Patent ID: 7650832

Claim:
A coffee machine having a drawer for supplying a coffee pad which can be pushed into the coffee machine in a substantially horizontal manner with the coffee pad inserted therein, the coffee machine comprising: actuating means for opening and closing a brewing chamber formed by a brewing chamber upper part and a brewing chamber lower part whereby at least one of the brewing chamber lower part and the brewing chamber upper part can be moved towards the other to form a sealed brewing chamber, the actuating means comprising a lever mechanism being actuated by a user to move at least one of the brewing chamber lower part and the brewing chamber upper part; and a coffee pad retainer located in a drawer within said brewing chamber and being at least partially encircled, in the closed state of the brewing chamber, by a retaining device being movable in a substantially vertical direction by the lever mechanism between a lowered state and a raised state so that the coffee pad retainer can be lifted with the retaining device and the coffee pad retainer at least partially forms the brewing chamber lower part.