A food processing device configured to process a food product stored in a pod is disclosed. The food processing device may further include a drive assembly. The drive assembly may include a drive motor configured to move linearly in the vertical direction, and a linear actuator coupled to the drive motor. The linear actuator may cause the drive motor to move linearly in the vertical direction. The drive assembly may further include a drive shaft coupled to the drive motor. The drive shaft may be configured to engage or disengage with the top shaft of the pod owing to the linear movement of the drive motor in vertical direction. Upon engaging with the tops shaft of the pod, the drive shaft may be further configured to impart rotary motion to the top shaft.

An automatic machine for preparing coffee beverages includes a brewing unit provided with a brewing chamber connected to a feed circuit for the water by means of an entry aperture and to an exit circuit for the beverage by means of an exit aperture. The machine also includes a valve unit, connected to the exit circuit and configured to supply a first high-pressure exit path and a second low-pressure exit path for the beverage. The invention also concerns a method to prepare a coffee beverage.

A valve device includes an entry aperture and an exit aperture for a fluid, a chamber which puts the entry and exit apertures in selective communication, a housing compartment, a piston disposed in the compartment, which is mobile between a closing position in which it prevents the transit of the fluid and an opening position in which it allows the passage of the fluid, and elastic return means associated with the piston A machine for preparing beverages includes at least one said valve device.

A valve device suitable to selectively obstruct a flexible tube, includes a first body and a second body operatively associated with each other, which are mobile with respect to each other along a sliding axis, thus configuring an open operating position and a closed operating position and thus defining a passage gap configured to be passed through by the flexible tube. The invention also concerns a machine for preparing beverages which includes a valve device and a corresponding functioning method.

A dual brewing mechanism is provided. The dual brewing mechanism includes a hot water pipe, an espresso brewing device, a first solenoid valve, a pour over device and a second solenoid valve. The espresso brewing device includes a brewing head that has a flow channel configured therein, and hot water can be transported to the flow channel through a first pipe body of the hot water pipe. The first solenoid valve is in communication with the flow channel of the espresso brewing device, the hot water is transported to the pour over device through the second pipe body of the hot water pipe, and the second solenoid valve is in communication with the pour over device.

Provided is a beverage dispensing machine, for example a coffee machine, having a brewing chamber. The beverage dispensing machine includes at least one electrovalve for totally or partially blocking the beverage from exiting the brewing chamber based on brewing parameters previously set or monitored in real-time by one or more sensors.

A first coffee brewing and dispensing system that includes a removable grounds chamber assembly that includes a basin for holding ground coffee, an extendable dispensing spout, and a valve mechanism for opening and closing the dispensing spout; a brewing chamber assembly positioned on top of the removable grounds chamber assembly; and a lid/plunger assembly adapted to be inserted into the brewing chamber and removable grounds chamber, wherein the lid/plunger assembly includes a press rod, a handle mounted on the press rod, wherein the handle includes a trigger mounted therein, a lid mounted on the press rod below the handle, a wiper assembly mounted on the press rod below the lid; and a filter assembly mounted on the press rod below the wiper assembly, wherein the wiper assembly may be moved independently of the filter assembly by actuating the trigger in the handle.

The invention concerns filter holder for coffee machines comprising a substantially cylindrical body, inside which a perforated filter (14) is provided, the cylindrical body forming a cup-shaped container (12) for containing coffee powder, the filter holder (10) further comprising identification means for identifying the type of filter holder (10), characterized in that said identification means for identifying the type of filter holder (10) comprise at least one diametral magnet whose diametral orientation can be detected outside the filter holder (10). The invention further concerns a coffee machine and a grinder for coffee beans usable with the filter holder (10).

A coffee machine is disclosed having a water system intended to be connected to a water supply system, a filter unit disposed at the inlet of the water system, a pump, a tank disposed in the water system between the filter unit and the pump, a sensor unit disposed in the tank and suitable for measuring at least one quality parameter of the water contained in the tank, a monitoring unit electrically connected to the sensor unit to receive electrical signals that are indicative of the measured water quality parameters, transduce the electrical signals in numerical values and compare the numerical values of the measured parameters with preset threshold ranges, and a user interface operatively connected to the monitoring unit and having an alarm to indicate when a water parameter is out of the preset threshold range.

Systems and processes of distribution of edible products, such as beverages. In particular, a system having a product recipient, a recipient placement disposition operatively associated to an apparatus of distribution of edible products that has a control adapted for control of operation of the distribution of edible products. The apparatus further has an interface operatively associated with the recipient placement disposition and adapted to provide input to the control according to the manipulation of the product recipient, including rotation movement thereof around a reference axis.