US 5,755,149 AGranted

Automatic machine for the preparation of hot beverage infusions

AssigneeCompagnie Mediterraneenne Des Cafes

InventorsJean Pierre Blanc, Christian Ferrier

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Abstract

The automatic machine for the preparation of hot beverage infusions such as coffee being formed by a group formed of a body facing a boiler intended to be brought closer to each other in order to form an infusion chamber. The machine having, between the body and the boiler, at the infusion chamber: reception members intended to receive an individual package containing the product to be infused, the reception members being intended to secure temporarily the package between the body and the boiler; a position fixing element for guiding and maintaining the package in a vertical position when the reception members are present; and an automatic ejection member which ejects the package simply by gravity, the displacement of the package being perpendicular to the axis of the machine.

Claims25

Dependent claims

Automatic machine for the preparation of hot beverage infusions, comprising:

a group having a body (2) facing a boiler (3);
reception means (4) for an individual package (6) containing product (8) to be infused, said reception means having at least one retractable member (11), which when deployed in a substantially lower position, temporarily immobilizes said package (6) between the body (2) and the boiler (3);
means (5) for maintaining in position the package (6) having two substantially vertical lateral grooves (10) in which said package (6) slides and is maintained in vertical position when the reception means (4) are present;
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automatic ejection means (4) for said package (6) having the retractable member (11), which when retracted relative to the passage of the individual package (6), permits ejection by mere gravity of the individual package (6), displacement of the individual package (6) being perpendicular to an axis of the machine.

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