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US 12,733,766 B2Granted
Extractor for cold brew coffee and the likes
AssigneeSensotech Inc.
InventorsUri Agam, Pino Marcovecchio
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Abstract
A cold beverage extractor includes a container; and an ultrasonic atomizer that is mounted to the container and being operable to accelerate extraction of at least some compounds from a substance dissolved in a water-based solvent when the water-based solvent is in the container so as to be in contact with the ultrasonic atomizer.
Claims26
A cold beverage extractor comprising:
- a container;
- an ultrasonic atomizer that is mounted to the container and being operable to accelerate extraction of at least some compounds from a substance dissolved in a water-based solvent when the water-based solvent is in the container so as to be in contact with the ultrasonic atomizer;
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- a sensor coupled to the ultrasonic atomizer to determine a quality of a beverage resulting from the substance being dissolved in the water-based solvent.
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A cold beverage extractor, comprising:
- a container;
- an ultrasonic atomizer that is mounted to the container and being operable to accelerate extraction of at least some compounds from a substance dissolved in a water-based solvent when the water-based solvent is in the container so as to be in contact with the ultrasonic atomizer;
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- an electronic controller coupled to the ultrasonic atomizer for driving the ultrasonic atomizer;
- wherein the ultrasonic atomizer is integrated to the container so as to be in fluid contact with an interior of the container;
- the cold beverage extractor further comprising a docking base including the electronic controller and having a coupler for coupling the ultrasonic atomizer to the controller when the container rests on the docking base
- wherein the docking base is integrated to a refrigerator unit.
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A cold beverage extractor comprising:
- a container;
- an ultrasonic atomizer that is mounted to the container and being operable to accelerate extraction of at least some compounds from a substance dissolved in a water-based solvent when the water-based solvent is in the container so as to be in contact with the ultrasonic atomizer;
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- a receptacle secured to the container therein for receiving a bag, a pack, a capsule or pod including the substance;
- the receptacle being positioned in close proximity to the ultrasonic transducer.
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A cold beverage extractor comprising:
- a container;
- an ultrasonic atomizer that is mounted to the container and being operable to accelerate extraction of at least some compounds from a substance dissolved in a water-based solvent when the water-based solvent is in the container so as to be in contact with the ultrasonic atomizer;
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- further comprising i) a reservoir, that is removably mountable into the container at the upper portion thereof, yielding a coffee beverage-receiving volume between the reservoir and container, ii) a housing for receiving soluble coffee and being removably mounted to the reservoir thereunder so as to be in fluid communication with both the reservoir and beverage-receiving volume, and ii) an electronic controller coupled to the ultrasonic atomizer for driving the ultrasonic atomizer;
- the ultrasonic atomizer being mounted to one of the reservoir and housing within a fluid-passage between the reservoir and housing;
- whereby, in operation, the ultrasonic atomizer acting as a vaporizer, which receives water from the reservoir and sprays water droplets through the soluble coffee in the housing, yielding cold brew coffee that drips into the volume.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.