 35 from such reservoir via a fluid circulation arrangement. Beverage 4', upon formation, is dispensed via an outlet 11 to a dispensing area 4 (Figs 3 and 4), e.g. delimited at the bottom by a support surface for holding a user-recipient, such as a cup or mug. Such support 40 surfaces are well known in the art, e.g. as disclosed in EP 1 867 260 and WO 2009/074557.
    WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 - 12 Beverage preparation module 9 has a part 10 that is movable relative to frame 2 between: - a transfer position for introducing a beverage ingredient into module 9, e.g. via insertion passage 5 16, and/or removing such ingredient therefrom, e.g. via evacuation passage 17 (Figs 1, 5 and 10); and - a processing position for forming beverage 4' from such ingredient in module 9 (Figs 3, 7 and 8). Movable part 10 may include supports 14, e.g. 10 lateral supports such as 2 or 4 lateral feet, that are guided by frame 2, e.g. in or on corresponding guides or rails or channels 6, when movable part 10 is moved between the transfer position and the processing position along frame 2. 15 When closed ingredient capsules are used, module 9 may include a capsule opener such as blades and/or a tearing tool, e.g. a plate with a tearing profile. Machine 1 may have a handle (not shown) actuating movable part 10 and movable between: transfer position 20 (Fig. 1) for loading via a passage 16 the flavouring ingredient, e.g. within a capsule, into module 9; and processing position (Fig. 3) for circulating the liquid into the ingredient chamber in module 9 via a liquid conduit into the ingredient and back into the transfer 25 position (Fig. 1) optionally for unloading via passage 17 the used flavouring ingredient and/or the capsule. To go from the transfer position to the processing position and/or vice versa, module 9 may be manually actuated via such a handle and/or automatically actuated, 30 e.g. motorised and/or hydraulically actuated. Module 9 may include two relatively movable parts to form an ingredient chamber in the processing position, such as a brewing unit, of the beverage preparation module. Hence, movable part 10 may cooperated with a 35 second part that is movable or fixed relative to frame 2. These parts are relatively movable from: the transfer position for insertion of the flavouring ingredient into the chamber and/or evacuation of this ingredient therefrom; and a processing position for circulating the 40 liquid through this ingredient in the chamber module 9 to form beverage 4'. The relatively movable parts can be WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 - 13 manually and/or automatically movable apart for opening module 9 into the transfer position and moved together for closing module 9 into the processing position. In the processing position, module 9 may tightly enclose the 5 ingredient, typically a solid ingredient such as ground coffee, tea leaves or milk powder, to ensure proper guidance of the liquid through the ingredient. In accordance with the invention frame 2 further supports a guide 20 configured to drain and deliver 10 liquid residues, such as beverage residues 3', from beverage outlet 11 to a service area 3 separate from dispensing area 4 so that residues 3' are inhibited from being drained from the beverage outlet 11 to dispensing area 4. See Figs 1, 5 and 10. 15 Frame 2 surrounds a volume containing service area 3. Dispensing area 4 is outside the volume surrounded by frame 2. Service area 3 may contain a collection reservoir (not shown) for waste material. Dispensing area 4 can include a support for user-recipients (not shown). 20 Alternatively, the dispensing area may be inside the volume surrounded by the frame. For instance, service area 3 contains a collector reservoir for collecting used ingredients, such as tea leaves or ground coffee, e.g. within used capsules, and 25 waste liquid. The collector reservoir, e.g. waste collector, may be located in a lower part of frame 2 of machine 1 and have an upper compartment for solids and a lower compartment for liquids. The collector reservoir may be insertable, e.g. slidable, into a cavity formed in 30 machine 1 and removable therefrom for servicing, e.g. emptying the solids and/or liquids contained therein. For example, the storage capacity of the collector reservoir for accumulating used ingredient may be aligned to the storage capacity of a reservoir for the supply of liquid 35 such as water, e.g. as taught in WO 2010/128109. For instance, used capsules and/or ingredient, may be evacuated to service area 3 via passage 17 when movable part 10 is in the transfer position, passage 17 being formed between movable part 10 and the cooperating 40 part (not shown) of module 9. The collector reservoir can be positioned underneath beverage preparation module 9 to collect upon beverage WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 - 14 preparation the used flavouring ingredient, e.g. ground coffee or tea, evacuated to the reservoir via an evacuation passage, e.g. by gravity. The reservoir typically has an anti-clogging arrangement, as for 5 example taught in WO 2009/074559 and in WO 2009/135869, which are hereby incorporated by way of reference. Guide 20 can have a dispensing opening 22 from which beverage 4' is dispensed to the dispensing area 4 and a service opening 23 from which residues 3' are drained and 10 delivered to the service area 3. Hence, in a service configuration, residues (or residual beverage 3') drain from outlet 11 onto guide 20 and via service opening 23 into service area 3'; in a dispensing configuration, beverage 4' flows from outlet 11 onto guide 20 and via 15 dispensing opening 22 onto dispensing area 4. Outlet 11 is typically connected to movable part 10 of beverage preparation module 9 and is moved by movable part 10 over guide 20 between the transfer and the processing positions. 