US 11,805,935 B2
Multi-serve airtight coffee dispenser
Sergio Chioda, Lausanne (CH); Martino Ruggiero, Lonay (CH); Marco Restelli, La Tour-de-Peilz (CH); David Quero, Azzano San Paolo (IT); and Riccardo Calvi, Camogli (IT)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 16/956,689
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 14, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/084926
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 22, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/121385, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 17210548 (EP), filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0390270 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. A47J 31/40 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (2006.01); A47J 31/36 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/404 (2013.01) [A47J 31/3628 (2013.01); A47J 31/3633 (2013.01); A47J 31/52 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispensing device for dispensing a food product in powder form from an exchangeable multi-dose container, the dispensing device comprising:
a support with a seat for removably supporting the exchangeable multi-dose container,
a sealable dosing chamber for dosing and holding a dose of food product dispensed from the exchangeable multi-dose container,
an oxygen reducing member designed for reducing the oxygen level in the sealable dosing chamber,
a first piston arranged to move relative to the support of the dispensing device, and configured to at least partially enclose the sealable dosing chamber in an initial sealingly engaged position of the first piston with the support,
the first piston being designed for opening the exchangeable multi-dose container by moving relative to the support, and for enabling the sealable dosing chamber to be charged with the dose of food product in a sealingly disengaged position of the first piston with the support, and
the first piston comprises or being associated with an opening member protruding from or forming a top portion of the piston and designed to open a discharge wall of the container.