Coffee-making machine
OwnerErnesto Illyinventor
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Abstract
An expresso machine has a hot water distributor and an adapter which is removably connectable to the distributor to receive hot water therefrom. A box is in turn removably connectable to the adapter and defines with the same an extraction chamber adapted to house a prefabricated coffee pod through which the hot water must pass on its way to an outlet of the box, thus brewing a portion of coffee.
Claims9
In a coffee machine heretofore adapted to brew coffee by passing hot water from a distributor through a quantity of ground coffee loosely placed in a filter inside a receptacle, a combination comprising:
- a removable adapter adapted to replace said receptacle and permit said coffee machine to brew coffee using a prepackaged, water-permeable coffee pod;
- connecting means for connecting the adapter to the distributor of the machine;
- and
- a removable box adapted to be connected to the adapter and define therewith an extraction chamber into which said coffee pod may be inserted prior to connection of said box to said adapter.
In a coffee machine heretofore adapted to brew coffee by passing hot water from a distributor through a quantity of ground coffee loosely placed in a filter inside a receptacle, a combination comprising:
- a removable adapter adapted to replace said receptacle and permit said coffee machine to brew coffee using a prepackaged, water-permeable coffee pod, said adapter including a passage communicating with a hot-water delivery passage of said distributor, a chamber communicating with said passage and a diffuser having a plurality of openings to permit the passage of hot water from the diffuser into a second chamber;
- connecting means for connecting the adapter to the distributor of the machine;
- and
- a removable box adapted to be sealably connected to the adapter and define therewith an extraction chamber into which said coffee pod may be inserted prior to connection of said box to said adapter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.