US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on Oct. 7 for "Cleaning apparatus for a beverage preparation machine" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,445, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Cleaning apparatus for a beverage preparation machine" was invented by Christian Talon (Vufflens-le-Chateau, Switzerland) and Christophe Sebastien Paul Heydel (Chez-le-Bart, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning apparatus for a beverage preparation machine comprises at least one fluid processing device comprising a fluid processing body provided with an outflow portion for the outflow of a cleaning fluid. The fluid processing body comprises at least one of the following means: inlet means for introducing a fluid substance int...