All The Claims

1. A beverage-maker, comprising
an upwardly open, substantially cylindrical vessel having a vessel bottom and a circumferential side wall;
a filter piston vertically displaceable in the vessel, having a piston rod to whose upper end a grip element is attached, and to whose lower end a plunger-filter is attached, which latter is suitable for allowing the passage of liquid and, at the same time, for retaining solids;
a lid, which is passed through by the piston rod and has a top wall which at least partially covers the vessel in the upward direction and which, jointly with the vessel, delimits a vessel interior.
wherein, on the lid or on the vessel, outside the vessel interior, a spout is configured,
wherein the lid has a pouring opening, which is disposed between the piston rod and the spout in the top wall and which forms a connection between the vessel interior and the spout in order to pour liquid out of the vessel through the pouring opening by means of the spout, and
wherein an elongated lever, extending transversely to the piston rod, is attached to the lid above the top wall pivotably about a horizontal axis, the lever having a closure body in the region of its front end for closing the pouring opening, and the lever having an actuating region in the region of its rear end, facing away from the pouring opening, in order to pivot the lever, by virtue of pressure exerted by a finger of the user, from a first position, in which the closure body closes the pouring opening, into a second position, in which the closure body frees the pouring opening.
2. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lever is spring-loaded in the direction of its first position.
3. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 2, having a compression spring which is disposed in a region of the lid, facing away from the spout, between the lever and the top wall in order to subject the lever to a spring force in the direction of its first position.
4. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 3, wherein a cup-shaped depression, extending towards the vessel interior, is configured in the top wall, into which depression the compression spring extends.
5. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lever has a through opening, through which the piston rod extends.
6. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lever has a bearing shaft extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the lever, or two coaxially arranged bearing journals extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the lever, wherein the lid has two mutually opposing, jaw-shaped bearing elements for the reception of the bearing shaft or bearing journals, and wherein the bearing shaft or bearing journals, in surmounting an elastic spring force, can be clicked into the bearing elements.
7. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein the closure body is made of a material which is softer than the material of the rest of the lever.
8. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lid has a circumferential skirt, which extends vertically downward and extends into the vessel interior, and on whose outer side there is disposed a circumferential sealing element, which bears sealingly against the inner side of the side wall of the vessel.
9. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top wall of the lid is configured substantially flat, and in a region surrounding the pouring opening there is configured an upwardly protruding retaining web, which, starting from the spout, extends partially around the pouring opening in order to retain in the region of the pouring opening liquid running back from the spout.
10. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lid comprises a lid bottom part, which forms the top wall delimiting the vessel interior, and wherein the lid comprises a separately configured lid top part, which at least partially covers the lid bottom part and the lever, and wherein on one of the lid parts, selected from lid bottom part and lid top part, there is configured a cylindrical guide sleeve for the piston rod, which is held in the other lid part such that the guide sleeve is secured against a lateral tilting motion.
11. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 10, wherein the guide sleeve can be latched to the other lid part.
12. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 10, wherein the guide sleeve is configured integrally with the lid top part and extends vertically downward into the vessel interior through the top wall delimiting the vessel interior, and wherein a releasable latching connection is configured between the guide sleeve and the top wall.
13. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 11, wherein the guide sleeve is configured integrally with the lid top part and extends vertically downward into the vessel interior through the top wall delimiting the vessel interior, and wherein a releasable latching connection is configured between the guide sleeve and the top wall.
14. A beverage-maker, comprising
an upwardly open, substantially cylindrical vessel having a vessel bottom and a circumferential side wall;
a lid, which has a top wall which at least partially covers the vessel in the upward direction and which, jointly with the vessel, delimits a vessel interior.
wherein, on the lid or on the vessel, outside the vessel interior, a spout is configured,
wherein the lid has a pouring opening, which is disposed in the top wall and which forms a connection between the vessel interior and the spout in order to pour liquid out of the vessel through the pouring opening by means of the spout,

and wherein an elongated lever, is attached to the lid above the top wall pivotably about a horizontal axis, the lever having, in the region of its front end, a closure body for closing the pouring opening, and the lever having, in the region of its rear end, facing away from the pouring opening, an actuating region in order to pivot the lever, by virtue of pressure exerted by a finger of the user, from a first position, in which the closure body closes the pouring opening, into a second position, in which the closure body frees the pouring opening.
15. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 14, wherein the lever is spring-loaded in the direction of its first position.
16. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 15, having a compression spring which is disposed in a region of the lid, facing away from the spout, between the lever and the top wall in order to subject the lever to a spring force in the direction of its first position.
17. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 16, wherein a cup-shaped depression, extending towards the vessel interior, is configured in the top wall, into which depression the compression spring extends.
18. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 14, wherein the lever has a bearing shaft extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the lever, or two coaxially arranged bearing journals extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the lever, wherein the lid has two mutually opposing, jaw-shaped bearing elements for the reception of the bearing shaft or bearing journals, and wherein the bearing shaft or bearing journals, in surmounting an elastic spring force, can be clicked into the bearing elements.
19. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 14, wherein the closure body is made of a material which is softer than the material of the rest of the lever.
20. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 14, wherein the lid has a circumferential skirt, which extends vertically downward and extends into the vessel interior, and on whose outer side there is disposed a circumferential sealing element, which bears sealingly against the inner side of the side wall of the vessel.
21. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 14, wherein the top wall of the lid is configured substantially flat, and in a region surrounding the pouring opening there is configured an upwardly protruding retaining web, which, starting from the spout, extends partially around the pouring opening in order to retain in the region of the pouring opening liquid running back from the spout.
22. The beverage-maker as claimed in claim 14, wherein the lid comprises a lid bottom part, which forms the top wall delimiting the vessel interior, and wherein the lid comprises a separately configured lid top part, which at least partially covers the lid bottom part and the lever.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A battery exchange method comprising the steps of:
disengaging one or more latches of a battery house of a vehicle comprising a first battery as the vehicle moves forward such that the first battery becomes located on an exchange plate and positioned horizontally next to a second battery located on the exchange plate;
pushing the first battery over the exchange plate using the second battery;
providing charge to the vehicle through a connection between a first and second contact rail of the second battery and a first and second front contact shaft of the vehicle and a connection between a first and second contact rail of the first battery and a first and second rear contact shaft of the vehicle such that the vehicle remains in forward motion as the first and second batteries are exchanged; and
reengaging the one or more latches of the battery house once the second battery is in place within the battery house.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of propelling the vehicle over the exchange plate using a propelling mechanism of the vehicle.
3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of aligning the vehicle with the exchange plate using at least one of an alignment plate or tracks.
4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of receiving the first battery removed from the vehicle into a battery repository connected underneath the exchange plate.
5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of providing charge to the vehicle through the connection between the first and second contact rail of the second battery and the first and second front contact shaft of the vehicle and a connection between the first and second contact rail of the second battery and the first and second rear contact shaft of the vehicle.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first and second front and rear contact shafts are selected from the group consisting of a rod, a pole, an arm and a cable.
7. A vehicle battery exchange method comprising the steps of:
disengaging a first battery in a battery house on an underside of a vehicle;
removably fixing a second battery to an exchange plate;
aligning the first and second batteries;
propelling the vehicle or the exchange plate such that the first battery comes in contact with and is ejected from the battery house by the second battery; and
reengaging the second battery in the battery house.
8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of receiving the first battery removed from the vehicle into a battery repository connected underneath the exchange plate.
9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of recharging the first battery independent of the vehicle.
10. The method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of locking the house into the vehicle once the second battery is located within the house.
11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the propelling step comprises propelling the vehicle using a propelling mechanism of the vehicle.
12. The method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of providing charge to the vehicle through a connection between a first and second contact rail of the second battery and a first and second front shaft of the vehicle and a connection between a first and second contact rail of the first battery and a first and second rear shaft of the vehicle such that the vehicle remains in forward motion as the first and second batteries are exchanged.
13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of providing charge to the vehicle through the connection between the first and second contact rail of the second battery and the first and second front shaft of the vehicle and a connection between the first and second contact rail of the second battery and the first and second rear shaft of the vehicle.
