Patent ID: 7318373

Claim:
Device for the production of beverages by infusion, from a product contained in a tablet ( 2 ), comprising an infusion chamber ( 1 ) adapted to receive a tablet ( 2 ) and comprising two portions ( 3 , 4 ) adapted to move toward or away from each other to close or open the infusion chamber ( 1 ), characterized by the fact that one ( 3 ) of the portions has a movement in rotation adapted to place the tablet ( 2 ) in abutment in said portion, that the portion ( 3 ) movable in rotation has mobility in translation to open or close the infusion chamber ( 1 ), and that it comprises a common drive means for the mobility in rotation and the mobility in translation of the movable portion ( 3 ), said drive means comprising a rotatable drive shaft ( 13 ) coupled to the movable portion ( 3 ) by at least one rod ( 14 a , 14 b ) pivotally mounted between said drive shaft ( 13 ) and said movable portion ( 3 ).