Method for dispensing a hot beverage
AssigneeSpengler GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsRalf HEUBERGER, Lukas URECH, Jan BILFINGER
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Abstract
A method for the dispensing of a hot beverage in a beverage vending machine, comprising a hot water generating system for the generation of hot water and a brewing chamber, wherein the brewing chamber is filled with brewing material for brewing a hot beverage, and following this, is loaded with hot water via a hot water inlet, and after the brewing process, the hot beverage is delivered from the brewing chamber into a vessel via a hot beverage outlet and a drain line connected therewith, wherein the hot beverage outlet can be loaded with compressed gas from a compressed gas source during a brewing process. Also includes a device for carrying out the method.
Claims13
A method for dispensing a hot beverage in a beverage machine which comprises a hot water generator for producing hot water and a brewing chamber, wherein the brewing chamber is filled with brewing material for brewing a hot beverage, and is subsequently supplied with hot water via a hot water inlet, and after the brewing operation the hot drink is discharged from the brewing chamber into a vessel via a hot drink outlet and a drain line connected thereto, wherein the hot beverage outlet can be supplied with compressed gas from a compressed gas source during a brewing operation.
A device for dispensing a hot beverage in a beverage machine, comprising a hot water generator for generating hot water and a brewing chamber which comprises a hot water inlet which can be flow-connected to the hot water generator for supplying hot water, and a hot drink outlet which is arranged on the underside of the brewing chamber and is intended for dispensing a hot drink brewed in the brewing chamber, the hot water inlet being connectable in terms of flow to the hot water generator via at least one inlet valve, and the hot drink outlet being connectable via at least one outlet-side valve to a discharge line for dispensing the hot drink into a vessel, wherein the hot beverage outlet can be supplied with compressed gas from a compressed gas source during a brewing operation via a branch line and a switchable further outlet-side valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.