Patent ID: 7484454

Claim:
An outflow distributor for espresso coffee makers comprising one common coffee inlet ( 2 ) leading to at least two partial outflow openings ( 19 , 20 ), and flow dampening means disposed upstream of said partial outflow openings, and wherein: two partial outflow ducts ( 3 , 4 ) are branched-off from said common coffee inlet ( 2 ), said partial outflow ducts ( 3 , 4 ) include one open end section ( 5 , 6 ) each which is directed against a baffle wall ( 9 , 10 ) each in one baffle chamber ( 11 , 12 ) each, at least one baffle chamber ( 11 , 12 ) is formed in one outflow body ( 7 , 8 ) each which includes in spaced relationships below said baffle wall ( 9 , 10 ) one of said partial outflow openings ( 19 , 20 ), outflow bodies ( 7 , 8 ) are cylindrical, at least at the inside, and are closed above by one of said baffle walls ( 9 , 10 ) each, at least said end sections ( 5 , 6 ) of said partial outflow ducts ( 3 , 4 ) are cylindrical, said end sections ( 5 , 6 ) of said outflow ducts ( 3 , 4 ) are directed upwardly in one of said outflow bodies ( 7 , 8 ) each, and said end sections ( 5 , 6 ) of said outflow ducts ( 3 , 4 ) provided coaxially within said outflow bodies ( 7 , 8 ) such that between an inner mantle face of either outflow body ( 7 , 8 ) and said end section ( 5 , 6 ) of an associated one of said partial outflow ducts ( 3 , 4 ) a cylindrical outflow channel ( 13 , 14 ) is formed which is open above towards the baffle wall ( 9 , 10 ) and is open below towards said partial outlet opening ( 19 , 20 ) of said outlet body ( 7 , 8 ).