Beverage Making Container for Placement onto a Cup
AssigneeCornelia Bean Ltd.
InventorsRobert Krul, Robert Amborsky
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Abstract
An apparatus for brewing a beverage has a base arranged to sit on a support surface with the water and ingredients in an upper urn portion until brewed following which the liquid is discharged from the urn through a filter and into a tube passing through the base into a receptacle. A valve in the form of pinch member acting on the tube closes the tube and is released to discharge the beverage by a movable plate mounted on the base and actuated by placing the base on a receptacle. The urn is formed as a separately molded piece from glass so that it is more hygienic than the plastic material of the base. The bottom of the urn fits into a receptacle in the base with a disk shaped seal connecting to the tube.
Claims24
Apparatus for brewing a beverage comprising:
- a base having a bottom engagement portion for sitting on a planar support surface;
- an urn mounted on the base for containing a liquid and one or more beverage ingredients for brewing the beverage in the container;
- a discharge opening at the bottom of the urn such that beverage from the urn is discharged from the container through the base into a receptacle when the beverage is brewed;
- a filter at a bottom of the urn for filtering the beverage ingredients from the beverage as it is discharged;
- a valve for maintaining the liquid and the beverage ingredients in the urn for brewing of the beverage and operable to allow the discharge of the beverage into the receptacle;
- a movable member mounted on the base for movement relative to the base for operating the valve to discharge of the beverage;
- the base and the urn being separate components releasably connected together.
Apparatus for brewing a beverage comprising:
- a base having a bottom engagement portion for sitting on a planar support surface;
- an urn mounted on the base for containing a liquid and one or more beverage ingredients for brewing the beverage in the container;
- a discharge opening at the bottom of the urn such that beverage from the urn is discharged from the container through the base into a receptacle when the beverage is brewed;
- the discharge opening being connected to a discharge duct passing though the base;
- a filter at a bottom of the urn for filtering the beverage ingredients from the beverage as it is discharged;
- a valve for closing the discharge duct to maintain the liquid and the beverage ingredients in the urn for brewing of the beverage and operable to allow the discharge of the beverage into the receptacle;
- a movable member mounted on the base for movement relative to the base for operating the valve to discharge of the beverage;
- the valve being operable on the discharge duct at position spaced downwardly from the bottom of the urn;
- a movable member carried on the base for engaging a top of the receptacle when the base is placed on the receptacle, the movable member being movable upwardly in the base in response to contact with the receptacle;
- and an operating member movable by the abutment member for operating the valve.
Apparatus for brewing a beverage comprising:
- a base having a bottom engagement portion for sitting on a planar support surface;
- an urn mounted on the base for containing a liquid and one or more beverage ingredients for brewing the beverage in the container;
- a discharge opening at the bottom of the urn such that beverage from the urn is discharged from the container through the base into the receptacle when the beverage is brewed;
- the discharge opening being connected to a discharge duct passing though the base;
- a filter at a bottom of the urn for filtering the beverage ingredients from the beverage as it is discharged;
- a valve for closing the discharge duct to maintain the liquid and the beverage ingredients in the urn for brewing of the beverage and operable to allow the discharge of the beverage into the receptacle;
- wherein the duct is formed by a flexible tube and the valve comprises a pinch member arranged to pinch the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.