WO2006126230A1 - Dispositif et procede pour produire des boissons, en particulier du cafe, a partir de portions individuelles - Google Patents

Dispositif et procede pour produire des boissons, en particulier du cafe, a partir de portions individuelles Download PDF

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WO2006126230A1
WO2006126230A1 PCT/IT2006/000377 IT2006000377W WO2006126230A1 WO 2006126230 A1 WO2006126230 A1 WO 2006126230A1 IT 2006000377 W IT2006000377 W IT 2006000377W WO 2006126230 A1 WO2006126230 A1 WO 2006126230A1
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Marco Santoli
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/24—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure
    • A47J31/34—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure
    • A47J31/36—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means
    • A47J31/3604—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means with a mechanism arranged to move the brewing chamber between loading, infusing and ejecting stations
    • A47J31/3623—Cartridges being employed
    • A47J31/3633—Means to perform transfer from a loading position to an infusing position
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/24—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure
    • A47J31/34—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure
    • A47J31/36—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means
    • A47J31/3604—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means with a mechanism arranged to move the brewing chamber between loading, infusing and ejecting stations
    • A47J31/3623—Cartridges being employed
    • A47J31/3638—Means to eject the cartridge after brewing
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/24—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure
    • A47J31/34—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure
    • A47J31/36—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means
    • A47J31/3666—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means whereby the loading of the brewing chamber with the brewing material is performed by the user
    • A47J31/3676—Cartridges being employed
    • A47J31/368—Permeable cartridges being employed
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/24—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure
    • A47J31/34—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure
    • A47J31/36—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means
    • A47J31/3666—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means whereby the loading of the brewing chamber with the brewing material is performed by the user
    • A47J31/3676—Cartridges being employed
    • A47J31/368—Permeable cartridges being employed
    • A47J31/3685—Brewing heads therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/44—Parts or details or accessories of beverage-making apparatus
    • A47J31/4403—Constructional details
    • A47J31/446—Filter holding means; Attachment of filters to beverage-making apparatus
    • A47J31/4467—Filter holding means; Attachment of filters to beverage-making apparatus by means of linear guides, e.g. drawer-type engagement

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  • the present invention relates to improvements to machines or devices for producing beverages by extracting substances from single portion packages.
  • the present invention relates to a device for producing coffee or similar beverages by extracting substances from single portion packages using pressurized hot water.
  • espresso coffee machines or devices which use single portion packages of preparations from which the beverage is extracted through the inflow of pressurized hot water are currently used in domestic, professional and commercial environments.
  • Single portion packages which in the case of espresso coffee contain ground coffee, are commonly produced in the form of capsules or cartridges made of plastic, aluminum sheets or other sealed materials.
  • the machine or device for preparing the beverage has an infusion chamber composed of two portions or half- chambers, which are tightly connected and are provided with perforators to pierce the capsule in appropriate positions and allow inflow of hot water and outflow of the beverage.
  • Bags are also used. Bags are formed of two valves of material permeable to water, such as tissue paper or non-woven material. The two valves are bonded along the edges to define therebetween the volume containing the coffee powder or other preparation destined to produce the beverage.
  • the device for preparing the beverages does not require perforators, as pressurized water passes directly through the permeable material holding the coffee powder or other food product and the beverage produced through contact between the food product and the water flows out through the material forming the opposed valve of the bag.
  • EP-A-832592 describes a machine for automatically preparing espresso coffee using bags.
  • the bags are produced in the form of a continuous strip, which constitutes a sort of magazine. Individual bags are defined along the strip, which are inserted in the infusion chamber sequentially
  • US-A-4846052 describes a machine to produce coffee using perforable cartridges.
  • US-A-3260190 describes a further machine or device for producing coffee or other beverages from sealed cartridge container or capsule container.
  • the device has a drawer to insert a capsule into the infusion chamber and to remove the used capsule from the infusion chamber.
  • the infusion chamber is defined by an upper half-chamber and by a lower half chamber, provided with perforators which create through holes in the upper and lower surface of the capsule to allow inflow of hot water and outflow of the beverage,
  • US-A-6345570 describes a device or machine for producing espresso coffee using ready made bags which are inserted in the machine by means of a drawer.
  • the drawer forms a housing for the bag and cooperates with a vertically movable upper half-chamber which, when the drawer is in the infusion position, is lowered onto said drawer to seal the edges of the bag against the perimeter edge of the bag housing in the drawer.
