Beverage-dispensing machine

#This application is the U.S. national phase of International Application No. PCT/IB2018/054238 filed 12 Jun. 2018, which designated the U.S. and claims priority to IT Patent Application No. 102017000068264 filed 20 Jun. 2017, the entire contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

#The present disclosure relates to machines for dispensing beverages.

#One or more embodiments may regard machines for preparing beverages such as coffee, for example espresso coffee. Reference to this possible field of application is on the other hand provided purely by way of non-limiting example of the embodiments.

#One or more embodiments will now be described, purely by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the annexed drawings, wherein:

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a beverage-dispensing machine according to one or more embodiments; and

#FIGS. 2 to 4 illustrate possible modes of use of such a machine.

#In the ensuing description, various specific details are illustrated aimed at providing an in-depth understanding of various examples of embodiments. The embodiments may be obtained without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, materials, etc. In other cases, known structures, materials, or operations are not illustrated or described in detail so that the various aspects of the embodiments will not be obscured. Reference to “an embodiment” or “one embodiment” in the framework of the present description is meant to indicate that a particular configuration, structure, or characteristic described in relation to the embodiment is comprised in at least one embodiment. Consequently, phrases such as “in an embodiment”, “in one embodiment”, or the like, that may be present in various points of the present description do not necessarily refer exactly to one and the same embodiment. Moreover, particular conformations, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any adequate way in one or more embodiments.

#The references used herein are provided merely for convenience and hence do not define the sphere of protection or the scope of the embodiments.

#In FIG. 1, the reference 10 designates as a whole a beverage-dispensing machine. This may be, for example, a machine for home preparation of beverages such as coffee (for example, espresso coffee). As has already been said, reference to this possible context of use is not to be understood as in any way limiting the embodiments.