Coffee machine
First Claim
1. A hot-beverage machine, particularly a coffee maker, comprisinga housing having a reservoir for water;
- means on said housing forming a brewing chamber having an inlet and an outlet and including a removable cover for the chamber;
filter means in said chamber intermediate said inlet and outlet thereof;
means for removably holding in said chamber, intermediate and spaced from both said inlet and said filter, a water-permeable cartridge containing a beverage-making substance;
a distributor member removably mounted on said housing and to which said chamber-forming means are connected, said distributor member having one surface provided with an annular recess forming an annular distributing chamber of a first cross-section, and an annulus of distributing passages of second cross-section smaller than said first cross-section and each communicating with said intake and with said annular recess, respectively;
electrically energized means for heating water from said reservoir; and
means for forcing the heated water under pressure through said intake, said inlet and said cartridge into said chamber, so as to brew a beverage which leaves said chamber through said outlet.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a coffee brewing machine which is particularly suitable for family use and for a small commercial establishment, such as a refreshment room. The machine extracts the coffee beverage from a pod which contains ground coffee and is housed in a chamber defined by an upper block and by a removable lower box, between a jet-forming member fixed to the upper block and a filter housed in the removable lower box. It includes a water container, a heater and a pump which supplies the water to the chamber at the proper temperature and pressure. In the chamber the water penetrates the pod and extracts the coffee beverage therefrom and then the coffee beverage flows out of the machine.
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1. A hot-beverage machine, particularly a coffee maker, comprising
a housing having a reservoir for water; -
means on said housing forming a brewing chamber having an inlet and an outlet and including a removable cover for the chamber; filter means in said chamber intermediate said inlet and outlet thereof; means for removably holding in said chamber, intermediate and spaced from both said inlet and said filter, a water-permeable cartridge containing a beverage-making substance; a distributor member removably mounted on said housing and to which said chamber-forming means are connected, said distributor member having one surface provided with an annular recess forming an annular distributing chamber of a first cross-section, and an annulus of distributing passages of second cross-section smaller than said first cross-section and each communicating with said intake and with said annular recess, respectively; electrically energized means for heating water from said reservoir; and means for forcing the heated water under pressure through said intake, said inlet and said cartridge into said chamber, so as to brew a beverage which leaves said chamber through said outlet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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