Patent ID: 7669518

Claim:
An espresso coffee machine comprising: a reservoir for water, a pump for delivering the water to a boiler, a hot water supply unit, and filter holder means for housing a portion of ground coffee, and having a coffee delivery means, the hot water supply unit and the filter holder means being coupled together with a seal and having a trajectory of coupling lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to a median plane of coupling of the hot water supply unit and the filter holder means, facing surfaces of the hot water supply unit and the filter holder means coming into contact only at a time of their coupling, wherein the filter holder means comprises a hatch hinged at one end to a body of the machine and an end opposite the hinge having releasable coupling means designed to be coupled to suitable coupling means positioned on a wall of the body of the machine, and wherein the median plane of coupling of the hot water supply and the filter holder means is inclined at an angle from 0° to 30° with respect to a longitudinal axis of the machine.