Apparatus for beverage brewing
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InventorRobert David Jacobs
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An apparatus for preparing a liquid includes a vessel including a top opening, the vessel able to hold a liquid; a shaft extending into the vessel; a basket coupled to the shaft, the basket having a cavity; and a motorized actuator assembly. The shaft is coupled to the motorized actuator assembly. The motorized actuator assembly vertically moves the shaft to move the basket. Moreover solid ingredients can be disposed in the basket to brew the beverage. The solid ingredient can include coffee.
An apparatus for preparing a liquid, comprising:
An apparatus for preparing a liquid, including:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Apparatus in which ground coffee or tea-leaves are immersed in the hot liquid in the beverage container: having immersible, e.g. rotatable, filters
Constructional details: lids, covers or knobs
The electronic control being based on monitoring of specific process parameters: of temperature
Devices having temperature indicating means
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The device relates to brewing coffee and other beverages or liquids and, more specifically, to providing an apparatus and method for brewing coffee and other beverages that produce a high quality of coffee.
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in America. A 2015 Gallup poll found that nearly two-thirds (64%) of Americans drink at least one cup of coffee per day. See http://www.gallup.com/poll/184388/americans-coffee-consumption-steady-few-cut-back.aspx. Moreover, the same poll found that the average coffee drinker in America drinks nearly three full cups of coffee each day. Id
Given coffee's wild popularity across the country, it is not surprising that coffee drinkers have more options for obtaining a cup of coffee than ever before. Today, coffee drinkers can purchase a cup of coffee at name-brand commercial coffee shops, like Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts; gas stations; street vendors; fast food locations, such as McDonald's (as well as at almost any food serving establishment); and numerous other locations (locations at which a coffee drinker may purchase coffee outside of their home are collectively referred to hereafter as “coffee shops”). Research suggests that coffee drinkers indeed swarm coffee shops. Trade magazines report that the average Starbucks serves over 500 customers each day and Dunkin Donuts reports that is sells nearly 2 billion cups of coffee in America each year. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-many-customers-starbucks-will-have-2013-10; https://news.dunkindonuts.com/news/brand-keys-names-dunkin-donuts.
These and other features of this disclosure will be more readily understood from the following detailed description of the various aspects of the disclosure taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings that depict various embodiments of the disclosure, in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates a cross sectional perspective view of the apparatus, in accordance with aspects of the disclosure;
FIG. 2 illustrate an internal view of the chamber and motorized actuator assembly of the apparatus, in accordance with aspects of the disclosure;
It is noted that the drawings of the disclosure are not to scale. The drawings are intended to depict only typical aspects of the disclosure, and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope of the disclosure. In the drawings, like numbering represents like elements between the drawings.
The Science of Making Coffee
Humans have been brewing and drinking coffee for more than 500 years. Over that time, the science of making coffee has not changed significantly. When coffee is “brewed,” technically what the user is doing is using hot water to extract natural oil from coffee beans. This coffee bean having the oil is infused with hot water to extract the oil, and a resultant oil-water mixture is “brewed coffee.”