  • the upper portion of the infusion head is raised and the drawer is retracted, while the used bag is retained so that it disengages from the drawer and is dropped into a container for used bags placed under the infusion head.
  • WO-A-0049926 describes a machine or device for preparing beverages using ready made bags of the same type as those described in US-A-6345570. However, in this case the drawer inside which the bag is placed to be inserted in the infusion head is also used to remove the used bag from the machine. The used bag is unloaded during the retracting movement, i.e. during the travel with which the drawer is returned to the external position to receive a new fresh bag.
  • DE-A-19647039 describes a machine for preparing coffee in which a single portion package is transferred under an infusion head by means of a drawer.
  • the drawer has a pivoting compartment which, when the drawer is retracted, is overturned to manually remove the used single portion package.
  • US-A-6820535 describes an automatic machine for producing coffee using capsules.
  • a series of separate magazines to house capsules with different qualities of coffee are combined with a mechanism to insert individual capsules into the infusion head.
  • the infusion head has a lower portion with a grill of perforators and holes for outflow of the beverage and a vertically movable upper portion with a perforator which breaks the upper wall of the capsule to allow inflow of pressurized water.
  • US-A-6799503 describes a machine or device for producing coffee using capsules with an infusion chamber similar to the one described in US-A-6820535. However, in this case, the capsules are not contained in an automatic magazine, but are inserted individually in a drawer which transports each single capsule inside the infusion head.
  • the infusion head is produced in two parts, namely a lower fixed part and an upper part vertically movable against the lower part.
  • the drawer and the infusion head are produced so that while a capsule is positioned in the infusion head for hot water to flow through it to produce a first cup of coffee, the drawer can return to the external position to receive a second capsule which, automatically and sequentially, will be inserted into the infusion head once the first capsule has been ejected by an ejector associated with the infusion chamber.
  • the object of the present invention is to produce a device, i.e. a machine for producing a beverage, such as, although not exclusively, coffee, from a single portion package which is particularly efficient, easy to service and practical to use.
  • the invention relates to a device for producing a beverage from a single portion package, comprising an upper half- chamber and a lower half-chamber, connectable to each other to define an infusion chamber, the upper half-chamber being provided with a vertical movement to open and close the infusion chamber, and the lower half-chamber being produced in a drawer movable horizontally from a loading position of the single portion package to an infusion position under the upper half-chamber.
  • the drawer is provided with an overtravel movement to be taken to a third position to eject the single portion package after extraction of the beverage, the second position being intermediate between said first and said third position.
  • the drawer which is used to load and insert the single portion package in the infusion area also performs the dual function of forming the lower part of the infusion chamber, i.e. the lower half- chamber, and of ejecting the used single portion package, in a position different from the position to load fresh packages.
  • the drawer can be provided with an additional unloading movement to eject the single portion package when the drawer is in said third position.
  • this unloading or ejecting movement can be a rotating or pivoting movement with which the drawer is made to overturn.
  • the rotating or pivoting movement is preferably about an approximately horizontal axis which is preferably approximately orthogonal to the direction of movement with which the drawer travels through the various operating positions.
  • the axis of oscillation could also be inclined with respect to the horizontal and could even have a different orientation with respect to the direction of movement of the drawer, for example approximately parallel or in any case lying on a plane parallel to the direction of feed of the drawer.
  • the drawer can comprise a moving slide, provided with a simple translational movement, disposed on which is a pivoting element, defining the seat in which the single portion package is inserted.
  • the drawer can be produced in two portions which open, for example, with a pivoting movement about a vertical axis.
  • the three positions, for loading, infusion and ejection respectively, can advantageously be aligned along a trajectory which is preferably rectilinear. Nonetheless, it would also be possible for the drawer to be moved through three positions disposed along a different trajectory, for example an arc of circumference or also along a trajectory of another shape.
  • the drawer can be provided with a principal rotating or pivoting movement about a vertical axis and with an additional pivoting or rotating movement about a horizontal or inclined axis to eject the used single portion package from the drawer.
  • the unloading movement with which the drawer is provided is combined with a translational movement of the drawer from the second position to the third position, said drawer therefore moving at least in one stretch of the trajectory thereof with a roto-translational movement.
  • the device is provided with a horizontal sliding guide of the drawer, which extends from the first position to the third position of the drawer, the upper half-chamber of the infusion head being disposed in an intermediate position of said guide.
