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US 8,408,119 B2Granted
Espresso coffee dispensing machines using single-dose ground coffee pods
AssigneeSpinel LLC
InventorGiovanni Spinelli
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Abstract
Single-dose pod coffee machine comprising a casing, an external maneuvering lever (1), a coffee dispensing spout, a pod-holder body comprising, in turn, an upper portion (11) and a lower portion (13), a heat-exchanger (10), controlling and adjusting means, actuating means, supporting means, fixing means, sealing means and characterized in that the movement of the lever (1) drives into rotation an accelerator (19) which prevents lime build-up in the water circuit and heating of water inside the heat exchanger.
Claims16
A self-cleaning espresso coffee machine using a single-dosed ground coffee pod filter comprising:
- an outer maneuvering lever (1) to lower a heat exchanger (10) using a rod (8) and a crank (3), said heat exchanger (10) has attached an upper pod-holder (11) by way of a cycler (20);
- said lowering of the eat exchanger (10) is achieving the clamping of the ground coffee pod between the upper pod-holder (11) and a lower pod-holder (13) which in turn is supported by a pod-holder plate (17);
- an accelerator (19) imbedded inside the heat exchanger (10) and rotated by the lowering of the outer maneuvering lever (1) by way of a fixed lever (23) and by way of an accelerator control lever (22);
- said accelerator's (19) rotation is preventing the lime build up and calcareous deposits inside the water circuit which includes a water heating reservoir;
- a three-way electric valve (21), operated by the lowering of the outer maneuvering lever (1), said three-way electric valve, when in an open position, allows the inlet of cold water into the water heating circuit necessary for coffee dispensing, while, in the closed position, it is emptying the water from inside the heat exchanger (10) by way of a teflon tube (24), which also draws and discharges residual water from the pod chamber, to further reduce lime build up and calcareous deposits inside the water circuit;
- controlling and adjusting means;
- a coffee dispensing spout (27);
- an external casing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.