La Cimbali M20 Lever?

[Richard]

"La Cimbali M20 Hydrolic lever Espresso machine" running in a current eBay auction. Can anyone tell me what it actually is?

[mogogear]

Some one else here knows about these guys. ... can't remember who. The main problem I see is that no where does it state it even works..... thats a big clarification to know before much else..

[Richard]

Oh, indeed, there are issues with the listing, and it's not the first time that machine -- whatever it is -- has been on eBay.

My question is more basic: What is it?

[Paul]

A very very good commercial lever machine. Has two springs (a'la automotive valve springs) per group. There is a thread on this board somewhere. Parts supply is good, it'd be worth having.

[phijoa]

Oh, indeed, there are issues with the listing, and it's not the first time that machine -- whatever it is -- has been on eBay.

My question is more basic: What is it?

Richard,

This ain't no lever machine! I've got a M20 leva sitting in the kitchen. This is a automatic hydraulic group patented in 1958 by Cimbali - no lever and no pump; it operates under mains pressure. Here's a link to a diagram of the group:
http://www.oemmeci.it/catalogo/eng/cimba/cimba_10.php

Regards
Phillip

[Richard]

This ain't no lever machine . . . no lever and no pump; it operates under mains pressure.

Thanks for the helpful info. That's a curious sort of beast.

[E34felix]

Richard,

This ain't no lever machine! I've got a M20 leva sitting in the kitchen. This is a automatic hydraulic group patented in 1958 by Cimbali - no lever and no pump; it operates under mains pressure. Here's a link to a diagram of the group:
http://www.oemmeci.it/catalogo/eng/cimba/cimba_10.php

Regards
Phillip

Can you show me the link to the ebay auction?

[zix]

A simple search on ebay with some of the words in the first post will find it for you.

[Paul]

not the ebay machine, but same model.

My apologies for my mistake above, I was thinking of the lever version m15/20 I had seen referenced in parts catalogues.

[phijoa]

Can you show me the link to the ebay auction?

Here it is: http://masl.to/?F29A13F5E

[bishopthirteen]

Here is another one. very cool.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=012&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=220071795536&rd=1&rd=1