14. A vehicle battery exchange method comprising the steps of:
providing charge to a vehicle through a connection between a first and second contact rail of a first battery and a first and second front shaft of the vehicle and a connection between the first and second contact rail of the first battery and a first and second rear shaft of the vehicle;
removing the first battery from an underside of the vehicle onto a surface beneath the vehicle, the first and second front and rear shafts extending from the vehicle such that the first and second front and rear shafts remain in connection with the first and second contact rail of the first battery to provide continual charge to the vehicle;
pushing the first battery over the surface using a second battery;
providing charge to the vehicle through a connection between a first and second contact rail of the second battery and the first and second front shaft of the vehicle and the connection between the first and second contact rail of the first battery and the first and second rear shaft of the vehicle as the vehicle propels forward over the surface; and
engaging the second battery within the vehicle.
15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the step of providing charge to the vehicle through the connection between the first and second contact rail of the second battery and the first and second front shaft of the vehicle and a connection between the first and second contact rail of the second battery and the first and second rear shaft of the vehicle.
16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the first and second front and rear shafts are selected from the group consisting of a rod, a pole, an arm and a cable.
17. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the step of the vehicle propelling itself during exchange of the first and second batteries.
18. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the step of aligning the vehicle with an exchange plate using at least one of an alignment plate or tracks.
19. The method according to claim 14, further comprising the step of unlocking the first battery from a housing of the vehicle.
20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising the step of locking the housing into the vehicle once the second battery is located within the housing.

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23. A process for preparing an oil-in-water emulsion, the process comprising mixing a lipidic phase with an aqueous phase by manual operation or using a low energy device, wherein the lipidic phase comprises:
(i) an oil selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, hydrocarbons, vegetable oils, waxes, alcohols, fatty acids, mono-, di-, tri-acylglycerols, essential oils, flavouring oils, lipophilic vitamins, esters, neutraceuticals, terpins, terpenes, and mixtures thereof, and
(ii) a lipophilic additive (LPA) or mixtures of lipophilic and hydrophilic additives, having a resulting HLB value (Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance) lower than about 10, wherein the LPA content in the lipidic phase is between 0.25 wt-% and 84 wt-%,
wherein the aqueous phase contains an emulsifier or an emulsion stabilizer, and wherein the emulsion forms oil droplets having a diameter in the range of 5 nm to hundreds of micrometers which droplets exhibit nano-sized self-assembled structures with hydrophilic domains having a diameter in the range of 0.5 to 200 nm due to the presence of the LPA in the lipidic phase.
24. The process according to claim 23, wherein the LPA content in the lipidic phase is between 2.5 wt-% and 80 wt.
25. The process according to claim 23, wherein the LPA content in the lipidic phase is between 5 wt-% and 80 wt %.
26. The process according to claim 23, wherein the LPA content in the lipidic phase is between 10 wt-% and 80 wt %.
27. The process according to claim 23, wherein the oil droplets contain oil soluble, oil non-soluble or water soluble material selected from the group consisting of flavours, flavour precursors, drugs, nutraceuticals, selected from the group comprising of lutein, lutein esters, \u03b2-carotene, tocopherol, tocopherol acetate, tocotrienol, lycopene, Co-Q10, flax seed oil, lipoic acid, vitamin B12, vitamin D, \u03b1- and \u03b3-polyunsaturated fatty acids or phytosterols, food supplements, food additives, plant extracts, medicaments, cosmeceuticals, peptides, proteins or carbohydrates, nutrients, aromas, and aroma precursors.
28. The process according to claim 23, wherein the LPA is selected from the group of long-chain alcohols, fatty acids, pegylated fatty acids, glycerol fatty acid esters, monoglycerides, diglycerides, derivatives of mono-diglycerides, pegylated vegetable oils, sorbitan esters, polyoxyethylene sorbitan esters, propylene glycol mono- or diesters, phospholipids, phosphatides, cerebrosides, gangliosides, cephalins, lipids, glycolipids, sulfatides, sugar esters, sugar ethers, sucrose esters, sterols, and polyglycerol esters.
