Beverage dispenser with hygienic cleaning cycle

摘要

A flavored-beverage preparation machine (1) comprises: —a fluid circuit having a duct (10) that has an outlet (15) for dispensing a flavored-beverage over a filling area (35) for user-receptacles (40); and —a cleaning arrangement for removing remnant flavored-beverage from the duct by passing a clearing fluid through the duct and out of the duct via the outlet, The cleaning arrangement has: —means (300, 400, 450) for providing a gas under pressure; and —a configuration for passing such a gas as this clearing fluid under pressure through and out of the duct for evacuating remnant flavored-beverage from the duct.

主权项

1. A flavored-beverage preparation machine comprising:
a fluid circuit having a duct that has an outlet for dispensing a flavored-beverage over a filling area for user-receptacles, wherein the duct is pivotally assembled to a conduit to pivot between an operative position and a cleaning position, with an inactive position extending therebetween; a cleaning arrangement for removing remnant flavored-beverage from the duct by passing a clearing fluid through the duct and out of the duct via the outlet; the cleaning arrangement comprising: a member for providing a gas under pressure; and a configuration for passing the gas as the clearing fluid under pressure through and out of the duct for evacuating remnant flavored-beverage from the duct, the cleaning arrangement being configured to pass, immediately after a flavored-beverage dispensing cycle or after a delay of 0.05 to 3 sec after the flavored-beverage dispensing cycle, the pressure gas through and out of the duct into a user-receptacle for evacuating remnant flavored-beverage to the user-receptacle.