Patent ID: 8776672
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A brewing device for a coffee machine, comprising a single brewing cylinder with a cylindrical bore and an upper piston and a lower piston by means of which the brewing cylinder is able to be closed off to form a brewing chamber, the brewing cylinder and the pistons being held in a frame in a way displaceable along a common first axis relative to each other and being able to be driven via a drive device, which drive device comprises a spindle with a spindle axis lying parallel to and at a predetermined distance from said common first axis, provided with a trapezoidal threading, the two ends of the spindle being borne on both sides in a rotatable way in the frame, and a motor, whereby said brewing cylinder comprises a carrier with a threaded part, which engages said trapezoidal threading of the spindle on a first side of said spindle axis, and which is displaceable along said common first axis in linear guides provided in the frame, wherein a support plate is provided on a second side of said spindle axis opposite to said first side, said support plate being mounted on said frame to support said spindle against forces being exerted on said spindle by said carrier perpendicular to said spindle axis, wherein said support plate has a support surface which is turned toward the trapezoidal threading of the spindle, the support surface being provided with a curve having a smooth cylindrical surface which corresponds substantially to the outer surface of the trapezoidal threading of the spindle, wherein said support plate is provided with protrusions that protrude into recesses provided correspondingly on the frame, whereby said support plate is held in the frame via said protrusions.