Cartridge type

A coffee filter for a single percolation having an extraction chamber incing a support for supporting a pressed coffee tablet, and locating an underlying filter, a predetermined distance range from the bottom of the coffee tablet.

A spoon for individually brewing a beverage upon immersion and subsequent stirring of the spoon within a liquid, such as water. The spoon comprises a handle portion and a bowl portion having an upper wall and a bottom wall spaced therefrom. The walls define a hollow compartment therebetween, which compartment...     

A beverage brewing apparatus wherein a brewing cartridge is adjustably mounted in the apparatus for selectively positioning a portion thereof for holding a bagged charge of coffee in contact with a force distributing surface of a water supply delivery element. The structure provided for supporting the...     

A disposable one cup coffee brewer comprises a conical paper brewing filter having contained in the bottom thereof a quantity of loose coffee grounds, and having movably disposed therewithin, above the coffee grounds, a disc-shaped primary buoyant element for diverting water poured into the filter from...     

Coffee brewer apparatus adapted for the selective brewing in a brewing cartridge of coffee from ground coffee charges either in loose form carried on a cup-shaped filter sheet, or in enclosed form carried in a filter bag. The brewer apparatus includes selectively mountable hot water delivery elements...     

A portable hot liquid system comprising a container with the bottom portion of the insulated cover being removable to form a cup, a heating holder adapted to receive the uncovered bottom portion of the container and a small vessel for holding a soluble condiment, which is adapted to attach onto the nozzle...     

A drip brewer is formed with a frusto-conical body adapted to seat over an empty vessel. The lower end of the body includes an infusion chamber covered with a snap fit perforated disc and carrying a measure of loose, i.e. not compacted, roasted and ground coffee with the coffee occupying less than the...     

An apparatus for brewing beverages from a ground or powdered substance comprises a movable intermediate member for conveying the substance to a stationary brewing chamber while simultaneously ensuring proper sealing of the chamber and measurement of the substance.

A capsule containing a substance for making up a drink using an apparatus, said capsule being composed essentially of a sealed body having the general shape of an acute truncated cone with a rim at its base and of a membrane closing the base, said membrane being provided with a line of weakness delimiting...     

A drip coffeemaker basket and filter assembly is provided comprising a cup-shaped basket supporting a matching water permeable filter and the basket is generally funnel-shaped with a substantially flat bottom wall of spaced supporting means defining a fixed opening water passage where the supporting...     

A drip coffee brewer for the brewing of a single serving of coffee consisting of a standard hot beverage cup, made of self-insulating material such as expanded polystyrene, with a portion of the bottom omitted or removed and with a cup-shaped capsule containing, integral with the bottom thereof, a raised...     

A coffee brewing apparatus having a plurality of water heating devices connected in series for sequentially heating water to a beverage brewing temperature. Each of the devices is provided with a vent. The individual vents are brought to adjacent the brewing cartridge for discharging vented fluids thereinto...     

The electrical water heater and dispenser is designed to heat a small amount of water such as two or three cups of water for use in making hot coffee, hot tea, cocoa, etc. A manually operable valve is provided for dispensing water into at least one receiver adapted to be temporarily positioned therebelow....     

A cantilevered instantaneous heating brewer for brewing beverages, such as coffee, wherein the heat transfer structure includes a heavy heat transfer mass. Cold water is supplied to the heat transfer mass to have heat transfer association therewith and thereby be heated to the desired brewing temperature....     

A coffee brewing and serving machine is provided with an upper housing portion from which hot water is dispensed in a downwardly flowing stream through a removably mounted, large funnel containing a large foraminous basket in which is disposed filter paper and coffee grounds. Below the outlet of the...     

A beverage brewer housing structure wherein improved supporting connections are provided intermediate a base portion and the lower end of an upright rear portion of the housing and between the upper end of the upright rear portion and a cantilevered upper head portion of the housing. The connections...     

A coffee brewing apparatus has a hot water reservoir which sets, unconnected, on a housing above a grounds basket. The carafe rests upon a warming plate below the basket. The control unit is attached to the reservoir and the control unit is held by two screws to the housing so that the control unit and...     

A holder of elastic material for filter bags open at the top for preparing beverages, especially tea and coffee, which comprises a tubular stud having two oppositely arranged stud sections connected at their upper ends by an annular member and spaced from each other by a slot having two diametrically...     

The invention relates to a coffee brewing machine which is particularly suitable for family use and for a small commercial establishment, such as a refreshment room. The machine extracts the coffee beverage from a pod which contains ground coffee and is housed in a chamber defined by an upper block and...     

