BEVERAGE PRODUCTION UNIT AND MACHINE Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A47J31/36 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: beverage production unit (17) comprises a brewing chamber (23) with a movable first brewing chamber section (25) forming a container (31) for accommodating at least one product for the beverage preparation and moving between the loading position, in which the first section (25) of the brewing chamber is located under the product loading funnel (35), and the cooking position, in which the first brewing chamber section (17) cooperates with the second brewing chamber section (27), closing the brewing chamber, and vice versa. The beverage production unit (17) additionally comprises a scraper (37) made with the possibility to align the product hump (H) projecting from the container (31) while moving the first brewing chamber section (25) from the first position to said second position. The container (31) has an upper edge (31L) surrounding the container inlet. The upper edge (31L) comprises a projection (43) projecting from the upper edge (31L) and made with the possibility to prevent the product from falling out of the container when passing under the scraper.

EFFECT: increased operational reliability.

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