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US 7,730,829 B2Granted
Beverage brewer
AssigneeSunbeam Products, Inc.
InventorJamal F. Hammad
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Abstract
A beverage brewer and method of using the same is provided. The beverage brewer has the capacity to brew a beverage from variable amounts of prepackaged pods or from free-form brewing material captured between upper and lower filter membrane surfaces.
Claims15
A beverage brewer for brewing material placed between upper and lower filter membrane surfaces comprising:
- a showerhead forming a boundary for a pod chamber;
- a pod carrier forming a boundary for said pod chamber;
- and
- a main carrier mounting said showerhead having a contact surface to urge said filter membrane surfaces toward said pod carrier to crimp said filter membrane surfaces together along a periphery thereof,
- wherein said main carrier contact surface is serrated.
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A beverage brewer having the capacity to brew a beverage from a free-form brewing material captured between upper and lower filter membrane surfaces, said beverage brewer comprising:
- a showerhead forming a boundary for a pod chamber;
- a pod carrier forming a boundary for said pod chamber;
- a seal connected with one of said showerhead and said pod carrier for sealing said pod chamber between said shower head and said pod carrier;
- and
- a main carrier mounting said showerhead and having a contact surface for urging said upper and lower filter membrane surfaces toward said pod carrier and thereby joining said filter membrane surfaces together outboard of said seal,
- wherein at least one of said main carrier and said pod chamber is serrated and said filter membrane surfaces are crimped together by said main carrier contact surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.