Brewer system with active brewing mechanism and buffer reservoir piston compression of brewing substance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8950318-B2
Application number	US-93436209-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2009
Priority date	Mar 24, 2008
Publication date	Feb 10, 2015
Grant date	Feb 10, 2015

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, system, and method of use for producing beverages. The apparatus includes at least a modular brewing mechanism. Also, the system includes a reservoir for retaining a volume of beverage produced by the brewing mechanism. The system includes controls for dispensing a single cup of beverage while producing multiple cycles of beverage for transfer to the reservoir. The system also includes controls for monitoring freshness of beverage, controllably disposing of beverage, and controlling production of single cup or batch production of beverage. The method and apparatus includes controllable pressurized brewing in a column or chamber using a controllable piston moving in the chamber and which may include controlling steep time, pressurization, extraction time, active controllable agitation of the brewing substance, as well as other brewing characteristics.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A beverage apparatus comprising:
a hollow body defining at least a portion of a brewing chamber;
a piston controllably movable in at least a portion of the hollow body;
a filter operatively associated with the hollow body;
a liquid delivery system communicating with the hollow body;
a controller for controllably dispensing liquid from the liquid delivery system into the hollow body for mixing with a beverage making substance disposed in the hol…

Assignees

• Ford David
• Bunn O Matic Corp

Inventors

• Ford David

Classifications

• A47J31/52

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A47J31/467

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A47J31/18 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic