Rapidly heating coffee making apparatus having a large capacity
AssigneeSmitdesign B.V.
InventorGerard C. Smit
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Abstract
The invention relates to a rapidly heating coffee making apparatus having a large capacity (1, 1.5 or 2 gallons) for use in canteens and the like, in which in a housing (1) the filter holder (6) is arranged above the coffee tank (7) and the spray head (5) is arranged directly above the filter holder, wherein the water reservoir (3) of the apparatus, adapted for the batchwise heating of water, is arranged directly above the spray head (5).
Claims19
A coffee making apparatus in which in a housing (1) above a coffee tank (7) a filter holder (6) is arranged an directly above the filter holder (6) a spray head (5) is arranged, whilst a water reservoir (3) comprising built-in heating means, level control means (15) and a control panel (20) is constructed as a detachable unit and is arranged directly above the spray head, an at least one water outlet of the water reservoir terminates directly above the spray head thereby defining an effective volume of the water reservoir, characterized in that the water outlet is connected to the water reservoir via an outlet valve, the effective volume of the water reservoir (3) located above the outlet valve substantially corresponds to the amount of water necessary for making the relevant amount of coffee to be made in one cycle, and the level control means (15) are adapted for directly admitting water via a connection (24) under the heating means (22, 22a) near the bottom of the reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.