Machine for American style coffee for use on aircraft
AssigneeIacobucci S.p.A.
InventorEmilio Iacobucci
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AssigneeIacobucci S.p.A.
InventorEmilio Iacobucci
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A machine for in aircraft dispenses hot beverages, such as coffee, American-style coffee, and tea, as well as to dispense hot and cold water. The machine includes a hydralic circuit and an electrical circuit, and has a parallelepiped structure including a structural paneling and a paneling forming a covering, an open front compartment in which a container or jug for beverages is housed, and, located above the compartment, a front control panel and underlying cartridge-holder drawer which can be pulled out. The machine includes a heater through which passes water only at the moment of dispensing in the from of a beverage or hot water. The heater is connected to the cartridge-holder drawer and the and the hydraulic actuation system forces the heater to come down onto and close the cartridge-holder drawer in a sealed manner when the beverage or hot water is being dispensed.
Machine, in particular for use on aircraft, that is able to dispense hot beverages, such as coffee, American-style coffee and tea in pre-set quantities, as well as to dispense hot and cold water, the said machine being provided with a hydraulic circuit and an electrical circuit and being governed by software, and having a basically parallelepipedal structure comprising:
Heater (22) made of machined anodized aluminum, having basically a plane conformation and comprising of four elements:
Heater according to the previous claim, in which the water inlet and water outlet are, respectively, (25b) and (25c), the said heater (22) being correspondingly and operatively connected to a cartridge-holder drawer (2), the operation being obtained by means of a hydraulic actuation system which vertically forces the heater (22) to come down onto the cartridge-holder drawer (2) so as to close it basically in a sealed manner when the hot water or beverage is being dispensed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.