Systems and method for delivering hot water for the production of hot beverages
AssigneeOdyssey Espresso LLC
InventorsRoss AINSWORTH, Olivia PLUMB
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Abstract
One or more systems and methods for providing hot water in the production of infused beverages (e.g., coffee, and/or espresso), to provide increased consistency in relation to the quality, temperatures, and volume of a serving of the infused beverage. The one or more systems provide hot water to a group head, without the use of an electric pump, which allows the variability of temperature within the one or more boilers to compensate for group head temperature, while providing a consistent volume of water independent of changes made to the temperature within the steam boiler.
Claims19
(canceled)
A beverage infusing system comprising:
- a reservoir comprising a first water level sensor;
- a holding tank having fluid communication with the reservoir, via a first line including a first valve;
- a steam boiler comprising:
- a second water level sensor, a first temperature sensor, a first pressure sensor, and a first heater, the steam boiler having fluid communication with the holding tank, via a second line including a second valve, and a third line including a third valve,
- wherein a fluid interconnection of the second line with the holding tank is located higher than a fluid interconnection of the third line with the holding tank,
- wherein a fluid interconnection of the second line with the steam boiler is located in a top aspect of the steam boiler, and
- wherein the holding tank is configured to allow gravitational flow of fluids from the holding tank to the steam boiler;
- a brew boiler comprising a second temperature sensor, the brew boiler having fluid communication with the steam boiler, via a fourth line including a fourth valve;
- and
- a group head comprising a third temperature sensor, the group head having fluid communication with the brew boiler, via a fifth line.
A beverage infusing system comprising:
- a holding tank configured to hold fluids;
- a steam boiler having fluid communication with the holding tank via:
- a first fluid communication line, with a first valve, configured to allow flow of the fluids from the holding tank toward the steam boiler, and
- a second fluid communication line, with a second valve, configured to allow the flow of steam from the steam boiler toward the holding tank;
- and
- a brew boiler, configured to receive the fluids from the steam boiler via a third fluid communication line, which includes a third valve,
- wherein when a pressure within the steam boiler is greater than a pressure within the brew boiler, the first valve and the second valve are closed, and the third valve is open, at least a portion of the fluids within the steam boiler flows from the steam boiler to the brew boiler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.