  • the drawer movement could be controlled manually.
  • the drawer could be moved by hand by the user to be moved from one to the other of the three positions.
  • Suitable limit stops can define one or the other of the various positions taken by the drawer.
  • a cam mechanism or a toothed wheel and rack or the like can be provided to impose the additional unloading movement on the drawer.
  • the horizontal movement of the drawer is controlled by an actuator, such as a linear actuator or preferably an electronically controlled electric motor.
  • an actuator such as a linear actuator or preferably an electronically controlled electric motor.
  • a single actuator controls movement of the drawer from one to the other of said three positions and the additional unloading movement of the drawer to eject the used single portion package.
  • an additional actuator for this purpose, although this solution is less advantageous from the viewpoint of costs and overall dimensions, as well as reliability of the device.
  • the drawer is associated with means to transmit motion from said single actuator and with a constraining member which acts on said drawer for a stretch of the travel thereof from one to the other of said positions.
  • the action of the constraining member ceases in proximity to the third position, while the means to transmit motion and the constraining member are arranged and designed so that under the action of the means to transmit motion, in the stretch of travel in which said constraining member acts on said drawer, the drawer is constrained to move without rotating, while where the constraining member does not act on the drawer the latter is made to pivot.
  • the means to transmit motion to the drawer are composed of a toothed belt with at least one branch parallel to the trajectory of the drawer; and a toothed wheel constrained non-rotationally to the drawer and meshing with said branch of the toothed belt.
  • the constraining member can, for example, include a supporting surface, which exerts a vertical constraining force on the drawer.
  • the drawer could be moved along a shaped guide, which imparts a rotating movement to the drawer in the final part of the travel, although this solution is less advantageous, above all from the viewpoint of overall dimensions.
  • the invention relates to a device for producing beverages in single portion packages, comprising an infusion head and a movable drawer, forming a housing for the single portion packages, wherein the drawer is provided with a movement through three aligned and sequential positions, respectively a loading position for loading a single portion package, an infusion position and an ejection position for ejecting the used package, the infusion position being intermediate with respect to loading and ejecting positions.
  • the housing forms a first portion of an infusion chamber, the second portion of which is formed by a vertically movable element placed over the infusion position.
  • the drawer is preferably provided with an additional unloading movement to eject the used single portion package from said housing.
  • the invention also relates to a method for preparing beverages from single portion packages comprising the steps of:
  • Figure 1 shows a side view of the device according to the invention with the drawer in a first loading position of the single portion package
  • Figure 2 shows a plan view according to M-Il of the Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 3 shows a longitudinal section according to Ill-Ill in Figure 2;
  • Figure 4 shows a section according to IV-IV in Figure 3;
  • Figure 5 shows a side view analogous to Figure 1 of the device with the drawer in a second intermediate infusion position
  • Figure 6 shows a section analogous to the section in Figure 3 with the drawer in the intermediate position for preparing the beverage
  • Figure 7 shows a side view analogous to the view in Figure 1 with the drawer in a third unloading, or ejecting position of the used single portion package
  • Figure 8 shows a section analogous to the section in Figure 3 of the device with the drawer in the unloading position.
  • the drawing illustrates a device or machine for producing hot beverages according to the invention, limited to the part relative to movement of the single portion packages and to the actual infusion head. It is understood that the members described hereunder will be inserted in a suitable housing with which the conventional members provided in this type of machine will be associated, such as: the boiler to prepare hot water, the pumps to supply pressurized hot water, optional steam generating systems, the nozzles to prepare milk froth or the like, the ducts for outflow of the beverage into the cup or other container, and so on.
  • the device indicated as a whole with 1 , is housed in the structure of the machine, not shown. It comprises a guide indicated as a whole with 3, composed of slots 5 extending horizontally and produced in a pair of tracks 7. Extending between the tracks 7 are horizontal flat walls or surfaces 9A and 9B, sliding on which is a drawer, provided with an alternate horizontal movement according to the double arrow f 11.
  • the drawer 11 has, in the example shown, an inner seat 13 for single portion packages C in the form of bags containing coffee powder or another product destined to produce beverages through the flow of hot water.
  • the device can also be modified to receive and use single portion packages in the form of capsules or cartridges.
  • the bottom of the seat 13 has a perforated plate 15, for passage of the beverage outflowing from the bag C, which is then discharged through a hole 17 towards a dispensing duct (not shown) into a cup or other container placed in the machine either by the user or automatically.
