Hot beverage apparatus

• US 20070119308A1
• Filed: 11/16/2006
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dov Glucksman, Gary Mcgonagle, John Oliver, Laura Nickerson
• Original Assignee: Dov Glucksman, Gary Mcgonagle, John Oliver, Laura Nickerson
• Inventors: Glucksman, Dov, McGonagle, Gary, Oliver, John, Nickerson, Laura
• Application Number:
  US11/600,387
• Publication Number:
  US 20070119308A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 99/275
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/10 Coffee-making apparatus, in which the brewing vessel , i.e. water heating container, is placed above or in the upper part of the beverage containers i.e. brewing vessel; Drip coffee-makers with the water heating container in a higher position than the brewing vessel A47J31/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/24 Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressureA47J31/043 and A47J31/40 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/3671 Loose coffee being employed
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/4439 with electrical heating elements for flow-through heaters A47J31/445
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/4478 Spreader plates as an accessory of the filter A47J31/0631
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/465 for the heated water

Abstract

A hot beverage brewing apparatus 1 has a plurality of heated water delivery nozzles 19 that direct heated water under pressure simultaneously to a specified point 26 within a brew basket 17 that, regardless of the amount or type of grounds in the basket 17, will ensure thorough mixing of the heated water and grounds to deliver optimally brewed beverage. Additionally, the present invention is directed to a heat sensor 31 and weight sensor 33 positioned in contact with a carafe 7 to sense whether or not the carafe is thermally-insulated or not to determine whether or not to automatically activate a warming plate 20.

Claims

1. ) A hot beverage making apparatus 1 comprising

a tank 3 for holding liquid;

a heat source 10 for selectively heating said liquid;

a liquid transport system 14 for moving said liquid from said tank to a mixing area 17;

a beverage grounds holder 18 located in said mixing area for holding grounds to be mixed with said water to form a beverage;

a plurality of mixing nozzles 19 for directing pressurized jets 35 of said liquid into said mixing area simultaneously so that said water mixes with said grounds; and

an exit port 36 for delivering said nozzle out of said beverage maker into a container positioned near said exit port.

2. ) An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said grounds holder 18 has a bottom floor portion 37 and said pressurized jets 35 intersect at a location 26 above said floor portion.

3. ) An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a container supporting plate 20 for supporting said container on said apparatus;

and

a weight sensor 33 for sensing the weight of said container.

4. ) An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a container supporting plate 20 for supporting said container on said apparatus;

and

a temperature sensor 31 for sensing the temperature of said container.

5. ) An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

said weight sensor 33 communicates with a control circuit of said apparatus to automatically control the volume of beverage being delivered to said container.

6. ) An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

said temperature sensor 31 communicates with a control circuit of said apparatus to automatically control a heat element located beneath and in communication with said container.