Thermal carafe brewing device with brew-through lid
AssigneeHealthometer, Inc.
InventorsEric E. Lucas, Marc L. Vitantonio, Michael Miroewski
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Abstract
A thermal carafe brewing device includes an automatic drip brewing machine and a thermal carafe having a brew-through lid which utilizes a pressure controlled valve in a liquid passageway through the lid to allow liquid to flow directly from a brewing basket through the lid and into the carafe. The pressure controlled valve prevents liquid and heat from flowing out of the carafe through the lid by liquid and/or gas pressure from inside the carafe which closes the valve.
Claims29
A thermally insulated brewing device comprising a thermal carafe adapted to receive and dispense brewed beverage and dimensioned to be arrangeable with an automatic drip brewing structure, the automatic drip brewing structure having a base for receiving the thermal carafe, a water reservoir for holding brewing water, a heated water distributor structure and brewing basket, a heating and pumping element for heating water from the water reservoir and pumping heated water to the heated water distributor structure, the thermal carafe having an internal cavity for receiving brewed beverage, insulated walls and an insulated lid;
- the insulated lid having a liquid passageway through which brewed beverage enters the carafe, the lid further comprising a pressure controlled valve in association with the liquid passageway operative to allow brewed beverage to flow into the carafe through the liquid passageway and to prevent liquid from exiting the carafe through the liquid passageway.
A thermal carafe adapted for use with a brewed beverage device as a receptacle and serving container for a brewed beverage, the thermal carafe comprising an insulated vessel for receiving and containing liquid, a throat which includes a pouring spout, a brew-through lid insertable into the throat and having a liquid passageway through a cross-section of the lid, and a pressure-controlled valve in the liquid passageway.
A flow control device adapted for use as a lid for a liquid vessel, the flow control device comprising a casing formed of a cap joined to a base, the cap and base forming a liquid passageway through the casing, and a pressure control valve in the liquid passageway wherein the pressure controlled valve is a ball valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.