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Automated home beer brewing machine and method

  • US 6,032,571 A
  • Filed: 10/19/1998
  • Issued: 03/07/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An automated machine for home-brewing beer, said machine comprising:

  • a housing having a heater, a first power drive means, a second power drive means, and an ingredients dispenser;

    a removable brew pot receivable into cooperation with the housing in heat transfer relation with the heater for heating beer wort in the brew pot;

    a lid for covering the brew pot, said lid defining an aperture through which ingredients may be dispensed into the brew pot, said housing and lid being configured so that when the removable brew pot is received into cooperation with the housing home-brewing without contamination by ambient microbes is facilitated;

    a stirrer extending into the brew pot, said stirrer cooperating with said first power drive means so as to be in driving relation with the stirrer when the brew pot is in cooperation with the housing;

    said ingredients dispenser including plural ingredients containers, and second power drive means for driving said ingredients dispensing mechanism for dispensing ingredients from said ingredients containers into said brew pot;

    a programmable controller for controlling said heater, said first power drive means, and said second power drive means.

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