Patent ID: 7051646
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. System for transferring individual coffee packages ( 34 ) from a container to the extraction chamber ( 3 ) of a machine for making espresso coffee, the individual coffee packages being stacked one on the top of the other into a tubular container ( 6 ) and the system comprising means below the container for realizing said transfer, a water source for making the coffee infusion, a heater for bringing the water up to the desired temperature, a pump for pumping the water into the extraction chamber, operating means for activating the machine, controlling the extraction chamber made up of a fixed lower part into which there is received a coffee package and a mobile upper part that can close onto and open from the coffee package, as well as means for controlling the functions of the machine, the said system being characterized in that: the container ( a mobile closure means ( an opening in the machine at the loading position permits the bottommost coffee package to pass from the container ( the transfer means ( control means activate in sequence the aforesaid mobile closure means ( the receiving means (