DEVICE FOR SEALING AN INFUSION CHAMBER OF A MACHINE FOR MAKING BEVERAGES

摘要

The present invention relates to a unit for a machine for making beverages by infusing a product contained in the form of a metered amount in an infusion chamber, which includes a sealing device (60) configured to move alternately between a first position and a second position such as to selectively prevent or enable the metered amount to enter the chamber and/or such as to selectively prevent or enable the metered amount to leave the chamber, the unit including an actuating system (90) configured to switch the sealing device (60) alternately between the first and the second position, characterised in that the actuating system (90) is arranged to exert on the sealing device (60) an action distributed on either side of a median plane of the sealing device (60), extending in the direction of movement of same. The invention also relates to a machine container (80) as well as to a machine having such a sealing device (60). The invention can be used in all types of infusion machines, in particular for espresso coffee machines.