  • the drawer 11 can have different positions which will be described in greater detail hereunder with reference to operation of the device.
  • the drawer 11 can take a loading position ( Figure 3) in which a single portion package C can be loaded in the drawer. It can be placed in the seat 13 of the drawer 11 manually by the user when the device is incorporated in a manual machine, or it can be loaded by a magazine when the machine is automatic.
  • Figure 6 shows the position taken by the drawer 11 in the supply step, i.e. the step to prepare the beverage
  • Figure 8 shows the position of the drawer in the ejection step, i.e. the step to unload the used single portion package C after preparation of the beverage.
  • the drawer 11 In the positions shown in Figures 3 and 6 the drawer 11 is in the horizontal position and rests on the walls 9A (in the position in Figure 3) and 9A, 9B (in the position in Figure 6).
  • the drawer when the drawer is transferred to the unloading position of the used single portion package C it is ( Figure 8) in a zone devoid of the lower supporting surface defined by the surfaces or walls 9A, 9B and is made to pivot to eject the used single portion package.
  • a container for used single portion packages is located under the position taken by the drawer 11 in Figure 8.
  • the translating and pivoting movement of the drawer is obtained by means of a single actuator indicated with a broken line in Figure 2 and omitted for greater clarity of the drawing in the remaining figures.
  • the actuator 19 can be an electronically controlled electric motor.
  • a toothed pulley 21 Keyed onto the output shaft of the actuator 19 is a toothed pulley 21 to control a toothed belt 23, in turn driven around a second idle toothed pulley 25.
  • the toothed pulleys 21 and 25 are supported at the ends of one of the tracks 7, which form horizontal guides 3.
  • the upper and lower branches 23A and 23B of the belt extend over and under the slot 5.
  • Engaging with the upper branch 23A of the belt 23 is a toothed wheel 27
  • the horizontal guide 3 is combined with a unit indicated as a whole with 31 (and which can be constrained thereto), housing a substantially cylindrical body 33 defining an upper half-chamber, i.e. an upper portion of an infusion chamber of the device 1 , the lower half-chamber or portion of which is composed of the seat 13 of the drawer 11.
  • the upper and lower half-chambers can connect to form the infusion chamber inside which the single portion package C remains constrained.
  • the body 33 interiorly has a seat 35 substantially symmetrical to the seat 13 of the drawer 11 and forming the upper half-chamber.
  • a filter 37 Disposed at the center of the seat is a filter 37, formed by a perforated metal disk, through which high temperature pressurized water coming from a boiler (not shown and of per se known type) flows to produce the beverage by extracting the substances contained in the single portion package C.
  • the filter 37 is elastically stressed by a compression spring and when the infusion chamber is closed it is thrust upward by the bag C against the force of the spring. When the infusion chamber is reopened, the elastic spring associated with the filter 37 guarantees detachment of the bag from the upper half-chamber and therefore prevents the used bag from remaining inside the machine.
  • the single portion packages C have an annular lip CL formed by the connecting and welding zone of the two valves which form the bag C, said lip resting on the annular boss 38 and on which the O-ring 36 acts with pressure when the cylindrical body 33 defining the upper half-chamber of the infusion head is lowered towards the drawer 11 to the position shown in Figure 6.
  • the body 33 is provided with an external thread 39 which engages in a nut screw 41 held between two blocks 43, 45 of molded plastic material, in order to rotate about the axis A-A of the cylindrical body 33, but remaining constrained axially.
  • rotation of the nut screw 41 in one direction or the other causes lifting or lowering of the cylindrical body 33 and therefore opening or closing of the infusion chamber defined by the upper half-chamber 35 and by the lower half- chamber 13.
  • the cylindrical body 33 is guided inside a substantially cylindrical seat 47 formed by the blocks 43 and 45.
  • the seat 47 and the cylindrical body 45 have a cross section ( Figure 4) which prevents rotation of the cylindrical body 33 about the axis A-A thereof.
  • the block 43 at least partially also forms a housing 51 for an electric motor
  • the output shaft 55 of the motor 53 ( Figure 4) is provided with a screw 57 engaging with external teeth 59 of the nut screw 41.
  • Rotation of the motor 53 therefore causes rotation of the nut screw 41 and consequently the lifting or lowering movement of the cylindrical body 33.
