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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7444925 | Machine-readable identifier on a portion package, which contains ground coffee, for espresso machines A machine readable identification on a single-serving unit containing coffee powder for espresso machines, designed so that it can be read easily and accurately, is structured in a rotation-symmetrical manner and is applied to an essentially level surface of the sin... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7377207 | Device for preparing a beverage The invention relates to a device for preparing a beverage, comprising:—a water reservoir (1);—a chamber (5) that is connected to said reservoir for delivering water;—means (17) for filling said chamber with water;—means (16) for ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7322276 | Coffee dispenser group, in particular for espresso coffee, for a drinks machine A coffee dispenser group, in particular for espresso coffee, for a drinks machine comprises two shoulders (62) connected together by two sealing blocks (63) arranged at the bottom and an upper brewing cylinder (64) arranged on top. Said shoulder... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322275 | Coffee machine A coffee machine, particularly an espresso machine, comprising a brewing device (6) for producing and dispensing coffee via a coffee dispensing nozzle (11), as well as a hot water boiler (2) having a fresh water supply line (1) and a hot ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7051646 | System for transferring individual coffee packages from a container to the extraction chamber of a machine for making espresso coffee In the area of beverage distributors, document FR 1 564 088 is known that discloses an automatic dispenser device suitable for preparing beverages of various kind. The beverages may be hot or cold ones obtained from liquid or concentrated products, solid and powderl... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7017474 | Extraction means for producing coffee for a coffee machine An extraction device for producing coffee for a coffee machine is equipped with a brewing cylinder (2) for receiving coffee powder. The brewing cylinder is reciprocably adjustable between pre-determined positions along its axial direction in co-operation with... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6948420 | Coffee and tea pod A container for holding ground coffee or tealeaves. The container may include a body and a lip extending from the body. The lip may include a top substantially flat surface and a width of no more than about 2.6 millimeters (about 0.1 inch). ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6797160 | Percolating steeper A percolating steeper comprises a carafe, a filter layer situated inside the carafe moving up and down for compressing the infused substance, a control element for controlling the movement of the filter layer, an isolating layer for inhibiting the water convection, ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6786134 | Coffee and tea dispenser A beverage system for brewing a beverage from a beverage material and a source of hot, pressurized water. The beverage system may include a cartridge with the beverage material therein. The cartridge may include a seal positioned about the beverage material. The bev... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6745668 | Unit for making beverages by brewing and machine incorporating same Unit for making beverages by brewing of a dose of product to be brewed, includes several brewing chambers (1a, 1b), each provided with a receptacle for the dose and elements for injecting hot water into each of the brewing chambers. Accor... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6729226 | Multiple beverage preparation device A device for the preparation of many different beverages simultaneously in one machine. The device comprises a housing containing a primary reservoir for holding a liquid that is used to make a beverage. Disposed within the housing is a rotatable tray and a motor fo... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6360650 | Multiple beverage preparation device The invention relates to a device for the preparation of multiple beverages. The device comprises a housing containing a primary reservoir for holding a liquid that is used to make a beverage. Disposed within the housing is a rotatable tray. The rotatable... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6253664 | Brewing unit for automatic beverage dispensers A brewing unit comprises a body containing a brewing chamber with vertical axis capable of receiving a pressing plunger mounted mobile along the vertical axis, and a hydraulic jack whereof the piston rod is connected to the pressing plunger and can pass f... | 07/03/2001 |
| 5911810 | Coffee brewing apparatus and method of brewing coffee by the apparatus A coffee brewing apparatus has a first cylinder, having a top opening and a bottom opening. A vertically movable second cylinder containing ground coffee, having a top opening and a bottom opening, is disposed below the first cylinder coaxially therewith.... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5855161 | Espresso coffee machine An espresso coffee machine wherein a conveyor disk, having a number of seats, each for receiving a respective wafer, is rotated in steps about an axis to successively feed the seats through a loading station for loading the wafers, an unloading station fo... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5622099 | Brewing head of an espresso maker A brewing head of an espresso maker includes a housing, and a lower brewing head section fixedly attached to the housing. The lower brewing head section includes a pressure sealed brewing chamber, and a lifting piston forming a floor of the brewing chambe... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5490447 | Automatic espresso and cappuccino machine An automatic espresso and cappuccino machine comprises a number of individual filter units movable with respect to a coffee filling station, a coffee dispensing station, a filter cleaning station and a filter washing station. Ground coffee is introduced i... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5465649 | Apparatus for preparing beverages such as coffee, soup, tea or the like The invention relates to a method of preparing beverages such as coffee, tea, soup or the like through extraction, in which the product to be extracted is accommodated in a chamber and is confined by a piston, whereafter liquid is supplied to the chamber ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 4951557 | Apparatus for decaffeination of aqueous extracts A perforated plate extraction column in which a liquid phase is contacted by a gas phase and in which foaming tends to prevent necessary separation of the two phases, in which a physical foam-breaking means is placed above each perforated plate.... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4941399 | Automatic apparatus for the preparation of expresso coffee An automatic apparatus for the preparation of one or more servings of expresso coffee comprises a rotating board provided with through cylindrical holes which in a first position of rotation of the board are fed with a predetermined amount of fresh coffee... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4829889 | Dispenser A dispenser includes a cartridge moving mechanism and a hopper. The cartridge moving mechanism moves between a cartridge receiving position and an extracting position and between the extracting position and a cartridge exhaust position. The hopper has a d... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4816275 | Decaffeination of aqueous extracts Green coffee is decaffeinated in a continuous economical process without organic solvent. Caffeine is extracted from a solution of green coffee solubles with supercritical carbon dioxide in a novel extractor under specified conditions.... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4545296 | Centrifugal apparatus for making coffee An apparatus for making coffee includes a housing which bounds a catch chamber provided with a discharge through which any liquid present in the catch chamber is discharged into a receptacle, so that a rotary body which is mounted in the catch chamber for... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4421014 | Beverage preparation assembly An assembly directed to the preparation or production of individual servings of a predetermined, variable quantity beverage, wherein the assembly is primarily intended for the production of Expresso Coffee or like beverage. The assembly may be manually op... | 12/20/1983 |