Hot beverage brewing apparatus

A beverage brewing and dispensing machine, comprising:

• a brewing cylinder providing a brewing chamber therein for receiving a hot liquid and a beverage product for brewing;
• a base member disposed beneath the brewing cylinder and having a brewed liquid outlet therein through which beverage brewed in the brewing chamber can flow;
• means for sealing between the base member and a bottom end of the brewing cylinder with a filter material therebetween for sealing the cylinder during brewing when the brewing cylinder is brought into engagement with the filter material;
• means for feeding filter material between the bottom edge of the brewing cylinder and the base member when the brewing cylinder is disengaged from the base member;
• means for supplying liquid and beverage product to an upper portion of the brewing cylinder;
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• a peristaltic pump connected to the brewed liquid outlet for withdrawing brewed liquid from the brewing chamber through the filter material and supplying it to a receptacle.

A beverage brewing and dispensing machine, comprising:

• a brewing cylinder providing a brewing chamber therein for receiving a hot liquid and a beverage product for brewing;
• a base member disposed beneath the brewing cylinder and having a brewed liquid outlet therein through which beverage brewed in the brewing chamber can flow;
• means for sealing between the base member and a bottom end of the brewing cylinder with a filter material therebetween for sealing the cylinder during brewing when the brewing cylinder is brought into engagement with the filter material;
• means for feeding filter material between the bottom edge of the brewing cylinder and the base member when the brewing cylinder is disengaged from the base member;
• means for supplying liquid and beverage product to an upper portion of the brewing cylinder;
• a brewing cylinder carrier supporting the brewing cylinder for movement therewith;
• a stationary brewing cylinder housing supporting the brewing cylinder carrier and brewing cylinder for vertical reciprocal movement;
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• means releasably interlocking the brewing cylinder with the carrier so as to permit removal of the cylinder from the carrier.

A beverage brewing and dispensing machine, comprising:

• a brewing cylinder providing a brewing chamber therein for receiving a hot liquid and a beverage product for brewing;
• a base member disposed beneath the brewing cylinder and having a brewed liquid outlet therein through which beverage brewed in the brewing chamber can flow;
• means for sealing between the base member and a bottom end of the brewing cylinder with a filter material therebetween for sealing the cylinder during brewing when the brewing cylinder is brought into engagement with the filter material;
• means for feeding filter material between the bottom edge of the brewing cylinder and the base member when the brewing cylinder is disengaged from the base member;
• means for supplying liquid and beverage product to an upper portion of the brewing cylinder;
• a cabinet encompassing the brewing cylinder;
• a cup station in the cabinet for receiving a cup or carafe and disposed remote from the brewing cylinder and having a brewed beverage outlet, the cabinet having a vertical wall at a rear portion of the cup station;
• means for pumping brewed beverage from the outlet in the base member to the outlet at the cup station;
• a customer accessible stationary platform positioned beneath the cup station outlet;
• a displaceable platform disposed above the stationary platform;
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• means supporting the displaceable platform and mounted to the cabinet for swinging movement between a first position wherein the displaceable platform is beneath the cup station beverage outlet and customer accessible in front of the wall at the rear portion of the cup station, and a second position wherein it is pivoted out of the cup station and substantially behind the wall at the rear of the cup station.