US 2014/0208951 A1Published application

Bottled water dispensers with single-serve coffee brewing features

OwnerGeorge M. Yuiinventor

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Abstract

Water dispenser and coffee making devices that include a cabinet configured to house a water bottle in a bottom half of the interior portion of the cabinet; a cold tank that is configured to receive water from the water bottle, which is connected to an evaporator; one or more hot tanks that are configured to receive water (directly or indirectly) from the cold tank, which are connected to a heating coil to heat the water that is contained therein; and a coffee making device located on a top side of the cabinet, which (i) receives water from the hot tank, receives a disposable cartridge that contains coffee grinds for a single-serving of coffee, and causes water to contact the coffee grinds to produce a coffee beverage and (ii) employs a blunt- and sharp-ended spike, which are positioned to make water entry and exit apertures in the coffee cartridge, which are positioned in a way that prevents user injury from such spikes.

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Dependent claims

A water dispenser and coffee making device, which comprises:

(a) a cabinet having an exterior portion and an interior portion, wherein the interior portion of the cabinet is configured to house a water bottle in a bottom half of the interior portion of the cabinet in an upright position;
(b) a cold tank that is configured to receive water from the water bottle, which is connected to an evaporator that is configured to cool the water that is contained within the cold tank;
(c) a hot tank that is configured to receive water from the cold tank, which is connected to a heating coil that is configured to heat the water that is contained within the hot tank;
(d) a coffee making device located on a top side of the cabinet, which comprises a first blunt-ended spike that is configured to puncture a top side of a disposable cartridge that contains coffee grinds for a single-serving of coffee and a second sharp-ended spike that is configured to puncture the bottom side of the cartridge, wherein the coffee making device is further configured to (i) receive water from the hot tank, (ii) receive the disposable cartridge;
and (iii) cause water to contact the coffee grinds to produce a coffee beverage;
and
(e) one or more taps, which are configured to dispense cold water from the cold tank;
hot water from the hot tank;
and coffee beverage from the coffee making device.

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A water dispenser and coffee making device, which comprises:

(a) a cabinet having an exterior portion and an interior portion, wherein the interior portion of the cabinet is configured to house a water bottle in a bottom half of the interior portion of the cabinet in an upright position;
(b) a cold tank that is configured to receive water from the water bottle, which is connected to an evaporator that is configured to cool the water that is contained within the cold tank;
(c) a first hot tank that is configured to receive water from the cold tank, which is connected to a heating coil that is configured to heat the water that is contained within the first hot tank;
(d) a second hot tank that is configured to receive water from the first hot tank, wherein the second hot tank is connected to a heating coil that is configured to heat the water that is contained within the second hot tank;
(e) a coffee making device located on a top side of the cabinet, which is configured to (i) receive water from the second hot tank, (ii) receive a disposable cartridge that contains coffee grinds for a single-serving of coffee;
and (iii) cause water to contact the coffee grinds to produce a coffee beverage;
and
(f) one or more taps, which are configured to dispense cold water from the cold tank;
hot water from the first hot tank;
and coffee beverage from the coffee making device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.