US 5,755,149 · 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.

Fig. 1. Illustration of a single-serve coffee brewer. Not this patent’s official drawing.

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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