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US 5,964,142 AGranted
Coffee dispensing device
AssigneeSan Remo S.r.l.
InventorFranco Dal Tio
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Abstract
A coffee dispensing device which comprises a supporting structure for a filter basket, provided with a first channel for feeding hot water and with a second channel for the outflow of the coffee. The structure also supports a hydraulic piston whose stem actuates, in contrast with at least one flexible element, a body which is provided with a containment chamber for ground coffee or coffee in tablets. The body can move approximately transversely and axially with respect to the filter basket and is temporarily associable therewith.
Claims18
In a coffee making machine, a dispensing device comprising:
- a supporting structure;
- a filter basket, provided with a first channel for hot water feeding and with a second channel for brew outflow;
- a hydraulic piston;
- a body which is provided with a containment chamber for containing a brewing product, said filter basket, said piston and said body being supported at said supporting structure;
- a stem of said piston;
- and a first flexible element, said stem driving, by acting in contrast with said flexible element, said body for movement thereof along a path extending substantially transversely and further axially with respect to said filter basket, and said body being, during said movement thereof along said path, temporarily associable with said filter basket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.