Patent ID: 6901846

Claim:
Coffee machine ( 10 ) including a horizontally removable brewing unit ( 18 ) in which ground coffee powder is compacted along a main axis ( 48 ) of the brewing unit ( 18 ) between a movable base ( 28 ) and a plunger ( 32 ) that can be displaced towards the movable base ( 28 ) in a brewing chamber ( 29 ), pressurized hot water is forced through the compacted coffee powder, and the remaining filter cake is then pushed out of the brewing chamber ( 29 ) by displacement of the movable base ( 28 ) and of the plunger ( 32 ) together along the main axis ( 48 ), and is ejected transversely relative to the main axis ( 48 ), wherein the brewing unit ( 18 ) is adapted to be pushed into the coffee machine horizontally from the front towards the rear, with the main axis ( 48 ) parallel to the direction of insertion.