公开(公告)号：US20170196397A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-13

申请号：US15315649

申请日：2015-07-07

Applicant: Nestec S.A.

Inventor： Jean-Marc Flick ,  Antoine RYSER ,  Milena PARTZCH

IPC: A47J31/44 ,  A47J31/36

CPC classification number: A47J31/4492 ,  A47J31/3623

Abstract: A capsule processing unit of a beverage preparation machine, which comprises an extraction unit to extract an ingredient of a beverage from a capsule during preparation of the beverage. The capsule processing unit comprising: a code reading system comprising a code reader and a code reading mechanism, the code reading mechanism configured to effect reading of a code of a capsule by the code reader by imparting relative movement between a code reader and capsule; a capsule transfer mechanism configured to effect transfer of a capsule to the extraction unit; an actuator unit to actuate the code reading system to read the code and to actuate the capsule transfer mechanism to effect transfer of the capsule