Apparatus for brewing a hot beverage made up of a solution of a powdered substance in a liquid
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1. A machine for brewing a hot whipped beverage formed of a solution of a powdered substance in a liquid, said machine comprising:
- a chamber having a side wall and a bottom wall;
first and second metering means associated with said chamber operable upon activation to dispense predetermined quantities of powdered substance and liquid into said chamber;
a blending device disposed in the chamber and motor means for rotating said device, the relationship between said blending device and the chamber side wall being such that upon operation of said device the liquid and powdered substance dispensed into said chamber is whirled and displaced against the chamber side wall and is supported thereby centrifugal force;
heating means associated with said chamber side wall for rapidly heating the dispensed liquid as the same is whirled against said side wall;
means defining a discharge port in said bottom wall for discharging whipped heated beverage by gravity when said blending device stops rotating; and
control means for controlling said motordriven blending device, said first and second metering means and said heating means.
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A hot-beverage-brewing machine is disclosed in which the improvements consist in having the heating means directly applied to a cuplike compartment in which a single dosage unit is individually brewed and in providing a rotary blender dipping in the cuplike compartment to improve the heat exchange between the compartment wall and the liquid. Timing means are provided for having the water and soluble powder feeds in the appropriate sequence consistently with the other operations which are required for brewing the beverages.
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1. A machine for brewing a hot whipped beverage formed of a solution of a powdered substance in a liquid, said machine comprising:
- a chamber having a side wall and a bottom wall;
first and second metering means associated with said chamber operable upon activation to dispense predetermined quantities of powdered substance and liquid into said chamber;
a blending device disposed in the chamber and motor means for rotating said device, the relationship between said blending device and the chamber side wall being such that upon operation of said device the liquid and powdered substance dispensed into said chamber is whirled and displaced against the chamber side wall and is supported thereby centrifugal force;
heating means associated with said chamber side wall for rapidly heating the dispensed liquid as the same is whirled against said side wall;
means defining a discharge port in said bottom wall for discharging whipped heated beverage by gravity when said blending device stops rotating; and
control means for controlling said motordriven blending device, said first and second metering means and said heating means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a chamber having a side wall and a bottom wall;
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