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US 5,634,394 AGranted
Espresso coffee machine
AssigneeEssegielle S.r.l.
InventorVirginio Cortese
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Abstract
An espresso coffee machine wherein a percolator cup is fitted removably to a fixed tubular support and beneath a pressurized-hot-water supply conduit; the fixed tubular support housing a sealing element which is movable by the pressurized hot water towards the cup for connecting the conduit to the cup in fluidtight manner.
Claims13
An espresso coffee machine comprising pressurized-hot-water supply means (3) with an outlet (44) (73);
- a fixed tubular support (18) surrounding said outlet (44) (73);
- a percolator cup (48);
- connecting means (56) for removably connecting the cup (48) to the fixed tubular support (18) and to said outlet (44) (73);
- and a sealing element (31) (64) housed in the fixed tubular support (18), facing the cup (48);
- said supply means (3) extending through said sealing element (31) (64);
- and sealing element (31) (64) being at least partly movable towards the cup (48) by the pressurized hot water, so as to connect said supply means (3) in fluidtight manner to the cup (48).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.