29. The process according to claim 28, wherein the LPA is selected from the group consisting of myristic acid, oleic acid, lauric acid, stearic acid, palmitic acid, PEG 1-4 stearate, PEG 2-4 oleate, PEG-4 dilaurate, PEG-4 dioleate, PEG-4 distearate, PEG-6 dioleate, PEG-6 distearate, PEG-8-dioleate, PEG-3-16 castor oil, PEG 5-10 hydrogenated castor oil, PEG 6-20 corn oil, PEG 6-20 almond oil, PEG-6 olive oil, PEG-6 peanut oil, PEG-6 palm kernel oil, PEG-6 hydrogenated palm kernel oil, PEG-4 capriccaprylic triglyceride, mono, di, tri, tetraesters of vegetable oil and sorbitol, pentaerythrityl di, tri, or tetra stearate, isostearate, oleate, caprylate or caprate, polyglyceryl-3 dioleate, stearate, or isostearate, polyglyceryl 4-10 pentaoleate, polyglyceryl 2-4 oleate, stearate, or isostearate, polyglyceryl 4-10 pentaoleate, polyglyceryl-3 dioleate, polyglyceryl-6 dioleate, polyglyceryl-10 trioleate, polyglyceryl-3 distearate, propylene glycol mono- or diesters of C6 to C20 fatty acids, monoglycerides of C6 to C20 fatty acids, lactic acid derivatives of monoglycerides, lactic acid derivatives of diglycerides, diacetyl tartaric ester of monoglycerides, triglycerol monostearate, cholesterol, phytosterol, PEG 5-20 soya sterol, PEG-6 sorbitan tetra or hexastearate, PEG-6 sorbitan tetraoleate, sorbitan monolaurate, sorbitan monopalmitate, sorbitan mono or trioleate, sorbitan mono or tristearate, sorbitan monoisostearate, sorbitan sesquioleate, sorbitan sesquistearate, PEG-2-5 oleyl ether, POE 2-4 lauryl ether, PEG-2 cetyl ether, PEG-2 stearyl ether, sucrose distearate, sucrose dipalmitate, ethyl oleate, isopropyl myristate, isopropyl palmitate, ethyl linoleate, isopropyl linoleate, poloxamers, phospholipids, lecithins, cephalins, oat lipids and lipophilic or amphiphilic lipids from other plants, and mixtures thereof.
30. The process according to claim 23, wherein the emulsifier is selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight surfactants having a HLB>8, proteins from milk or soya, peptides, protein hydrolysates, block co-polymers, surface active hydrocolloids such as arabic gum, xanthan gum, surfactant-protein nanoparticles, surfactant stabilized nano- or micro silica particles, and mixtures thereof.
31. The process according to claim 23, further comprising preparing a powder from the emulsion, which powder is easily reconstituted into an aqueous phase at room or cold temperatures.
32. The process according to claim 23, wherein the emulsion is a final product.
33. The process according to claim 23, wherein the emulsion is a starting material, an intermediate product or an additive to a final product.
34. The process according to claim 23, wherein the manual operation or low energy device is selected from the group consisting of manual squeezing, magnetic stirring, hand shaking, spoon or whisk stirring, vortex mixing, membrane emulsification, static mixer, kitchen mixer, nano- and microfluidics devices, pouch mixing, any mixer which creates a turbulent flow, or combinations thereof.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method in a wireless wide area system supporting High Speed Packet Access, the method comprising:
receiving data in a number of logical downlink channels intended for one or more mobile terminals;
allocating a first High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity to data of a first group of said logical downlink channels, which identity addresses a group of mobile terminals;
transmitting said data of the channels in the first group for reception by the one or more mobile terminals via a high speed downlink shared channel; and
transmitting data of a single logical downlink paging channel for reception by the one or more mobile terminals via the high speed downlink shared channel, wherein the high speed downlink shared channel is a transport channel for the first group of said logical downlink channels and for the single logical downlink paging channel.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of adding a header to data of the logical channels of the first group at least indicating the corresponding logical channel.
3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting a paging indicator before transmitting an identity that is associated with a logical downlink paging or dedicated user channel.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said first identity indicates said first group of channels.
5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of allocating a further High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity to data of a second group of said logical downlink channels, which further identity addresses a group of mobile terminals, where the first group are channels that send data that is intended for a specific mobile terminal and the second group are channels that send data intended for the group of terminals.
