Coffee machine having a grounds-compressing piston

Abstract

A coffee machine has a space for receiving coffee grounds. Pressurised fluid is forced into the space. There is a filter screen against which the coffee grounds bear in use and through which coffee-infused fluid from the space passes to be dispensed. A fluid-pervious piston is located within the space and moves toward the filter screen to thereby compress the coffee grounds in use. This prevents the coffee grounds from separating from one another in which case the pressurised fluid might take a path of least resistance, not necessarily an infusion path through the grounds.

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