A coffee machine has an assembly provided with a chamber for receiving a permanent filter selected, according to the taste preference of a user, from a set of such filters which each offer different flow resistance to water per unit time. A pod of ground compressed coffee is also removably receivable...     

A permanent, reuseable liquid filter comprised of a thin flexible filter material and a support skeleton secured to the outside surface thereof. The skeleton includes a centrally disposed support rim and a plurality of support rib sets spaced around and extending outwardly from the support rim. Each...     

An adapter to releasably engage a small brew cone for a small coffee brewing machine with the cone engaging rails of a large coffee brewing machine; said coffee brewing machine has a hot water dispensing head with a bottom surface, a water discharge opening at that surface and a pair of elongate parallel...     

Fully automatic brewing apparatus is disclosed for economically and efficiently brewing large quantities of beverage. Beverage concentrate is first brewed from a dry, beverage-making material, such as granulated tea leaves contained in a rotatable funnel which may be pivoted for emptying the concentrate...     

Apparatus for making an infusion drink, comprises a water supply container and an electrically heated water through-flow conduit, and, therebetween, a regulator for regulating the through-flow of water, in the form of a choke or flow restrictor which acts to reduce the cross-section of the flow of water...     

A coffeemaker in which heated water infuses coffee grounds held in a basket, includes a spreader, which is associated with the basket, and which is adjustable so as to enable relative proportions of the water bypassing and not bypassing the grounds to be adjusted. None of the water bypasses the grounds...     

There is provided a coffee maker including a housing and a filtering assembly removably suspendible in the housing. The filtering assembly comprises a filter vessel and a surrounding filter-vessel holder, the respective bottoms of each being provided with an outlet and being spaced from each other. An...     

This invention relates to filters for the brewing of coffee. Specifically to the fast brewing drip type suitable for home use. The basis of the invention is in the addition of a diverting valve to allow for the transfer of brewed coffee away from the holding pot and into the users coffee cup. This is...     

A portable coffee maker (10) is adapted to be used with a package of ground coffee (58) and a package of water (40). The coffee maker (10) includes a water heating chamber (12) and a coffee brewing chamber (14) Within the water heating chamber (12) is a device (38) to pierce the package of water (40)...     

A beverage extracting and dispensing machine for use with flattened round cartridges, which contain a brewable product, such as ground coffee, freeze-dried coffee, tea, broth and the like. The cartridges have permeable upper and lower walls and a substantially cylindrical sidewall. A cartridge may be...     

An automatic electric coffee maker has a housing including a base and a hood mounted atop the base. The base includes a horizontal support for supporting a coffee decanter so as to be located immediately underneath an overhanging portion of the hood from which a coffee basket is supported. The base has...     

An assembly directed to the preparation or production of individual servings of a predetermined, variable quantity beverage, wherein the assembly is primarily intended for the production of Expresso Coffee or like beverage. The assembly may be manually operated and includes the directing of liquid from...     

An expresso machine has a hot water distributor and an adapter which is removably connectable to the distributor to receive hot water therefrom. A box is in turn removably connectable to the adapter and defines with the same an extraction chamber adapted to house a prefabricated coffee pod through which...     

A coffee infusion container is provided consisting of a porous cone shaped inner section that is inverted to accept hot water and the outer shape of the enclosure is shaped in the form of a partial cone with the upper most section removed and a rod shaped handle is provided and affixed to said container...     

A hot drink maker comprises an outer casing, a hot water tank located in the casing at a relatively high position and filled with hot water heated to a predetermined temperature, a device for controlling water supply in the hot water tank, a funnel filled with a material for preparing hot drink, and...     

A coffee brewing device includes a housing for holding ground coffee with at least one wall of the housing being formed from a permeable filtering membrane which permits a flow-through of water. The interior of the housing is vented to the atmosphere through an attached conduit, which can be used as...     

A domestic coffee maker has a water reservoir and a water heater housed in the casing, and tubes for feeding water from the reservoir to the heater, and for feeding hot water to a discharge spout. The spout is arranged above a filter for holding ground coffee in a filter cone, and at the bottom of the...     

A cold water pour-in beverage brewer having a generally C-shaped body with upper and lower leg portions extending forwardly from an upright interconnecting leg portion. The body houses an inverted L-shaped receptacle formed by an elongated shallow cold water basin from adjacent one end of which a relatively...     

Structure for maintaining and controlling qualitative and quantitative parameters of brewing, particularly related to coffee.

Electrically energized coffee or tea brewing machine of the type including a hot water reservoir and from which the reservoir and its associated components can be readily removed as a unit for servicing by removing the housing cover and then making easy mechanical and electrical disconnections.

