Patent ID: 7077053

Claim:
An apparatus for preparing coffee, comprising a holder arranged for receiving a pouch made of filter material and filled with a product to be extracted, the holder comprising at least one outflow opening and an access opening for placing the pouch in the holder, the apparatus further comprising a cover for closing and releasing the access opening and clamping means for pressing the holder and the cover towards each other when the cover closes off the access opening of the holder wherein the apparatus further comprises a housing wherein the clamping means comprise a rotation element with a first and second opposite ends, the rotation element being connected adjacent its first end to the housing for rotation about a horizontally directed first rotation axis between a first and second rotational position for closing the access opening of the holder in the second rotational position by means of the cover and releasing the access opening in the first rotational position, wherein the rotation element for pressing the cover and the holder towards each other, when the cover closes off the access opening of the holder, engage at least two mutually different engagement positions located on an external surface of the cover, the cover further comprising a connection located on the external surface of the cover, for the supply of water to the holder, the two mutually different engagement positions each not coinciding with the position on the external surface where the connection is located, and the cover being rotatably connected to the rotation element for rotation over a limited angle about an engagement rotation axis, which engagement rotation axis extends along the two mutually different engagement positions.