Patent ID: 6994015
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for preparing coffee, comprising a holder provided with an access opening for placing a product to be extracted into said holder; a cover for closing and releasing the access opening; clamping means for pressing the cover towards the holder when the cover closes off the access opening of the holder; and closing means for retaining the cover and the clamping means in position when the cover closes off the access opening of the holder, the closing means being mechanically coupled to the clamping means for bringing the clamping means from a non-clamping condition into a clamping condition by manually operating the closing means from a first defined position to a second defined position, the clamping means comprising a series of recesses and a series of mating cams, wherein one of these series is statically mounted in a first housing part to which the holder is connected, and the other series is movably mounted in a second housing part to which the cover is connected.