20 Alternatively, the outlet can be fixed relative to the frame. In this case the guide directs the liquid draining from the outlet either to the dispensing area or to the service area depending on whether the machine is in the process of preparing and dispensing a beverage or 25 whether the machine is not serving any beverage and thus diverts possible liquid residues from the outlet to the service area. For instance, guide 20 is configured to drain and deliver residues 3' from outlet 11 to service area 3 when 30 movable part 10 is in the transfer position, guide 20 being configured to allow the dispensing of beverage 4' from outlet 11 to dispensing area 4 when movable part 10 is in the processing position. Guide 20 has a service configuration for draining 35 and delivering residues 3' to service area 3 (Figs 1, 5 and 10) and a dispensing configuration (Figs 3, 7 and 8) for the dispensing of beverage 4' to dispensing area 4, guide 20 being in particular movable between the service and dispensing configurations, as illustrated in Figs 5 40 to 7 and 8 to 10. In particular, guide 20 can be pivotable between the service configuration and the dispensing configuration. For instance, guide 20 is WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 - 15 pivotally mounted on flange 5 of frame 2 via an axis 21. Axis 21 may be generally horizontal and can be generally perpendicular to the movement of movable part 10 between the transfer and the processing positions. 5 Guide 20 may delimit a drainage channel 25 that is tilted down: towards dispensing area 4 (Figs 3, 7 and 8) in the dispensing configuration and towards service area 3 (Figs 1, 5 and 10) in the service configuration. Outlet 11 can be located above drainage channel 25 so that 10 beverage 4' and/or residues 3' are collected in channel 25 (Figs 1 to 4). Drainage channel 25 can include at least one ramp 26 spaced above a bottom 25' of channel 25 for confining a flow of beverage 4' to dispensing area 4 or confining a flow of residues 3' to the service area 3. 15 Hence, channel 25 may include a pair of such ramps, to prevent that beverage 4' flows to service area 3 or residues 3' flow to dispensing area 4. As illustrated in Fig. 3 in which guide 20 in the dispensing configuration, beverage 4' may flow down from 20 outlet 11 onto ramp 26 above and away from rear opening 23 of guide 2, and from ramp 26 onto bottom 25' of channel 25 into dispensing opening 22 above dispensing area 4. When guide 20 is in the service configuration as illustrated in Figs 1, 5 and 10, residues 3' drip down 25 from outlet 11 onto bottom 25' of channel 25, underneath ramp 26 (that is spaced above bottom 25') via service opening 23 above service area 3. An analogous configuration may be provided for a ramp directing residual beverage 3' to service area 3. 30 Movable part 10 of beverage preparation module 9 can advantageously drive guide 20 between the service configuration and the dispensing configuration when movable part 10 is moved between the transfer position and the processing position. 35 For example, movable part 10 has a first cam 12 and a second cam 13. Guide 20 has a cam-follower 24. Cams 12,13 and cam-follower 24 cooperate so that: when movable part 10 is moved from the transfer position to the processing position, cam 12 drives the cam-follower 24 to 40 bring guide 20 from the service configuration to the dispensing configuration (Figs 5 to 7); and when movable part 10 is moved from the processing position to the WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 - 16 transfer position, cam 13 drives cam-follower 24 to bring guide 20 from the dispensing configuration to the service configuration (Figs 8 to 10). As illustrated, cam follower 24 may cooperated with both cams 12,13. For 5 instance, cam-follower 24 forms a ramp on guide 20. Cam 12 may act on the underside of the ramp whereas cam 13 may act on the upper-side of the ramp 24. The cam arrangement 12,13,24 may be provided in pairs, on each side of guide 20 (Fig. 3). 10 Alternative embodiments are of course possible and contemplated. For instance only one cam and cam-follower may be provided to drive the movement of the guide from one configuration to the other and/or vice versa or two cams and cam-followers may be provided. 15 Typically, at least one of the dispensing and service configurations of guide 20 is stable. The guide can be urged into one of the dispensing and service configurations by means of gravity and/or a spring means, e.g. a return spring. The guide can be maintained in both 20 dispensing and service configurations by a bi-stable spring means and/or under the effect of friction in these configurations. For instance, pivoting axis 21 produces sufficient friction to maintain guide in the dispensing configuration and in the service configuration even when 25 cam-follower 24 is freed from the corresponding cam 12, 13, as illustrated in Figs 2, 4, 6 and 8. As illustrated in Figs 6 and 7 and in Figs 9 and 10, movable part 10 may be configured to drive guide 20 from the service configuration to the dispensing configuration 30 and/or vice versa only over an end-of-travel of displacement of movable part 10 moving from the transfer position to the processing position and/or vice versa. Movable part 10 may in particular drive guide 20 over less than 50% such as less than 30% of the displacement 35 distance. Alternatively or in combination with a cam system, the guide can be associated with an automatic return means, such as a return spring and/or motor and/or gravity, for bringing the guide from the dispensing 40 configuration to the service configuration and/or vice versa.
    WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 - 17 Guide 20 can be brought automatically, in particular by motorization, into a configuration for draining and delivering residues 3' from beverage outlet 11 to service area 3 immediately upon formation of beverage 4' or 5 shortly thereafter, e.g. 2 to 6 seconds such as 3 to 5 seconds thereafter, when normal dispensing of beverage 4' to beverage dispensing area 4 is deemed to be over, typically when a slow dripping of beverage residues 3' begins. 10 Movable part 10 of beverage preparation module 9 can be moved automatically, in particular by a motorization, into the transfer position immediately upon formation of beverage 4' or shortly thereafter as explained above, guide 20 being in particular driven by moving part 10 15 into the service configuration while moving part 10 is moved from the processing position to the transfer position. Optionally, machine 1 includes a motor (not shown) that drives directly or indirectly movable part 10, e.g. 20 via a transmission system actuating part 10 along upright channel 15. Such a transmission and motorization is for instance disclosed in greater details in PCT/EP11/057233, PCT/EP11/057235 and PCT/EP12/050033, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. 25 Machine 1 typically comprises a control unit (not shown) for controlling the preparation of beverage 4' and the configuration of guide 20, the control unit being arranged to bring guide 20 automatically into its service configuration at the end of the beverage preparation. For 30 instance, an automatic actuator for moving movable part 10 of module 9 may be controlled to move part 10 from the processing position to the transfer position automatically at the end of a beverage formation, whereby outlet 11 and guide 20 are automatically moved into the 35 service configuration (Figs 1, 5, 10). Machine 1 typically includes one or more of the following components: a) beverage preparation module 9, e.g. a brewing unit, delimiting in the processing position an 40 inner ingredient chamber for receiving an ingredient of beverage 4' such as a flavouring ingredient, in particular a pre-portioned WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 - 18 ingredient supplied within a capsule, and for guiding an incoming flow of liquid, such as water, via an inlet through this ingredient to beverage outlet 11; 5 b) a heater or cooler (not shown), such as a thermoblock, for heating or cooling this flow of liquid to be supplied to the ingredient chamber; c) a pump (not shown) for pumping liquid through the heater or cooler to module 9; 10 d) one or more fluid connecting members (not shown) for guiding liquid from a source of liquid, such as tank of liquid, to module 9; e) an electric control unit (not shown), in particular comprising a printed circuit board 15 (PCB), for receiving instructions from a user via an interface and for controlling the in-line heater and the pump; and f) one or more electric sensors (not shown) for sensing at least one operational characteristic 20 selected from characteristics of module 9, the heater or cooler, the pump, liquid tank, the ingredient collector, a flow of liquid, a pressure of liquid and a temperature of liquid, and for communicating such characteristic(s) to the 25 control unit. A suitable heater may be a boiler, a thermoblock or an on demand heater (ODH), for instance an ODH disclosed in EP 1 253 844, EP 1 380 243 and EP 1 809 151. Examples of suitable brewing units and capsule management are for 30 example disclosed in WO 2005/004683, W02007/135136 and WO 2009/043630, which are hereby incorporated by way of reference. Suitable beverage preparation architectures are for instance disclosed in WO 2009/074550 and WO 2009/130099, which are hereby incorporated by way of 35 reference.
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    [1] 1. A machine (1) for dispensing a beverage (4') comprising a frame (2) and a beverage preparation module 5 (9) supported by the frame, the module having a part (10) that is movable relative to the frame between: - a transfer position for introducing a beverage ingredient into the module and/or removing said ingredient therefrom, said ingredient being in 10 particular supplied into the module within a capsule; and - a processing position for forming said beverage from said ingredient in the module, the module further having a beverage outlet (11) for 15 dispensing the formed beverage (4') to a beverage dispensing area (4) for receiving a user-recipient, such as a cup or a mug, for collecting said beverage, characterised in that the frame (2) further supports a guide (20) configured to drain and deliver liquid 20 residues, such as beverage residues (3'), from the beverage outlet (11) to a service area (3) separate from the dispensing area (4) so that said liquid residues (3') are inhibited from being drained from the beverage outlet (11) to said beverage dispensing area (4). 25
    [2] 2. The machine of claim 1, wherein the frame (2) surrounds a volume containing the service area (3) and wherein the dispensing area (4) is outside the volume surrounded by the frame, optionally the service area containing a collection reservoir for waste material 30 and/or the dispensing area comprising a support for user recipients.