6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting the High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity and a corresponding scheduling command on a high-speed control channel and said data on the high speed downlink shared channel.
7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of broadcasting information enabling mobile terminals to receive logical downlink channels of said group, using said High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity in order to inform the mobile terminals of where to receive said data.
8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of retaining a second High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity that has been mapped to data of a logical channel for a dedicated mobile terminal being in an active communication state for use also in sending dedicated control and data to the dedicated mobile terminal, when the terminal is in a non-active communication state.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the active communication state is the CELL_DCH state.
10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the non-active communication state is a state in the group of CELL_FACH state, CELL_PCH state and URA_PCH state.
11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of allocating a second identity to data of the single logical downlink paging channel.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the second identity addresses a group of mobile terminals.
13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the second identity addresses a dedicated mobile terminal.
14. A Radio Network Controller in a wireless wide area system supporting High Speed Packet Access, the Radio Network Controller comprising:
processing circuitry configured to receive data in a number of logical downlink channels intended for one or more mobile terminals;
the processing circuitry further configured to allocate a first High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity to data of a first group of said logical downlink channels, which identity addresses a group of mobile terminals;
the processing circuitry further configured to transmit said data of the channels in the first group for reception by the one or more mobile terminals via a high speed downlink shared channel; and
the processing circuitry further configured to transmit data of a single logical downlink paging channel for reception by the one or more mobile terminals via the high speed downlink shared channel, wherein the high speed downlink shared channel is a transport channel for the first group of said logical downlink channels and for the single logical downlink paging channel.
15. A method in a mobile terminal in a wireless wide area system supporting High Speed Packet Access, the method comprising:
reading from a Broadcast Control Channel necessary information to receive logical downlink channels via a high speed downlink shared channel, said necessary information including a High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity allocated to at least one logical downlink channel, where there exists at least a first High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity allocated to a first group of said logical downlink channels and addressing a group of mobile terminals;
listening to a high speed shared control channel for said High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity;
in case of detecting said identity,
following a scheduling command for said High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity,
receiving data on the high-speed downlink shared channel, and
processing said data.
16. The method according to claim 15, wherein said read High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity is a High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity allocated to a group of channels, for which said associated data includes a header and further comprising the steps of investigating said header for information about which logical channel said data is associated with and selecting processing based on said logical channel information.
17. The method according to claim 16, wherein said first identity is associated with channels that provide data intended for a specific mobile terminal.
18. The method according to claim 17, wherein said read High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity is the first High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity.
19. The method according to claim 17, wherein if the logical channel information indicates a logical channel providing data intended for a specific mobile terminal, further comprising the steps of investigating if said data was intended for said mobile terminal and discarding said data without processing in case it was not.
20. The method according to claim 16, wherein the first group comprises channels that send data intended for a specific mobile terminal and said read High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity is a further High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity associated with a second group of logical downlink channels that provide data for a group of terminals.
21. The method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of retaining a High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity that was mapped to data of a logical channel for said mobile terminal when being in an active communication state and using it for receiving dedicated control and data, when being in a non-active communication state.
22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the active communication state is the CELL_DCH state.
23. The method according to claim 21, wherein the non-active communication state is a state in the group of CELL FACH state, CELL_PCH state and URA_PCH state.
24. The method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of receiving a paging indicator before receiving a High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity that is associated with a logical downlink paging or dedicated user channel.
25. Mobile terminal for provision in a wireless wide area system supporting High Speed Packet Access, comprising;
processing circuitry configured to read from a Broadcast Control Channel necessary information to receive logical downlink channels via a high speed downlink shared channel, said necessary information including a High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity allocated to at least one logical downlink channel, where there exists at least a first High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity allocated to a first group of said logical downlink channels and addressing a group of mobile terminals;
the processing circuitry further configured to listen to a high speed shared control channel for said High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity;
in case of detecting said identity,
the processing circuitry further configured to follow a scheduling command for said High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity,
the processing circuitry further configured to receive data on the high-speed downlink shared channel,
the processing circuitry further configured to process said data.