Device permitting using, on a coffee making machine, ground coffee or prepackaged cakes of coffee
OwnerJean Pierre Levi, Mario Leviinventors
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Abstract
A ladle holder (20) comprises either a releasable spray packing member for ground coffee or a spray recess for pre-packaged coffee blocks, and a filter ladle (10) may be provided as required with either a ground coffee filter or a filter adaptor (70) for coffee blocks. In the latter case, the filter ladle (10) fits into a holder with an upper ejector pin (83) for ejecting used coffee blocks. The holder is hinged to one bearing pin (30) and, when fully inserted, engages an abutment under the other bearing pin (40) by means of a tab. The two bearing pins (30, 40) engage helical projections (11, 12) on the filter ladle (10) to form a bayonet-like attachment and position the filter ladle (10) in engagement with a ladle seal.
Claims13
Device permitting using as desired, in a coffee making machine, ground coffee in a first mode of operation, and prepackaged cakes of coffee in a second mode of operation, the device comprising:
- a filter-carrying cup fixed below a cup carrier by means of a bayonet system constituted by helicoidal projections, diametrically opposed, located on the sides of the filter-carrying cup, and shouldered axles fixed below the cup carrier, said cup carrier comprising a recess having a recess configuration suitable for said ground coffee and also suitable for said prepackaged cakes of coffee;
- said recess coacting with a removable packer and with a shower, and said cup being provided with a ground coffee supporting filter for said ground coffee, in said first mode;
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- said recess coacting with a shower, and said cup being provided with a cake-carrying filter, and with an adaptor for prepackaged cakes of coffee, in said second mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.