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US 9,232,873 B2Granted
Method for brewing a beverage
AssigneeStarbucks Corporation
InventorsAmanda L. Juris, Dervala A. Hanley, Charles B. Cook, Sung Hoon Kim, William Sauway Law, Joel Frederic Jensen, David A. Holcomb, Joseph Gray, Robert Sparks
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Abstract
A brewing apparatus including a fluid reservoir having a first end and a second end. The brewing apparatus can include a lid portion configured to removably engage the first end of the fluid reservoir and a cartridge holder configured to removably engage the second end of the fluid reservoir. A spring-loaded plunger can slidably connect to the lid portion.
Claims5
A method of using a brewing apparatus comprising:
- coupling one or more beverage components to a filtering assembly of the brewing apparatus;
- adding fluid to a fluid reservoir of the brewing apparatus;
- advancing the filtering assembly through the fluid in a first direction with the fluid avoiding the one or more beverage components by moving through a passage and a one way valve positioned on the filtering assembly, wherein advancing the filter assembly charges a biasing member;
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- releasing the biasing member to urge the filtering assembly in a second direction wherein fluid is restricted from moving through the passage by the one way valve to force fluid to move through one or more beverage components.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.