Beverage percolator
OwnerVirginio Corteseinventor
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Abstract
A beverage percolating machine having an outer body or casing housing a rotor, which is fitted removably to a shaft to rotate in steps about a substantially horizontal, fixed axis of rotation, and has a number of peripheral percolating cups, each for receiving a respective measure of powdered material; the outer casing has a door facing the rotor to permit access to and, if necessary, removal and/or maintenance of the rotor.
Claims13
1) A beverage percolating machine comprising an outer body or casing (2), a shaft (12) rotating in steps about a respective fixed axis (13), and a rotor (4) fitted to the shaft (12) to rotate in steps with the shaft (12) about said axis (13);
- the shaft (12) and rotor (4) being housed inside the outer casing (2);
- the rotor (4) having a number of peripheral percolating cups (11), each for receiving a respective measure of powdered material;
- and the machine (1) being characterized in that the outer casing (2) comprises an opening (6) facing the rotor (4) and allowing direct access to the rotor (4);
- the outer casing (2) comprising a door (8) for closing the opening (6).
11) A machine as claimed in one of the foregoing claims, wherein the outer casing (2) comprises a front wall (7);
- the opening (6) being formed through the front wall (7).
13) A machine as claimed in any one of the foregoing claims, and comprising a beverage discharge channel;
- the discharge channel extending through the door (8), and comprising a catch cup (31) on the inside of the outer casing (2) and a discharge nozzle (32) on the outside of the outer casing (2);
- and each percolating cup (11) comprising a discharge nozzle (30) alignable selectively with the catch cup (31).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.