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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2017
Luigi Lavazza S.p.a., Turin, IT;
Denis Rotta, Turin, IT;
Simone Rosetta, Quarona, IT;
LUIGI LAVAZZA S.P.A., Turin, IT;
Abstract
A brewing unit, machine and system for the preparation of a beverage using prepackaged capsules. The brewing unit () includes a piercing and liquid-supplying device () having points () for piercing the top wall () of a capsule (C) and a conduit () for supplying a flow of pressurized liquid to a brewing chamber above the top wall () of the capsule (C) and thereafter inside the capsule (C) through the pierces holes in the top wall. A drawer () holds a capsule (C) such that its top wall () lies in an inclined plane. A discharge channel () is provided in the drawer and in fluid communication with the region above the top wall () of the capsule (C) when, after the beverage has been prepared and dispensed, the piercing and liquid-supplying device moves from the extracted work position to the retracted rest position to allow the remaining liquid to be poured into the discharge channel ().