  • the blocks 43 and 45 are constrained to each other and to a third block 46 to form the unit 31.
  • the guide 3 is constrained to the block 46. Operation of the device described hereinbefore is as follows. When a beverage requires to be prepared, the drawer 11 is taken to the first position thereof to load a single portion package C 1 shown in Figures 1 , 2 and 3. In this position the drawer 11 is in the horizontal position and rests on the lower flat surface or wall 9A. If the machine is of the manual type the drawer in this position can preferably be located outside the machine, accessible from the front thereof to allow the user to insert the single portion package C manually into the seat 13.
  • the position of the drawer 11 in this step will be under an automatic magazine of single portion packages, which may be of the multiple type to allow the user to choose between various qualities of beverage by selecting the single portion package desired.
  • the drawer is made to translate, automatically or manually by the user, controlled by the actuator 9, from the position in Figures 1 , 2 and 3 to the position in Figures 5 and 6.
  • the drawer 11 remains in contact with the lower surfaces 9A, 9B and is therefore obliged to translate without pivoting.
  • the seat 13 of the drawer 11 is aligned axially with the seat 35 above produced in the body 33. Having reached this position, the body 33 can be lowered with a movement according to the arrow f33 ( Figures 5 and 6) to close the infusion chamber taking the O-ring 36 to press against the annular boss 38.
  • This movement is controlled by the motor 53 sequentially after a control unit (not shown) enables the lowering movement, having received a signal indicating that the drawer 11 has reached the position in Figures 5 and 6 e.g. by a microswitch, not shown, or by an encoder associated with the actuator 19.
  • Closing of the infusion chamber causes compression of the single portion package C and upwards thrust of the filter 37.
  • the control unit of the machine Upon reaching the hermetically closed position along the edges of the single portion package C, the control unit of the machine enables the inflow of pressurized hot water through the filter 37.
  • the motor 53 controls raising of the cylindrical body 33 and thus the opening of the infusion chamber to allow removal of the used single portion package C.
  • the elastic force acting on the filter 37 and the small distance it can travel through the effect of the elastic thrust guarantees detachment of the used single portion package.
  • Unloading of the single portion package takes place by producing, by means of the actuator 19, further rotation of the pulley 21 in the same direction (clockwise in the example) which produced translation of the drawer 11 from the position in Figure 3 to the position in Figure 6.
  • further translation from left to right (in the drawing) of the drawer 11 makes this move beyond the right corner of the lower supporting surface 9B and consequently it is free to pivot through the action of translation of the upper branch 23A of the belt 23 engaging with the toothed wheel 27 keyed onto the square shaft 29 integral with the drawer 11.
  • Rotation or pivoting of the drawer 11 causes partial overturning ( Figure 8) and consequently the single portion package C falls into the container for used packages below (not shown).
  • the drawer can be retractable manually or in a motorized way, controlled by the user to remove the used packages and optionally to perform any cleaning. Pivoting of the drawer 11 can be performed when the drawer has carried out the entire translating movement and the pins or shafts with which it is guided in the slots 5 have come to rest upon the end 5A of said slots.
  • the drawer can start to pivot before coming into contact with the end 5A of the slots, and therefore in the last stretch of its movement it will have a roto-translational motion.
  • the final position of the drawer at the end of the pivoting movement can be defined by the edge 9X against which the drawer strikes ( Figure 8).
  • a different type of control can be provided, such as an encoder on the motor 19.
  • the drawer 11 By inverting the movement of the motor 19 the drawer 11 is returned to the initial loading position ( Figures 1 , 2 and 3) to receive a new single portion package C.
  • the edge or corner 9X of the wall 9B forms a stop which urges the drawer 11 to perform the reverse pivoting movement to be returned to the horizontal position and then translate to the loading position.

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Abstract

Dispositif comprenant une demi-chambre supérieure (35) et une demi-chambre inférieure (13), raccordables l’une à l’autre pour définir une chambre d’infusion. La demi-chambre supérieure est dotée d’un mouvement vertical (f33) pour ouvrir et fermer la chambre d’infusion, et la demi-chambre inférieure est produite dans un tiroir (11) mobile horizontalement depuis une position pour charger la portion individuelle (C) jusqu’à une position d’infusion sous la demi-chambre supérieure. Le tiroir est également doté d’un mouvement de supplément de course à prendre sur une troisième position pour éjecter la portion individuelle une fois que la boisson a été extraite.
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