Unit for Preparing at Least One Espresso Coffe Cup or Other Hot Beverage From a Prepackaged Single So-Called Coffee Pod
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Abstract
The invention concerns a unit (1) for automatically preparing espresso coffee from prepackaged coffee pods containing one or two coffee pods and comprising a mechanism for individually detecting the presence of each pod in its location. It comprises a drawer (5) movable between a position for extracting, a position for loading and a position for discharging pods and an injection unit (6) closing the support of the preparation unit (1) in its front part above the drawer (5) in its extracting position and entirely mobile to be brought closer to the drawer through the cams (29) of the camshaft (7) driven by a single motor (8), being automatically returned away from the injection unit (6) through a return force. The invention is of interest to professional coffee machine manufacturers.
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52 Claims
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27. A unit (1) for automatic preparation of one serving of a hot beverage from a quantity of dry product previously measured and contained in a package called a pod (24), the unit being mounted in a hot beverage preparation machine (3) using a drawer (5) and a receiving platform (16) for accommodating at least one of the pods (24), the unit (1) comprising:
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a drawer (5) movable between an extraction position for extracting the at least one pod (24), a position for loading the at least one pod (24), and a position for discharging the at least one pod (24); an injection block (6) closing a front portion of a support (4) above the drawer (5) when in the extraction position, the injection block (6) being movable toward and away from the drawer (5); a cam shaft (7) biasing the injection block (6) to move towards the drawer (5), and a return movement, away from the drawer (5), being accomplished automatically using a recall force (28); a single drive motor (8) for driving the cam shaft (7), and the cam shaft (7) having at least one cam (29); and a motion transmission means (9) located between an output of the drive motor (8) and elements the drive motor (8) controls. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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