Hybrid coffee maker with multiple brewing modes
AssigneeSelect Brands, Inc.
InventorsMark T. Krasne, William S. Endres, Blaise Wooderson
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Abstract
A drink brewer is operable to hold brewable grounds in either an open filter or an enclosed capsule and brew a drink using the grounds. The drink brewer includes a water dispensing station and a brew basket structure. The water dispensing station includes a water nozzle to dispense water onto the grounds. The brew basket structure presents a brew chamber. The brew basket structure is shiftable between an open filter brewing configuration and a capsule brewing configuration.
Claims37
A drink brewer operable to contain brewable grounds and brew a drink using the grounds, said drink brewer comprising:
- a water dispensing station that includes a water nozzle to dispense water onto the grounds;
- and
- multiple shiftable station baskets presenting respective brew chambers,
- said brew chambers defining chamber volumes different from each other, with the brew chambers operable to hold grounds and receive dispensed water on the grounds,
- said baskets each selectively locatable in a brewing position where the brew chamber is aligned so as to be in fluid communication with the nozzle to hold grounds adjacent the nozzle,
- said water dispensing station presenting a basket support structure that aligns and supports each of the baskets in the brewing position, with each of the baskets operable to be attached relative to the basket support structure in the brewing position.
A drink brewer operable to hold brewable grounds in either an open filter or an enclosed capsule and brew a drink using the grounds, said drink brewer comprising:
- a water dispensing station that includes a water nozzle to dispense water onto the grounds;
- and
- a brew basket structure presenting a brew chamber,
- said brew basket structure being shiftable between an open filter brewing configuration where the brew basket structure supports the open filter with grounds during brewing and a capsule brewing configuration where the brew basket structure supports the enclosed capsule with grounds during brewing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.