Apparatus for preparing a coffee beverage
AssigneeIllycaffe' S.P.A.
InventorsLuciano Navarini, Furio Suggi Liverani, Massimo Barnaba', Franciscus Benedictus Maria Van Eeden
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Abstract
Apparatus comprising a containing element for heating an extracting fluid, a transferring arrangement for causing the passage of the fluid through a dose of coffee and a collecting arrangement for collecting a beverage produced with the extracting fluid during the passage: there being provided a separating arrangement arranged for separating a fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of the fluid from a further fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently steam phase of the fluid, the separating arrangement leading into distinct zones of the collecting arrangement.
Claims12
Apparatus comprising a containing element for heating an extracting fluid, a transferring arrangement for causing the passage of said fluid through a cavity containing a dose of coffee, and a collecting arrangement for collecting a beverage produced with said extracting fluid during said passage, wherein it comprises a separating arrangement arranged for separating a fraction of said beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of said fluid from a further fraction of said beverage obtained with a prevalently steam phase of said fluid, said separating arrangement leading into distinct zones of said collecting arrangement and comprising an end of a conduit that extends from a bottom zone of said collecting arrangement, wherein said separating arrangement comprises a chamber communicating with said conduit in such a way as to envelop said end, said chamber being coupled with said conduit through a removable coupling arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.