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Giuseppe De'Longhi

Paolo Evangelisti

Marco Vaona

Massimo Poggioli

Francesco Fiorotto

Giovanni Rossetto

Andrea Zottarel

Luciano Scian

Antonio Panciera

Enrico Zaratin

Renzo Mazzon

Gianpaolo Trevisan

Guido Quaratesi

Roberto Leone

Stefano Quaresimin

Floriano Franzon

Claudio Cristofoli

Nicola Nicoletti

Da Mi Byun

Giacomo Borin

Mauro Cereser

Davide Bonotto

Maurizio Casasola

Denis Scomparin

Francesca Certossi

Davide Marcon

Andrea Aibionti

Edy Altoe′

Walter Cecconato

A method to prepare a beverage in a machine for preparing beverages, including: receiving through a user interface associated with a control and command unit the selection of a type of beverage to be prepared selected between a beverage obtained by infusion, or hot water; disenabling the commands of said user interface not related to the type of beverage selected, and enabling the commands correlated to the type of beverage selected, in order to allow the selection by the user of further specific organoleptic characteristics for the type of beverage selected; receiving and verifying the characteristics selected and conditioning the various functioning factors of said machine in relation to the specific selected characteristics and the operating parameters provided for the specific selected beverage.

Machine and method for preparing beverages

The collection tray () for discharged liquid/steam of a coffee machine () comprises a primary collection compartment (), a secondary collection compartment (), an overflow () of the primary collection compartment () for discharging the liquid into the secondary collection compartment (), and at least two electrical conductors () positioned in the secondary collection compartment () and assembled on an oscillating support () for connection with two contacts () of an external electrical circuit for detecting the level of the liquid present in the secondary collection compartment ().

Collection tray for discharged liquid/steam of a coffee machine that incorporates said collection tray

A device () for pressing a dose of ground coffee powder includes a filter holder cup () having a filter () for depositing the dose of ground coffee powder, an attaching support () in which the cup () is separably attached, a grinder () for coffee beans including a slide () for dispensing ground coffee having an outlet () positioned above the mouth () of the cup (), a pressing piston () for pressing the dose of ground coffee powder present in the filter () mounted in the cup (), and a lifting mechanism for lifting the pressing piston () in a position above the outlet () of the slide ().

Device for pressing a dose of ground coffee powder

A control unit, a pump for supplying infusion water, a boiler for heating the infusion water, an infusion unit, a coffee mill, and a user interface including a selector for a beverage and/or a ground coffee dose. The coffee mill has a hopper for coffee beans, a rotating and a non-rotating grinder, a motor for directly or indirectly driving the rotating grinder, all with capability to adjust the distance between the grinders. A first sensor detects a number of turns and/or speed of the motor and/or of the rotating grinder. A second sensor detects a distance between the grinders. The control unit stores an algorithm for calculating a correct dose of ground coffee, configured to receive the value of ground coffee selected and the distance between the grinders to automatically generate the number of motor turns necessary to obtain the correct dose of ground coffee.

Coffee machine provided with a coffee mill and process to control the coffee mill of the coffee machine

A milk frother () including a container having a chamber () for containing milk, a mixing chamber () equipped with an external dispenser () for dispensing the milk, a connecting channel () for connection between the containment chamber () and the mixing chamber (), a transfer impeller () for transferring the milk from the containment chamber () to the mixing chamber, a mixing impeller () provided in the mixing chamber (), and disconnectable connector () for connecting the transfer impeller () and the mixing impeller ().

Milk frother and coffee machine that incorporates such a milk frother

The coffee machine () comprises a brewing cylinder (), a movement system of the brewing cylinder () comprising a nut screw () engaged with a motorised screw (), and elastic means () compensating the mechanical backlash between the threads of the screw () and of the nut screw ().

