Cleaning system for a coffee machine or a similar device
First Claim
1. A cleaning system for a coffee machine or another beverage dispensing device, comprising a housing into which at least one soluble cleaning tablet can be delivered for a cleaning process of a cleaning liquid, the housing including a centering in for centering the at least one cleaning tablet when present;
- a cleaning key insertable in the housing,the cleaning key having a portion defining a hollow cylindrical storage chamber and which portion includes a front wall, a peripheral wall around an axis of the cylindrical storage chamber and a rear wall opposite the front wall, the cleaning key being turnable about the axis, the front wall, the peripheral wall and the rear wall cooperating to define the cylindrical storage chamber, the rear wall having an open area opposite the front wall and the centering pin extending into the cylindrical storage chamber through the open area in the rear wall, the peripheral wall including a side window in a surface to a radial side of the cylindrical storage chamber and flushing openings; and
inlet and outlet connections for delivering cleaning liquid to and discharging cleaning liquid from the cylindrical storage chamber, the cleaning key being turnable while engaged with the housing between a first position in which the flushing openings are flush with the inlet and outlet connections and a second position in which the flushing openings are not flush with the inlet and outlet connections,whereby the cleaning agent is introducible into the cylindrical storage chamber through the side window in the portion of the cleaning key defining the cylindrical storage chamber.
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Abstract
Cleaning system for coffee machines and similar devices, in the cleaning circuit of which a cleaning key having a storage chamber is installed for receiving appropriately configured cleaning tablets. The cleaning key can be turned in a sleeve-like housing into two operating positions at defined angles of rotation, wherein in one operating position the storage chamber is fixed in the housing while in the other operating position, the storage chamber is released and can be removed from the housing to be filled or refilled with suitably packaged cleaning tablets.
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1. A cleaning system for a coffee machine or another beverage dispensing device, comprising a housing into which at least one soluble cleaning tablet can be delivered for a cleaning process of a cleaning liquid, the housing including a centering in for centering the at least one cleaning tablet when present;
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a cleaning key insertable in the housing, the cleaning key having a portion defining a hollow cylindrical storage chamber and which portion includes a front wall, a peripheral wall around an axis of the cylindrical storage chamber and a rear wall opposite the front wall, the cleaning key being turnable about the axis, the front wall, the peripheral wall and the rear wall cooperating to define the cylindrical storage chamber, the rear wall having an open area opposite the front wall and the centering pin extending into the cylindrical storage chamber through the open area in the rear wall, the peripheral wall including a side window in a surface to a radial side of the cylindrical storage chamber and flushing openings; and
inlet and outlet connections for delivering cleaning liquid to and discharging cleaning liquid from the cylindrical storage chamber, the cleaning key being turnable while engaged with the housing between a first position in which the flushing openings are flush with the inlet and outlet connections and a second position in which the flushing openings are not flush with the inlet and outlet connections,whereby the cleaning agent is introducible into the cylindrical storage chamber through the side window in the portion of the cleaning key defining the cylindrical storage chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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