A beverage vessel support apparatus including a movable support member configured for supporting a beverage vessel at a plurality of different support positions. An actuation assembly may adjust a height of the movable support member. A beverage vessel rim detector may be configured to determine whether an uppermost part of a beverage vessel supported by the movable support member is at an appropriate position for a beverage to be dispensed into the beverage vessel. A first beverage vessel detector may be positioned below the beverage vessel rim detector and configured to determine whether a beverage vessel is present on the movable support member. A second beverage vessel detector may be arranged between the beverage vessel rim detector and the first beverage vessel detector and configured to determine whether a beverage vessel is present on the movable support member.

The coffee machine (1) comprises a resting surface (6) for cups (7, 7) and a hydraulic circuit having in cascade a pump, a boiler, an infusion head (3) and a filter holder cup (4) removably engaged with the infusion head (3), also being provided a mobile support structure (8) for supporting the assembly formed by the infusion head (3) and the filter holder cup (4), and a movement means (17) for moving the support structure (8) between a plurality of positions to which different distances of the filter holder cup (4) from the resting surface (6) correspond.

A beverage dispensing system that can dispense both cold and hot drinks from either cold drink capsules or hot drink capsules. The cold or hot drink capsule is inserted into the system, and the lid is manually closed. if a cold drink capsule has been inserted, a mechanism cracks the capsule along a predetermined seam, injects cold mixing fluid into the capsule, and then rotates the capsule to pour out or further flush out the cold drink into a cup. If a hot drink capsule has been inserted, the lid is closed, and a rotating needle pierces the top of the capsule. The capsule is then punctured from the bottom. Hot water can then be injected into the top of the capsule, and the hot drink can be removed from the bottom into a cup.

A coffee machine comprising: a coffee extraction module with a dispensing spout and a supporting body; a platform for detachable connection with the supporting body at a plurality of different spacings beneath the dispensing spout; and a drip tray assembly positionable beneath the dispensing spout, the drip tray assembly having a support surface, wherein the support surface of the drip tray assembly is configured to receive the platform such that the support surface and the platform are substantially co-planar, and wherein the platform and the drip tray assembly are configured to engage and disengage from the supporting body via horizontal relative movement.

A drinks preparation machine with a placement element for positioning different vessels in the drinks preparation machine for receiving the prepared drink. The placement element can be arranged relative to the outlet of the drinks preparation machine in a first alignment and in a second alignment different from the first alignment. A vessel for receiving the prepared drink can be placed on the placement element during the drinks preparation in the first alignment and in the second alignment.

The residual water container for an apparatus for beverage preparation includes: a dish having at least one interior for receiving residual water and having an opening which is delimited by an upper edge of the dish; a cover for covering a first partial region of the opening of the dish and a flap for temporary covering of a second partial region of the opening of the dish. The flap is pivotable relative to the dish about a pivot axis so that the flap is pivotable between a closed state and an open state, wherein in the open state a pouring opening of the residual water container is exposed through which pouring opening residual water can be poured out over the upper edge of the dish and wherein in the closed state the pouring opening is closed.

A multi-cup drip coffee maker includes a displacing mechanism mounted inside a casing. The casing has a user interface mounted on a front panel of the casing. A first driving mechanism is mounted on an inner wall of one of two side panels of the casing, and a second driving mechanism and a control unit are mounted on an outer wall of the side panel. The first driving mechanism drives a coffee outlet seat on the displacing mechanism to move between the two side panels. The second driving mechanism drives the displacing mechanism to oscillate forward and backward. The control unit is electrically connected to the user interface and the first and second driving mechanisms, and drives the first and second driving mechanisms to individually or both operate according to a configuration signal from the user interface to fulfill time-efficient brewing of multiple cups of drip coffee with enhanced drip coffee quality.

The present invention provides an imitation pour-over coffee machine device having 3-axis dual-plane interacting actuator, comprising: a body comprising a base having a water tank, a pump and a heating unit; an UI module; a brewing module comprising: a first driving module and a second driving module driving a dispensing head to move up, down, front and back; a co-brewing module controlling the cup carrier to rotate by a third driving module; a controlling module reading a signal of the UI module and then controls the actuation of the pump, the heating unit, the brewing module, and the co-brewing module. Through the implementation of the present invention, an effect of imitation pour-over coffee can be achieved.

A machine (1) for dispensing a beverage (2) includes: a beverage outlet (3) that is located above a dispensing area (4); a machine body or frame (5) having a first connecting part (51) and bearing the beverage outlet (3); and a recipient support (6) having a second connecting part (61) and a support member (62) held by the second connecting part (61). The second connecting part (61) is disconnectably connectable to the first connecting part (51) so that the support member (62) extends into the dispensing area (4) to support a beverage user-recipient (7) under the beverage outlet (3). The first connecting part (51) and the second connecting part (61) have a connection member and a connection receiver arrangement for disconnectably connecting the parts (51,61) such that: the first connecting part forms a connection member and the second connecting part forms a connection receiver; and/or the first connecting part (51) forms a connection receiver and the second connecting part (61) forms a connection member. The connection member is inserted in the connection receiver when the first and second connecting parts (51,61) are connected. The connection member is removed from the connection receiver along a removal direction (51) when the first and second connecting parts (51,61) are disconnected. The removal direction (51) has an upwardly directed vertical component (51) when such machine (1) is in position to dispense the beverage (2).

The invention relates to a beverage preparation device (1), in particular a coffee machine, comprising a first outlet (4) and a second outlet (5) which are connected, preferably, to a common supply line (10), also comprising adjusting means for adjusting the distance between the first (4) and the second outlet (5).