Patent ID: 9648981
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. A beverage producing machine comprising: a housing including a front projecting portion; a supporting surface on which a beverage collecting container can be placed; a beverage dispensing nozzle having a distal outlet end housed in the front projecting portion, arranged above said supporting surface configured to dispense a beverage; a brewing unit in fluid communication through a pipe with the beverage dispensing nozzle; wherein a movable auxiliary surface is combined to said supporting surface, said movable auxiliary surface being movable between an operative position in which said movable auxiliary surface is substantially parallel to said supporting surface, and a rest position in which said movable auxiliary surface is removed from said supporting surface; wherein said beverage dispensing nozzle is rotatably movable about a pivot axis between a first position for dispensing said beverage in said beverage collecting container placed on said supporting surface, and a second position for dispensing said beverage in said beverage collecting container placed on said movable auxiliary surface, wherein in said first position, the dispensing nozzle is housed in a seat provided in the projecting front portion of the housing with the dispensing nozzle oriented such that the distal outlet end faces the housing, and wherein the distal outlet end of the dispensing nozzle is in fluid communication with a vertically oriented spout, wherein in said second position, the beverage dispensing nozzle is rotated upwardly around the pivot axis such that the beverage dispensing nozzle projects away from the housing and frontally outside the seat and wherein the distal outlet end faces downwardly; and wherein said pipe is at least partially flexible such that the dispensing nozzle can take up said first and second positions for dispensing said beverage in said beverage collecting container.