US Patent Issued to LUIGI LAVAZZA on Aug. 19 for "System, machine and container for preparing fluid food products" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,043, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to LUIGI LAVAZZA S.P.A. (Turin, Italy).

"System, machine and container for preparing fluid food products" was invented by Carlo Carbonini (Turin, Italy), Carlo De Mango (Turin, Italy) and Luca Bugnano (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for preparing a food product comprises a sealed disposable container (11) and a preparation machine (1), having a hydraulic circuit that comprises at least one water-supply source, means for heating water and pumping means, as well as a first dispensing element (51), which can be supplied with pressurized hot water and/or steam. The entry wall (13...