Coffee maker adapted for use in a microwave oven
AssigneeGEE Associates
InventorM. Gary Grossman
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Abstract
A drip-type coffee maker adapted for use in a microwave oven. The coffee maker includes a container for positioning on or above a receptacle and has two compartments, an upper reservoir for water and a lower filter element for holding fresh coffee grounds. A partition wth at least one perforation sealed with a thermally responsive non-toxic substance separates the two compartments. When the water is heated to the desired brewing temperature in the microwave oven, the thermally responsive substance melts, allowing the heated water to flow from the upper reservoir through the coffee grounds and become freshly brewed coffee. The fresh coffee thereafter flows through the filter element and into the receptacle below.
Claims14
A drip-type coffee maker adapted to discharge fresh brewed coffee into a receptacle therebelow, comprising:
- a container having two compartments, including
- an upper reservoir adapted to hold water,
- a lower filter element adapted to hold coffee grounds and including a filter for the dispensing of brewed coffee therefrom, and
- a partition between said reservoir and filter element, including at least one flow restricting perforation therethrough sealed by a non-toxic meltable substance which melts at the temperature the water is heated for brewing coffee, whereupon the heated water will flow in a restricted manner through the perforation and the coffee grounds to become freshly brewed coffee which, in turn, will flow through said filter and into the receptacle therebelow.
A drip-type disposable coffee maker for use in a microwave device adapted to produce freshly brewed coffee for a receptable therebelow, comprising:
- a plastic container having two compartments, including:
- an upper compartment adapted to hold water to be heated by the microwave device having an opening in its top for receiving the water and microwave permeable peripheral walls,
- a lower compartment affixed to a lower end of said upper compartment adapted to hold a pre-measured amount of coffee therein, and having a bottom filter comprising porous paper for filtering brewed coffee therethrough,
- means on said lower end of said upper compartment and about said lower compartment for resting said container on a receptacle, and
- a partition between said compartments having a plurality of flow restricting perforations therethrough sealed by a non-toxic thermally responsive meltable material which melts at the temperature the water is heated to by the microwave device for brewing coffee, whereupon the heated water will flow through the perforations and coffee and become freshly brewed coffee which, in turn, will flow through said filter and into the receptacle therebelow.
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