US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on March 17 for "Beverage machine with simple water driving" (Swiss, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,691, issued on March 17, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Beverage machine with simple water driving" was invented by Thibault Escalier (Montlebon, France), Alexandre Perentes (Sullens, Switzerland) and Alexandre Pugliese (Paudex, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine (1) for preparing a beverage (3) includes: a beverage processing unit (10, 20) that delimits a chamber (21) in which a flavouring ingredient (2) is mixed with water (4) during beverage preparation; a water source for delivering the water towards the beverage processing unit (10, 20); and a water guide (30) extending...