ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,723, issued on Oct. 21.
"Machine for beverage preparation" was invented by Beppino Ceotto (Susegana, Italy) and Andrea Zonelli (Susegana, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns a machine (1) for preparing an infusion beverage, comprising: a machine body (10); a filter holder (2) removably constrained to the machine body (10), comprising a seat (2a) for at least one ingredient (100), preferably powdered, for a beverage preparation; a piston (3) constrained to the machine body (10); wherein said machine (1) comprises a motor (M, M') adapted to relatively move said filter holder (2) and said piston (3) betwe...