Coffee machine
AssigneeWMF Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG
InventorsSIEGFRIED HUBER, GUNTHER NAGEL
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Abstract
Described is a coffee machine (1) comprising a brewing means (5, 5′), a support surface (15) for ground coffee and a means (3, 6, 7) for applying water to the ground coffee, in which it is possible to level off the ground coffee positioned on the support surface (15) in a constructionally simple and generally applicable manner to obtain a layer having a substantially uniform thickness. To this end there is provided a means (22, 24, 25, 122, 222, 322) which guides water in a purposefully non-uniform manner over the ground coffee such that the ground coffee is distributed over the support surface (15) in a layer having a substantially uniform thickness.
Claims14
A coffee machine comprising a brewing means (5, 5′), a support surface (15) for ground coffee and a means (3, 6, 7) for applying water onto the ground coffee, characterized by a means (22, 24, 25, 122, 222, 322) for purposefully guiding the water over the ground coffee (16) in a non-uniform manner such that the ground coffee is distributed over the support surface (15) in a layer having a substantially uniform thickness.
A method for operating a coffee machine (1), with ground coffee (16) being introduced into a brewing means (5, 5′) and soaked with water, characterized in that the water is applied to the ground coffee (16) in such a purposefully non-uniform and locally concentrated manner that the ground coffee is distributed in a layer having a substantially uniform thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.