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A machine for preparing coffee, white coffee or similar infused beverages, on single or multiple doses thereof, utilizes waffles (40) packed in advance, applied in a continuous band (41), in a number sufficient to prepare various coffees or other infused beverages. The machine has guide and feeding

A machine for preparing coffee, white coffee or similar infused beverages, on single or multiple doses thereof, utilizes waffles (40) packed in advance, applied in a continuous band (41), in a number sufficient to prepare various coffees or other infused beverages. The machine has guide and feeding device (43) associated to the infusion units (35), (36) and the filters (97), (98) thereof, to determine the advancement of the band (41) through the infusion units (35), (36), by stopping each waffle in correspondence thereto for performing the related infusion operation. The machine may contain also a mixer-emulsifier (52) with conduits (105) communicating or not communicating with the infusion units (35), (36) through a switching valve member (106), for preparing the white coffee or other infused beverages mixed with milk.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A machine for preparing coffee, white coffee or similar infused beverages, on single or multiple doses thereof, comprising a box-shaped housing (30), an upper portion (31) and a lower portion (32) of said machine contained in said housing, said lower portion (32) having an upper hor

[ I claim:] [1.] A machine for preparing coffee, white coffee or similar infused beverages, on single or multiple doses thereof, comprising a box-shaped housing (30), an upper portion (31) and a lower portion (32) of said machine contained in said housing, said lower portion (32) having an upper horizontal surface (39), said upper portion having an upper wall (46) and an overturning lid (45) hinged to said wall (46), said upper portion and lower portion being joined, a pair of infusion units (35) and (36), said upper portion (31) having an interior, a left side and a right side, said infusion units (35) and (36) being located in the interior and left side of said upper portion, being side-by-side and each having a boiler (37) for containing and heating water and for preparing steam under pressure, a plurality of waffles (40) containing coffee or the raw materials of said similar infused beverages, said waffles being applied on a band (41), filtering means (97) and (98), a guide and feeding mechanism (43) associated with said infusion units (35) and (36), and with said filtering means, said band (41) advancing towards said infusion units (35) and (36) and said filtering means for preparing coffee or said other infused beverages, delivery spouts (37') and (38) located below said infusion units and said band (41), said coffee or said similar infused beverages going through said delivery spouts, receptacles placed on said surface (39), said coffee or said similar infused beverages being collected in said receptacles, a box-shaped tank (44) for containing milk located in said upper portion (31) and being accessible through said lid (45), mixing and emulsifying means (52) for mixing coffee or other similar infused beverages with milk, a refrigerating system for cooling said box-shaped tank (44), switching means (106) communicating with said infusion units (35) and (36), said filtering means (97) and (98) and said mixing and emulsifying means (52), said switching means (106) being operable from a first to a second operative position thereof, in which they prevent or permit the communication of said infusion units (35) and (36) and said filtering means (97) and (98) with said mixing-emulsifying means (52), so as to determine the distribution of coffee or other infused beverages respectively not mixed and mixed with milk; means (108) and (109) for regulating the metering of the coffee or other infused beverages and the milk; selection and control means (54), (55) and (56) being associated with said guide and feeding mechanism (43), said infusion units (35) and (36), said filtering means (97) and (98), said switching means (106) and regulating means (108) and (109), for the selection and metering of the different infused beverages to be prepared and distributed and for preparing and distributing the respectively selected and metered infused beverages.