Machine for preparing coffee, white coffee or similar infused beverages, on single or multiple doses thereof

A machine for preparing coffee, or similar infused beverages, on single or multiple doses thereof, comprising a box-shaped housing (30), said machine having an upper portion (31) and a lower portion (32) contained in said housing, said upper portion having an upper wall (46), a left side, a right side and an interior, said upper and lower portion being joined and an interspace (33) being provided between said upper and lower portion, a slidable drawer (34) housed in said interspace, one infusion unit (35) located in the interior and left side of said upper portion, said infusion unit having a boiler (37) for containing and heating water and for preparing steam under pressure, a plurality of waffles (40) containing coffee or the raw materials of said similar infused beverages, said waffles being applied on a band (41), filtering means (97) and (98), a guide and feeding mechanism (43) associated with said infusion unit (35) and with said filtering means, said band (41) advancing towards said infusion unit (35) and said filtering means for preparing coffee or said other infusion beverages, a delivery spout (37') located below said infusion units and said band (41), said coffee or said similar infused beverages going through said delivery spout and wherein said guide and feeding mechanism (43) comprises two flat rectilinear guide members (76), (77), parallel and spaced away from each other, fixed in the machine at a position below said infusion unit (35), said feeding mechanism (43) being located at said left side of said upper portion (31), and the mechanism comprises a sensor (91), said sensor sensing the presence or absence of said band (41), said guide members (76), (77) have an inlet end at the left side of said upper portion and an outlet end at the right side, said guide members (76), (77) advancing in a single direction (A) said band (41), from a corresponding collecting magazine (42) placed side-by-side to said infusion unit (35), by passing in succession through said first inlet end portion, said infusion unit (35) and said filtering means (97), (98) to said second outlet end portion of said guide members (76), (77) and reaching at least said underlying containing drawer (34) and the machine comprises a movable unit portion (92), an eccentric cam (101) and an electric motor (102), said movable unit portion (92) being driven in a vertical direction by said eccentric or cam (101), said cam (101) receiving the rotary motion from at least said electric motor (102), said electric motor being secured laterally said guide and feeding means (43), from a lowered position to a raised position thereof, and vice versa, and said movable unit portion (92) is respectively moved away and approached with respect to the corresponding boiler (37), thereby permitting said waffles (40) of said band (41) to be positioned freely and enclosed between said filtering means (97), (98) for performing the infusion operation, two selection and control means (54) and (55) being associated with said guide and feeding mechanism (43), said infusion unit and said filtering means (97), (98) for the selection and metering of the different infused beverages to be prepared and distributed and for preparing and distributing the respectively selected and metered infused beverages.