Unit for making beverages by brewing and machine incorporating same
AssigneeUnic S.A.S.
InventorsJean-Pierre Levi, Mario Levi
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Abstract
Unit for making beverages by brewing of a dose of product to be brewed, includes several brewing chambers (1a, 1b), each provided with a receptacle for the dose and elements for injecting hot water into each of the brewing chambers. According to the invention, the brewing chambers (1a, 1b) are juxtaposed and topped by a mobile plate (4) provided with an orifice designed to be positioned opposite the brewing chambers (1a, 1b) for opening or closing the brewing chambers (1a, 1b) depending on its position. The invention also concerns a machine for making espresso coffee incorporating the unit.
Claims17
Unit for the brewing of beverages with a dose (3) of product to be brewed, comprising several juxtaposed brewing chambers (1a, 1b), each provided with a receptacle (2a, 2b) for the dose (3) and means for injecting hot water into each of the brewing chambers,
- wherein the means for injecting hot water is in each of the brewing chambers,
- wherein the brewing chambers (1a, 1b) are topped by a mobile plate (4) provided with an orifice (5) designed to be positioned opposite the brewing chambers (1a, 1b) for opening and closing the chambers (1a, 1b) depending on its position, and
- wherein closing of the brewing chambers permits the brewing operation.
Unit for the brewing of beverages with a dose of product to be brewed, comprising several juxtaposed brewing chambers each provided with a receptacle for the dose and means for injecting hot water into each of the brewing chambers,
- wherein the brewing chambers are topped by a mobile plate provided with an orifice designed to be positioned opposite the brewing chambers for opening and closing the chambers depending on its position, and
- wherein the lower wall (9) of the receptacle (2a, 2b) is made up by a mobile piston (10) that moves from a dose (3) receiving position to a dose (3) ejection position in the orifice (5) after the dose has been used.
Unit for the brewing of beverages with a dose of product to be brewed, comprising several juxtaposed brewing chambers, each provided with a receptacle for the dose and means for injecting hot water into each of the brewing chambers, wherein the brewing chambers are topped by a mobile plate provided with an orifice designed to be positioned opposite the brewing chambers for opening and closing the chambers depending on its position,
- wherein the plate is a mobile disc rotating in the horizontal plane,
- wherein the unit includes two brewing chambers positioned under the plate so that they are located on the path of the orifice, and
- wherein the unit includes automated means to load a dose (3) of brewing product including the following:
- an assembly (15) to supply the brewing material that opens onto a supply channel (16),
- a funnel (17) that can receive the dose (3) from the supply channels (16) by gravity, the lower end (18) of which opens out onto the mobile plate (4),
- means to position the funnel (17) above one of the two brewing chambers (1a, 1b), so as to load a dose (3) in either of the brewing chambers (1a, 1b) when the orifice (5) is positioned above it.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.