Patents Assigned to Gaggia Esponola, SA
  • Patent number: 5931080
    Abstract: Espresso coffee machine provided with a device for whipping milk. It includes at least a coffee dispenser (5) and a whipping device (19) inserted in the stream supplying duct (9). The stream supplying is integral with a member rotatory about a vertical shaft surrounding an annular chamber of the steam distributing body (18) fixed on the housing (1) and connected to the steam supply (2a) from the drum (32) and to the stream (9), this latter being horizontally rotatable to locate itself close to the coffee pouring peak (4) on the tray (31) or outside the tray. In the drum (32) there are two hot water (3a) and stream (2a) intake ducts with electrically operated valves (2), (3) which converges at the distributor (8). The electrically operated valves are related with an electronic circuit, several timers and push buttons to select: coffee plus steam according to two different doses, steam in a timed way, steam in a continuous way and hot water in a continuous way for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Gaggia Esponola, SA
    Inventor: Jorge Roure Boada