US Patent Issued to DE'LONGHI APPLIANCES S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO on May 5 for "Brewing unit for a machine for preparing coffee" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,332, issued on May 5, was assigned to DE'LONGHI APPLIANCES S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO (Treviso, Italy).

"Brewing unit for a machine for preparing coffee" was invented by Paolo Evangelisti (Treviso, Italy), Nicola Piovan (Treviso, Italy) and Davide Bonotto (Treviso, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brewing unit for an automatic machine to make coffee beverages includes a brewing chamber closed at the lower part by a first piston and at the upper part, on the opposite side, by a second piston, a first inlet duct for the heated water, and a first outlet duct for the beverage, communicating respectively with an inlet side and with an out...