Abstract: An espresso-coffee-making machine, particularly for domestic use, comprises a boiler with electrical heating resistors and a filter cup releasably attached beneath the boiler and connected thereto. The boiler is connected to the filter cup by an upwardly-extending pipe which communicates at its lower end with a lower zone of the boiler for discharging water therefrom, and at its upper end with an upper zone of the boiler located above the maximum level reachable by the water in the boiler, for the subsequent discharge of steam.

Abstract: Apparatus for washing dogs and similar animals comprising a substantially cylindrical casing having a flat bottom wall, a portion which can be opened to allow an animal to enter and to leave the casing, and a vertical end wall formed with an aperture for the head of the animal positioned inside the casing. The casing is provided internally with a plurality of spray nozzles to which water or a mixture of water and detergent under pressure is supplied through supply means. A central programming and control unit controls in accordance with a predetermined operational washing cycle, the supply means and discharge means for discharging to the exterior of the casing the water or the mixture coming from the spray nozzles.