Coffee machine with improved movement system of the brewing cylinder

A coffee machine including a controller, a boiler for heating a flow of infusion water, a movable infusion unit having an open infusion chamber connected to a dispensing line for dispensing the coffee infusion and having an ejection piston slidably supported therein in the infusion chamber, a supply line for supplying said flow of infusion water to the infusion unit, a closing piston engageable for closure of the infusion chamber. The controller can subject the infusion unit, prior to execution of the infusion process, to a first course of translational movement for closure of the infusion chamber by the closing piston, and to subject the infusion chamber and/or the ejection piston, following execution of the infusion process, to a second course of translational movement, for compression of the load of spent coffee grounds against the closing piston and for drainage of the liquid contained therein.

Coffee machine and method for preparing a cup of coffee

An infuser unit () includes a closing piston () and an infusion cylinder () which are axially movable selectively or in combination for reciprocal engagement and disengagement to close and open an infusion chamber inside the infusion cylinder (). An ejection piston (), engaged in the infusion cylinder () and axially movable to expel spent coffee grounds, can also be included. A first radial hydraulic sealing means may be located between the closing piston () and the infusion cylinder (), and a second radial hydraulic sealing means may be located between the infusion cylinder () and the ejection piston (), where at least one of the first and the second hydraulic sealing means has at least one seal () having an anti-friction surface coating made of a material free of grease and lubricating oils and compatible with use in contact with foodstuffs and drinking water.

Infuser unit for a coffee machine

Device for heating and emulsifying beverages includes a pump (), an air and water meeting zone (), a device for producing steam, and a first conduit () for steam mixed with air that communicates with a steam wand () adapted to be immersed into a beverage () to be heated and emulsified. The device for producing steam includes an instant steam generator (). The meeting zone () is positioned before the instant steam generator ().

Device for heating and emulsifying beverages

An automatic machine to deliver a beverage containing caffeine includes a water container, a possible pump, a filtering element to contain, during use, a powdered mixture, a main pipe that connects the container to the filtering element, and a heating element, associated with the container and/or with the main pipe, able to be selectively activated to heat the stream of water delivered from the container toward the filtering element in order to infuse the powdered mixture.

Automatic machine to deliver beverages

The coffee machine () comprises a coffee dispenser having a support (), a first spout () and at least a second spout () for dispensing coffee, and a mechanism for connecting the first and at least second spout () to the support () configured to adjust the position of the first spout () and at least a second spout () in the direction of the width (L) and at the same time of the height (A) of the coffee machine ().

Coffee machine with improved coffee dispenser

A filter for a coffee machine comprises a cup-shaped body () for containing coffee powder, having at least a bottom wall () having an opening (); a filtering wall () placed in the cup-shaped body () upstream of the opening () and removably associated with the cup-shaped body (); a seal () placed at least between one edge () of the filtering wall () and the cup-shaped body (); a tightening member () active on the filtering wall () and on the seal () so as to reversibly fix said filtering wall () and said seal () to the cup-shaped body (); said tightening member () comprising a tubular element () connected to the filtering wall () and to the seal () and arranged through the opening (); said tubular element () being directly constrained to the cup-shaped body () by means of a bayonet-type connection.

Disassemblable double-walled filter for coffee machine with tightening element

The production method of hot milk with or without froth, with a Venturi effect emulsifying device suitable for sending, into a mixing chamber, a flow of steam so as to aspirate, by Venturi effect, milk and air or only milk, comprises a production cycle of hot milk with froth and a production cycle of hot milk without froth being carried out by supplying an equal flow of steam of equal duration into a mixing chamber having equal volume, equal conformation and equal inlet section of the milk but a different outflow section of the milk.

Milk emulsifying device with a Venturi effect and a production method of hot milk with and without froth using the device

The coffee machine () with a system for emulsifying and heating milk comprises a body () having a coffee dispenser () and a device () for emulsifying and/or heating milk having a carafe () for containing the milk and a lid () for closing the carafe (), means () for conveying the steam generated inside the coffee machine, to a Venturi tube () present in the lid () so as to emulsify and/or heat the milk inside said lid, the device () being provided with detection means () for detecting the presence of milk in the carafe () so as to interrupt the dispensing of milk when said carafe () is completely empty.

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Treviso, Italy

Giuseppe De'Longhi