Portable hot beverage maker or tumbler with passive cooling system
OwnerPierre Maurice Bastoninventor
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Abstract
A travel mug that maintains its liquid contents at temperature while cooling portions of the beverage on demand to a safe and comfortable drinking temperature. In embodiments, a passive cooling system is integrated into the travel mug for drawing heat from the beverage as the user consumes it. In embodiments, a brewing system may be integrated to brew beverage matter into a drinkable beverage. In embodiments, a heating element may be provided to raise water to brewing temperature or to further heat the liquid in the container.
Claims21
A travel mug, comprising:
- an outer wall portion and inner wall portion defining a container for holding a liquid;
- a beverage channel at least partially position between the outer wall portion and inner wall portion for communicating fluid to the exterior of the device;
- a cooling mechanism adjacent a portion of said beverage channel configured to reduce the temperature of portions of the said fluid prior to consumption;
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- means for communicating the cooled brewed product from the beverage channel to the exterior of the container.
The travel mug of 1 further comprising a valve positioned within said container and dividing said container into a beverage tank and a collecting or cooling chamber portion of beverage channel.
The travel mug of 12 further comprising a valve positioned within said container and dividing said container into a liquid section and a brewing section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.