US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on Nov. 3 for "Device for preparing and dispensing beverages with an improved arrangement of solenoid valves" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,640, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Device for preparing and dispensing beverages with an improved arrangement of solenoid valves" was invented by Francois Prevotat (Divonne les bains, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine (10) for preparing and dispensing beverages can comprise at least one beverage preparation apparatus (18), which is designed for preparing and dispensing beverages, and at least one water supply apparatus (20), which is provided with one or more water delivering pipes (22) to the beverage preparation apparatus (18), and with one or more solenoid va...