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US 6,805,042 B2Granted
Apparatus for brewing a beverage
AssigneeUnilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsMauro Dominick Mordini, Michael Charles Cirigliano, Joseph Vaitkus
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Abstract
This invention is directed to an apparatus for brewing a beverage. The apparatus has a brew funnel with an elevation device that enables the end user to brew beverage, hot or cold, with a filter and loose beverage precursor and with beverage precursor packaged within a filter pack.
Claims14
A brew funnel, the brew funnel comprising:
- (a) a mouth suitable for receiving a filter and loose beverage precursor, and suitable for receiving beverage precursor with in a filter pack;
- (b) a floor, opposite the mouth, the floor having an aperture;
- (c) a surrounding wall having a top and bottom portion, the bottom portion being connected to the floor and the top portion forming the mouth of the brew funnel;
- and
- (d) an elevation device placed and supported therein
- wherein the brew funnel is suitable for use in a beverage brewing apparatus and the elevation device is mounted to a siphon apparatus.
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An apparatus for brewing beverage, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a brew funnel comprising:
- (i) a mouth suitable for receiving a filter and loose beverage precursor, and suitable for receiving beverage precursor within a filter pack;
- (ii) a floor, opposite the mouth, the floor having an aperture;
- (iii) a surrounding wall having a top and bottom portion, the bottom portion being connected to the floor and the top portion forming the mouth of the brew funnel;
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- (iv) an elevation device placed and supported therein the elevation device is mounted to a siphon apparatus;
- (b) a water supply to supply water into the brew funnel;
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- (c) a receiving vessel placed under the aperture to capture beverage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.