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The invention relates to a coffee machine (1) including a ground coffee dispensing device (3), a percolating device (4) and a tray for recovering coffee grounds (5). According to the invention, shown in a section along the horizontal plane, the ground coffee dispensing device (3), the percolating de

The invention relates to a coffee machine (1) including a ground coffee dispensing device (3), a percolating device (4) and a tray for recovering coffee grounds (5). According to the invention, shown in a section along the horizontal plane, the ground coffee dispensing device (3), the percolating device (4) and the recovery tray (5) are arranged in three areas (22, 23, 24) with a substantially rectangular shape and contiguous to one another, a first area with a vessel (22) for the recovery tray (5) and a second vessel (15), a second percolation area (23) for the percolating device (4), and a third adjoining area (24) for the ground coffee dispensing device (3).

대표청구항 ▼

1. A coffee machine comprising a cup holder on which a cup can be placed, said cup holder being disposed on a front face of said coffee machine, said front face extending in a width direction, said coffee machine having a depth direction perpendicular to said width direction and a vertical direction

1. A coffee machine comprising a cup holder on which a cup can be placed, said cup holder being disposed on a front face of said coffee machine, said front face extending in a width direction, said coffee machine having a depth direction perpendicular to said width direction and a vertical direction in use wherein the cup is placed on the cup holder which is perpendicular to said depth and width directions, said coffee machine including a ground coffee supply device, a percolation device and a coffee grounds collecting tray wherein, along a horizontal plane perpendicular to said vertical direction, the ground coffee supply device, the percolation device and the coffee grounds collecting tray are arranged in three areas of a substantially rectangular shape and appended to each other, a first tank area for the coffee grounds collecting tray and a second tank, a second percolation area for the percolation device, and a third subsidiary area for the ground coffee supply device. 2. A coffee machine according to claim 1, wherein the second tank is formed by a waste water collecting tank, said second tank having an upper surface which forms said cup holder. 3. A coffee machine according to claim 1, wherein a third tank is disposed in the tank area. 4. A coffee machine according to claim 3, wherein the third tank is formed by a water tank. 5. A coffee machine according to claim 1, wherein the subsidiary area opens at the rear face of the machine opposed to the front face. 6. A coffee machine according to claim 1, wherein the tank area opens at the front face of the machine. 7. A coffee machine according to claim 6, wherein the tank area and the percolation area each occupy about half the front face of the machine, each of these two areas being directed in order to be contiguous to one another and to have one of their two longest sides extending along a side face of the machine. 8. A coffee machine according to claim 7, wherein the subsidiary area is located behind the tank area and the percolation area and is directed so that one of its two longest sides extends along the rear face of the machine. 9. A coffee machine according to claim 6, wherein the entire front face of the machine is occupied by the tank area directed so that a first of its two longest sides extends along the front face of the machine. 10. A coffee machine according to claim 9, wherein the percolation area is located behind the tank area and is directed so that a first of its two longest sides extends along the second of the two longest sides of the tank area. 11. A coffee machine according to claim 10, wherein the subsidiary area is located behind the percolation area and is directed so that a first on its two longest sides extends along the second of the two longest sides of the percolation area. 12. A coffee machine according to claim 11, wherein the second of the two longest sides of the subsidiary area extends along the rear face of the machine. 13. A coffee machine according to claim 11, wherein it comprises a water tank appended to the second of the two longest sides of the subsidiary area. 14. A coffee machine according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a pump which is adapted to deliver pressurized water in the percolation device and which is disposed in the subsidiary area. 15. A coffee machine according to claim 1, further comprising a flowmeter which is adapted to control the volume of water introduced into the percolation device and which is disposed in the subsidiary area. 16. A coffee machine according to claim 1, further comprising an electronic board for controlling the various parts of the coffee machine and which is disposed in the subsidiary area. 17. A coffee machine according to claim 1, further comprising a water delivery device which is adapted to selectively deliver water to a heater as part of the percolation device and adapted to heat water before introducing the same into an infusion room of the percolation device, and towards a hydraulic jack forming part of the percolation device and adapted to compress the ground coffee in the infusion room, the water delivery device being disposed in the subsidiary area.