Patent ID: 7350456

Claim:
A device for the production of beverages by infusion of a product contained in a tablet, comprising: an infusion chamber ( 1 ) adapted to receive a tablet ( 2 ) and comprising two portions ( 3 , 4 ) that are movable toward or away from each other to close or open the infusion chamber, only one of the two portions being movable in rotation and adapted to come into abutment with the tablet in the other of the two portions, the one portion movable in rotation also being movable in translation to open or close the infusion chamber, the other of the two portions being fixed in rotation and movable in translation; a hydraulic jack connected to and moving in translation the other portion that is fixed in rotation to press closed the two portions of the infusion chamber ( 1 ); and a heater supplying a same fluid to both said infusion chamber and said hydraulic jack.