US 5,755,149 Β· Granted 1998-05-26

Automatic machine for the preparation of hot beverage infusions

The automatic machine for the preparation of hot beverage infusions such as coffee being formed by a group formed of a body facing a boiler intended to be brought closer to each other in order to form an infusion chamber. The machine having, between the body and the boiler, at the infusion chamber: reception members intended to receive an individual package containing the product to be infused, the reception members being intended to secure temporarily the package between the body and the boiler; a position fixing element for guiding and maintaining the package in a vertical position when the reception members are present; and an automatic ejection member which ejects the package simply by gravity, the displacement of the package being perpendicular to the axis of the machine.

Patent details

Publication number
US 5,755,149
Filing date
1994-12-13
Grant date
1998-05-26
Assignee
Compagnie Mediterraneenne Des Cafes S.A.
Inventor(s)
BLANC; JEAN PIERRE, FERRIER; CHRISTIAN
CPC class
A47J31/3638

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