Patent ID: 6779435
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
Machine, in particular for use on aircraft, that is able to dispense hot beverages, such as coffee, American-style coffee and tea in pre-set quantities, as well as to dispense hot and cold water, the said machine being provided with a hydraulic circuit and an electrical circuit and being governed by software, and having a basically parallelepipedal structure comprising: a structural paneling and a paneling forming a covering, an open front compartment in which a container or jug for beverages is housed, there being present above the said compartment a front control panel (1) and an underlying cartridge-holder drawer (2) which can be pulled out, the said machine being characterized in that is provided with a hydraulic circuit, regulated by means of electrovalves, operated by an electrical circuit governed by an electronic boards and central processing unit in which a control software is embedded being characterized in that it comprises at least one heater (22) inside which water is made to pass only at the moment of dispensing in the form of a beverage or of hot water, the said heater (22) being correspondingly and operatively connected to the cartridge-holder drawer (2), the operativeness being obtained by means of a hydraulic actuation system which vertically forces the heater (22) to come down onto the cartridge-holder drawer (2) so as to close it basically in a sealed manner when the beverage or hot water is being dispensed.