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OwnerSean Martin Moran, Paul Drewry Pearson +1inventors
InventorsSean Martin Moran, Paul Drewry Pearson, Paul Francis Stack
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A device for use in the preparation of beverages, for managing the draw-off of water from a source of hot water comprises a chamber having a base, a cylindrical wall mounted on the base and a top section. An inlet and a return outlet are mounted in the base, and both the inlet and the return outlet are connectable to a source of hot water. Three draw-off outlets are also mounted in the base. The return outlet consists of a hollow tube section, which passes through the base to form a stand pipe. In use, hot water is introduced into the chamber through inlet and the chamber is orientated such that return outlet is positioned above the inlet. The inlet flow rate is equal to or greater than the draw-off flow rate, and any excess volume of hot water in the chamber is returnable, to the source of hot water, through the return outlet, thereby creating a constant head of water above the draw-off outlets.
A device for use in the preparation of beverages, for managing the draw-off of water from a source of hot water, the device comprising a chamber having an inlet and a return outlet, both being connectable to the source of hot water, an air vent, and one or more draw-off outlets, such that, in use, the return outlet is positioned above the and each draw-off outlet, the inlet flow rate is equal to or greater than the draw-off flow rate, and any excess volume of water in the chamber is returnable to the source of hot water through the return outlet, thereby creating a constant head of water above the draw-off outlets.
A device according to any preceding claim, wherein the chamber is mounted on an elongate base unit, which unit is fixable to a work surface, and wherein a flexible tube is connectable, at one end thereof, to a draw-off outlet, and the flexible tube having a dispensing unit mounted on the other end thereof.
A device according to any preceding claim, wherein a gravity flow, filtered coffee machine is connectable to a draw-off outlet.
A device according to any preceding claim, wherein a dispensing font is connectable to a draw-off outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.