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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2009
André Lüssi, Jegenstorf, CH;
André Lüssi, Jegenstorf, CH;
Schaerer AG, Zuchwill, CH;
Abstract
A brewing facility for a coffee machine comprises a brewing cylinder () and an upper plunger () and a lower plunger () by means of which a brewing chamber is formed. The brewing cylinder () and the plungers (and) are held in a frame () such that they can be shifted, and can be driven by means of a driving facility. For adding the coffee powder, a coffee powder feed facility is provided which in turn is provided with a swivel-type funnel (), which can be moved against a spring force from a filling position into a swiveled-away position, and vice versa. The swivel-type funnel () can be swiveled further from the swiveled-away position to a fully swiveled-out position and, in said fully swiveled-out position, can be locked by locking means () and unlocked by unlocking means (). In this way, the swivel-type funnel () can be held in the fully swiveled-out position during the cleaning of, in particular, the upper plunger ().