Robert Krups Gmbh & Co Kg

Robert Krups Stiftung & Co. Kg.

S. Franzen Sohne Gmbh

Manfred Matuschek

Heinrich Baumann

A lock has a rotary latch held in a closed position by a pawl, that can be displaced into a release position in which the rotary latch can rotate into an open position. The lock has a storage element which, when the pawl is displaced into the release position, is displaced from a rest position into a storage position in which the pawl is blocked from being displaced back into its locking position and which, when the rotary latch is displaced back into the closed position, is displaced back into the rest position. The storage element has a projection which, in the locking position, is supported on a shoulder of the pawl, and which, in the storage position, rests against a flank of the pawl, and which is acted upon by the rotary latch when the rotary latch is displaced back.

Lock, in particular rubbish bin lock

Filter holder for coffee machine of the espresso type

The invention relates to a domestic coffee maker having in a housing (1) with a front face, a cold water tank and a filter (4) having an outflow orifice (7) situated above an infusion collection jug (8) resting on a base (9). The filter (4) is equipped with a shut-off valve (13) for the outflow orifice (7). The shut-off valve is controlled by an actuating device which is movable relative to the housing. Displacement of the actuating device is caused by the positioning and removal of the jug (8) on the base. A substantial portion of the base (9) projects beyond the front face of housing (1). The filter (4) is enclosed within the housing (1). The actuating device comprises a rod (14) which is mounted to slide horizontally under the filter (4) against the urging of an elastic device (15). One end (16) of the rod (14) controls the valve (13). Movement of the rod (14) is controlled by a movement multiplier device actuated in response to the presence or absence of the pouring spout (12).

Coffee maker

A compact portable apparatus for brewing hot coffee, hot tea or another hot beverage has a housing with a first chamber for a supply of liquid to be heated and a filter assembly above the chamber. A cup which can receive, for example, a quantity of hot beverage to fill two standard cups confines the lower portion of the housing when the apparatus is ready for storage but the cup is placed next to the housing and beneath an outlet for hot beverage when the apparatus is to be put to use. The cup and the lower portion of the housing define an annular chamber which receives the convolutions of an electric cable serving to connect an electric heater for liquid in the first chamber with an energy source. A carrier of the filter assembly has a chamber for reception of hot beverage before the latter flows into the cup. The filter assembly has a cover which is detachably connected to the housing to seal a space within a liquid-permeable filter element so that heated liquid which ascends from the first chamber through a riser and enters the space within the filter element is compelled to flow through the filter element and into the chamber of the carrier before it flows into the cup. The filter assembly is located at a level above the cup regardless of whether the cup receives the lower portion of the housing or collects the freshly brewed beverage.

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Solingen, Germany

Manfred Matuschek