Brew basket with splash reservoir
AssigneeWilber Curtis Company
InventorsLucian Hite Lyall, III, Christopher Milner Enright
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Abstract
A brew basket for a brewing apparatus includes a splash protection structure to protect against spilling when the brew basket is removed prematurely with hot brewing liquid therein. The structure is a splash reservoir formed near the handle of the brew basket, extending the interior surface of the brew basket radially outward at the site of the compartment where the basket is pulled out of the brewing apparatus. A well or reservoir attenuates a wave of liquid created by pulling the basket out by directing the wave to the reservoir rather than impact the side wall of the basket, where hot liquid would then tend to splash or spill out.
Claims8
A brew basket for a for a brewing apparatus comprising:
- a floor having a substantially centered drain port disposed therein;
- a continuous wall forming a fluid tight seal with a periphery of the floor to define a brewing compartment;
- a lip protruding laterally and radially outwardly from an upper surface of the wall to form a guide for guiding the brew basket into the brewing apparatus;
- a splash reservoir extending outwardly from the continuous wall along an upper surface, the splash reservoir defined by first and second lateral surfaces projecting outwardly from the continuous wall and a lower panel joining the first and second lateral surfaces along a bottom edge, the lower panel terminating in a generally vertical edge;
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- a handle connected to the vertical edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.