Upper and lower downwardly and upwardly opening caps are provided and removably telescopingly engageable over the upper and lower ends of an upstanding tubular body. The body includes a mid-height partition having a central drain opening therein and electrical resistance heating structure as disposed...     

A paper extractor including a support member in the form of a collar of a small wall-thickness having at its lower end two support legs facing each other, a filter attached to an inner surface of the support member, and coffee packs each including coffee powder sealed in a bag of filter cloth or filter...     

A drip-type coffee-making apparatus which includes a closed-wall vessel having an open top, and an open bottom, a hinged lid integrally formed with the wall of the vessel, a mesh extended across and fixed to the interior of the vessel proximate the bottom end, a ridge formed around the perimeter of the...     

An improved automatic coffee maker includes three separate chambers for heating water, storing brewed coffee at a relatively low temperature, and heating coffee to serving temperature prior to dispensing. The dispensing and water heating chambers preferably share a common wall, and at least a portion...     

The invention relates to a coffee maker comprising a water reservoir (1), a filter device (2) and a flow heater (3) for heating water from the water reservoir for delivery to the filter device. A problem associated with coffee makers is the deposit of scale in the flow heater. It is proposed to provide...     

Apparatus for brewing, in particular, a multiplicity of consumption units a hot drink, such as coffee. The apparatus comprises a combination of a filter pan and a disposable filter cartridge with cellulose web filters. According to the invention, the filter cartridge and the filter pan have parts cooperating...     

A coffee maker comprises a housing; a filtering device for arrangement in the housing, the filtering device having a single outlet; and a distributor for positioning in the housing below the filtering device. The distributor has a plurality of inlets and an equal number of outlets and a duct system interposed...     

Fully automatic brewing apparatus is disclosed for economically and efficiently making large quantities of beverage. Beverage concentrate is first brewed from a dry, beverage-making material, such as tea leaves contained in a brewing funnel which, in one embodiment may be pivoted for emptying the concentrate...     

A coffee maker comprises a housing and a water tank formed as a unitary plastic part, the housing having a horizontal base and a wall extending perpendicularly to the base, the water tank extending horizontally from the upper portion of such wall. Included are a filter device and a flow heater for heating...     

An insulating jug 1 for storing liquids and comprising a protective housing 2, an inner receiving housing and a lid 3, closing the jug opening, is outlined. The insulating jug 1 is provided with hanging means 7, in the proximity of the opening in the housing 2, cover 3 or on a jug handle 4, to which...     

A coffee package has a filter assembly double folded and enveloped air-tight in a wrapper in a vacuous or inert gas atmosphere. The filter assembly includes a generally rectangular support plate made up of an intermediate portion with an opening for pouring hot water therethrough and a pair of support...     

An improved beverage-making device, particularly useful for brewing coffee, provides a safety thermostat arrangement for quickly detecting excessive temperatures of a hot water container generally near a heating element arranged therein. A running thermostat provides a self-supporting sensing tube means...     

Water degasification and distillation apparatus having a container for water to be degasified and distilled, a relatively small boiler adjoining said container and having a first conduit extending into the container so that a selected water level in the container will fill said boiler to a selected height,...     

A satellite coffee brewing system (10) includes a central brewing unit (11) cooperative with a plurality of like satellite receptacle units (12) for the storage and dispensing of hot coffee while positioned with the central brewing unit or at remote stations in a restaurant. The central brewing unit...     

A siphon of preheated water to a filter basket is initiated by an inpour of cold water to a buoyant tank floating in a holding tank on the preheated water. The cold water addition causes the buoyant tank to sink thus raising the level of the preheated water to start a siphon. The cold water is thereafter...     

A coffee serving contains a composition of a combination of a preselected amount of a coffee bean selection in flaked or ground coffee particle size and a preselected amount of a fruit acid-sodium bi-carbonate foamer composition, intimately mixed together in a water porous film serving unit bag. The...     

The holder for a filter which contains a supply of comminuted coffee beans in an espresso coffee brewing apparatus is separably connectable to the housing of the apparatus by a bayonet lock connection and is separably connected with the filter by a coupling or detent of the type having cooperating male...     

A device for securing a coffee filter in a coffee maker basket comprises a contractable annular member expandable for urging the coffee filter against the inner side of the basket to prevent coffee grounds from slipping between the filter and the side of the basket and into the coffee.

The invention provides an espresso coffee machine comprising an electrically heated vessel with a removable tight-closing lid intended for receiving water, and a rising pipe one end of which opens out in the vicinity of the bottom of the vessel while the other end leads to a container arranged at a distance...     

