A DEVICE FOR CLEANING A FILTER HOLDER OF A COFFEE MACHINE

摘要

The device for cleaning a filter holder of a coffee machine comprises a support body for supporting the filter holder, a motor on whose shaft scraping means are assembled for removing the used coffee grounds contained in the internal chamber of the filter holder and at least one brush with a plurality of bristles to collect the residual of said used coffee grounds not collected by said scraping means, activation means for activating the motor and controlled by the correct positioning of the filter holder adapted to receive within it the scraping means and said at least one brush, a collection member being provided for collecting the used coffee grounds extracted from the filter holder by the scraping means, the support body having a housing in which the filter holder is positioned so as to always have at least one wall of the chamber placed below the used coffee grounds and the scraping means having at least one plough blade to remove the used coffee grounds from the chamber along at least one direction different from that in which the used coffee grounds drop by gravity into the collection member.