USED CAPSULE RECEPTACLE FOR BEVERAGE MACHINES

• Main Authors: TEKLITS, Alain, KRISTLBAUER, Jürgen
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 23.12.2020
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL

A capsule beverage machine (1) has: a passage (2) for evacuating used capsules (100); a capsule collector (10) having a bottom (11) and sidewalls (12,12′) delimiting a cavity (13) with a cavity entry opening (14) and a cavity volume for storing the used capsules (100); and a seat (20) into which the evacuation passage (2) leads, the collector (10) having a collection position in which the collector (10) is removably located in the seat (20) for collecting capsules (100) delivered via the passage (2) and the entry opening (14). The seat (20) and the collector (10) are configured to adjust the cavity volume of the cavity (13) so that the cavity volume is smaller when the collector (10) is located in the seat and larger at removal of the collector (10) from the seat. The sidewalls (12,12′) include at least one sidewall (12′) that is movably mounted in the collector (10). The seat (20) and/or the movable sidewall (12′) has an interacting seat member (21). The member (21) protrudes from the movable sidewall (12′) towards a side (22) of the seat (20) or from the side (22) of the seat (20) towards the movable sidewall (12′). When the collector (10) is in its collection position, the member (21) is urged against the side (22) of the seat (20) or against the movable sidewall (12′), whereby the movable sidewall (12′) is displaced towards an inside (10′) of the cavity (13). The movable sidewall (12′) is allowed to move towards an outside (20′) of the cavity (13) when the movable sidewall (12′) is withdrawn from the seat (20).