    [3] 3. The machine of claim 1 or 2, wherein the guide (20) has a dispensing opening (22) from which said beverage (4') is dispensed to the dispensing area (4) and a 35 service opening (23) from which said residues (3') are drained and delivered to the service area (3').
    [4] 4. The machine of any preceding claim, wherein the outlet (11) is connected to the movable part (10) of the beverage preparation module (9) and is moved by the WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 - 20 movable part (10) over the guide (20) between the transfer and the processing positions.
    [5] 5. The machine of any preceding claim, wherein the guide (20) is configured to drain and deliver said 5 residues (3') from the outlet (11) to the service area (3) when the movable part (10) is in the transfer position, the guide (20) being configured to allow the dispensing of said beverage (4') from the outlet to the dispensing area (4) when the movable part is in the 10 processing position.
    [6] 6. The machine of any preceding claim, wherein the guide (20) has a service configuration for draining and delivering said residues (3') to said service area (3) and a dispensing configuration for the dispensing of said 15 beverage (4') to the dispensing area (4), the guide being in particular movable between the service and dispensing configurations.
    [7] 7. The machine of claim 6, wherein the guide (20) is pivotable between the service configuration and the 20 dispensing configuration such as pivotable about a generally horizontal axis (21) in particular an axis generally transverse to the movement of the movable part (10) between the processing and transfer positions, optionally the guide (20) delimiting a drainage channel 25 (25) that is tilted down: towards the dispensing area (4) in the dispensing configuration and towards the service area (3) in the service configuration, the outlet (11) being in particular located above the drainage channel (25) so that said beverage (4') and/or said residues (3') 30 are collected in the drainage channel, the drainage channel (25) optionally comprising at least one ramp (26) spaced above a bottom (25') of the channel (25) for confining a flow of beverage (4') to the dispensing area (4) or confining a flow of residues (3') to the service 35 area (3).
    [8] 8. The machine of any one of claims 6 or 7, wherein the movable part (10) of the beverage preparation module (9) drives the guide (20) between the service configuration and the dispensing configuration when the movable part 40 (10) is moved between the transfer position and the processing position. WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 - 21
    [9] 9. The machine of claim 8, wherein the movable part (10) has at least one cam (12,13) and the guide (20) has at least one cam-follower (24), the cam (12,13) and the cam-follower (24) cooperating so that: 5 - when the movable part (10) is moved from the transfer position to the processing position, the cam (12) drives the cam-follower (24) to bring the guide (20) from the service configuration to the dispensing configuration; and/or 10 - when the movable part (10) is moved from the processing position to the transfer position, the cam (13) drives the cam-follower (24) to bring the guide (20) from the dispensing configuration to the service configuration. 15
    [10] 10. The machine of claim 8 or 9, wherein at least one of the dispensing and service configurations of the guide (20) is stable, optionally: - the guide being urged into one of the dispensing and service configurations by means of gravity and/or a 20 spring means; or - the guide being maintained in both dispensing and service configurations by a bi-stable spring means and/or under the effect of friction in said configurations. 25
    [11] 11. The machine of any one of claim 8 to 10, wherein the movable part (10) drives the guide (20) from the service configuration to the dispensing configuration and/or vice versa only over an end-of-travel of displacement of the movable part moving from the transfer position to the 30 processing position and/or vice versa, the movable part driving in particular the guide over less than 50% such as less than 30% of the displacement distance.
    [12] 12. The machine of any preceding claim, wherein the guide (20) is associated with an automatic return means, 35 such as a return spring or motor, for bringing the guide (20) from the dispensing configuration to the service configuration and/or vice versa.
    [13] 13. The machine of any preceding claim, wherein the guide (20) is brought automatically, in particular by 40 motorization, into a configuration for draining and delivering said residues (3') from the beverage outlet WO 2013/127907 PCT/EP2013/054007 - 22 (11) to the service area (3) immediately upon formation of said beverage (4') or shortly thereafter, such as 2 to 6 sec. in particular 3 to 5 sec. thereafter, when normal dispensing of said beverage to the beverage dispensing 5 area (4) is deemed to be over.
    [14] 14. The machine of any preceding claim, wherein the movable part (10) of the beverage preparation module (9) is moved automatically, in particular by a motorization, into the transfer position immediately upon formation of 10 said beverage (4') or shortly thereafter when normal dispensing of said beverage to the beverage dispensing area (4) is deemed to be over, the guide (20) being in particular driven by the moving part (10) into the service configuration while the moving part is moved from 15 the processing position to the transfer position.
    [15] 15. The machine of any preceding claim, which comprises a control unit for controlling the preparation of the beverage (4') and the configuration of the guide (20), the control unit being arranged to bring the guide 20 automatically into its service configuration at the end of the beverage preparation.
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