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US 7,478,584 B2Granted
Coffee maker having a height adjustable collecting tray
AssigneeSaeco IPR Limited
InventorMariano Turi
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Abstract
The coffee maker comprises a height adjustment assembly by means of which the height position of a collecting tray, adapted to receive one or two coffee cups to be filled with coffee beverage, is adjustable. The collecting tray is attached to a support member. The height adjustment assembly comprises at least one vertically extending gear rack that can be non-positively engaged by a slider provided at the support member. The slider is biased by a spring towards the gear rack and can be manually displaced against the force of the spring.
Claims43
Coffee maker, comprising:
- a housing;
- a beverage outlet;
- a collecting tray located below said beverage outlet;
- and
- a height adjustment assembly for adjusting the height position of said collecting tray, including a support member;
- said collecting tray being attached to said support member of said height adjusting assembly and provided with a cover plate member adapted to receive at least one coffee cup;
- and
- said height adjusting assembly including two gear rack members and a guide rail member located between said two gear rack members, said support member being provided with a guide member engaging said guide rail and a shaft member having at each of its two ends a pinion each engaging one of said two gear rack members.
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Coffee maker, comprising:
- a housing;
- a beverage outlet;
- a collecting tray located below said beverage outlet;
- and
- a height adjustment assembly for adjusting the height position of said collecting tray, said assembly including a support member;
- said collecting tray being attached to said support member of said height adjusting assembly and provided with a cover plate member adapted to receive at least one coffee cup;
- and
- said height adjusting assembly including a vertically extending gear rack member and two guide rail members running along both sides of said gear rack member and adapted to guide said support member, and said support member of said height adjustment assembly including a slider adapted to engage said gear rack member, said slider biased by means of a spring towards said gear rack and manually movable against the force of said spring to releasably lock said support member vertically along said gear rack.
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Coffee maker, comprising:
- a housing;
- a beverage outlet;
- a collecting tray located below said beverage outlet;
- and
- a height adjustment assembly for adjusting the height position of said collecting tray, said assembly including a support member;
- said collecting tray being attached to said support member of said height adjusting assembly and provided with a cover plate member adapted to receive at least one coffee cup;
- wherein said height adjusting assembly including a vertically extending gear rack member and two guide rail members running along both sides of said gear rack member and adapted to guide said support member, said gear rack member being located centrally on the housing and centrally between said two guide rail members;
- wherein said support member of said height adjustment assembly including at least one element adapted to engage said gear rack member and to releasably lock said support member vertically along said gear rack;
- and
- further wherein said guide rail members are provided with dovetail-shaped recesses, whereby said height adjustment assembly includes a carriage member movable along said guide rails and provided with guide cam members located at both sides thereof said guide cam members having a size and shape corresponding to the size and shape of said dovetail-shaped recesses and engaging said recesses, and whereby said support member is attached to said carriage member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.