A coffee brewing insert for improving the efficiency of a drip coffee maker, including a continuous annular wall defining first and second axially-spaced openings, the first opening having a larger diameter than the second. The insert is placed on the filter of a drip coffee maker and the coffee is placed...     

A self-contained, self-storing, compact hot beverage brewing device including a base member (2) including the heating and control elements, a water receiving container (6) which also serves as part of the storage container, a brewing element (10) movable from a position exterior to (6) during the brewing...     

Disclosed are improvements in a coffee-making machine of the type having an elevated cool or cold water basin from which cool or cold water drains into a fill tube extending down to adjacent the bottom of a hot water reservoir, the fill tube being suspended from the underside of the cover or lid on the...     

A combination coffee-making and dispensing machine which has a beverage reservoir which is retained in a cabinet. The reservoir is provided with a cover to reduce evaporation. The cover is hinged to the cabinet in a way that permits it to be tilted and lifted off the reservoir and remain in the cabinet...     

A combination tea dispenser and brewer wherein a variety of different teas are provided in individual dispensers which are located in a position to dispense tea into an area where the dispensed tea is contacted by boiling water to brew the same. The brewed tea falls into a pot on the dispenser and is...     

Two embodiments of automatic drip coffee makers particularly adapted to be mounted other than on a counter top. In each embodiment, the coffee maker brews coffee into an associated container that is supported by other than its base. The container is preferably of the thermally insulated type and in one...     

An improved method of brewing coffee and a device therefor are disclosed. The method involves the steps of providing a coffee brewing device having a porous housing containing a supply of ground coffee and having a self-supporting handle dimensioned to be hand-held attached thereto for positioning and...     

A compact self-contained compact hot beverage or drip coffee maker is provided which includes a base unit suitable to contain water for heating and a water heating unit. In the travel or storage mode, a hot beverage holder, a beverage mix storage container, at least one beverage drinking cup, and a beverage...     

A beverage brewing apparatus which may be utilized with prepackaged water. The apparatus is provided with a puncturing means for puncturing the container. The water is heated to steam so that it is possible to utilize non-potable water in the brewing of a beverage.

There is disclosed filter apparatus for coffee makers wherein the the ground coffee is placed in a filter and hot water passes over the coffee grounds, through the filter and into the coffee pot. The filter apparatus includes a pleated paper filter that is placed in a basket to have the filter peripheral...     

A continuous generally frusto-conically shaped ring for use in retaining the side walls of conventional automatic drip type coffee filters in erect orientation within filter support trays and which include an annular flange which is engageable with the top or sides of the filter in such a manner so as...     

A beverage dispensing apparatus for obtaining a beverage from a normally-sealed beverage dispensing package carrying a locating projection for cooperation with an aqueous medium injector. The package is typically a sachet having, as the locating projection, a nozzle sealed in one edge seam. The sachet...     

An improved brew chamber with filter spacer and support frame for use in an electric coffeemaker. The support frame being resiliently engagable within said brew chamber to be spaced from the chamber bottom whereby filter paper may be received within said brew chamber for receipt therein of a load of...     

To control temperature of brewing water, check valve of flow-through-heater-type coffee maker is modified so that travel of the check valve is adjustable to control rate of flow through the heating tube and, as a consequence, temperature of extracting water.

A coffee bag is provided and consists of a housing fabricated out of two sheets of water-permeable paper material heat sealed around its perimeter for holding a portion of very fine ground coffee therebetween for making an individual cup of coffee. In a modification the housing is cylindrical and expandable...     

An automatic electric coffeemaker having a housing including a molded housing member which includes an integral reservoir and passageway conducting the heated water to the water dispensing portion of the housing. The housing is adapted to support an assembly including a carafe, a coffee basket and spreader...     

A coffee maker includes a housing which supports a fresh water container above a receptacle for the coffee. A resistive heating element is mounted in the container to heat the water. The bottom of the container is provided by a downwardly sloping element having an outlet to release heated water to a...     

A coffee- or tea-making machine is to be constructed so that its space-occupancy during non-use is considerably smaller than its space occupancy during use. For this purpose the maximum inner width, or alternately inner diameter of the receptacle for the filtrate is larger than the outer maximum width,...     

Tea making apparatus of the type comprising of the means for supplying heated water over a basket for holding a bed of tea leaves. In accordance with the invention a syphon tube is provided to delay the passage of hot water through the tea leaf bed until the hot water reaches a pre-determined level so...     

A coffee maker or a tea maker includes a fresh-water container; a flow-through heater arranged for receiving water from the fresh-water container; an overflow arranged for receiving heated water from the flow-through heater; a filter holder accommodating the ground flavor carrier and arranged for receiving...     

Support apparatus for coffee maker brew baskets comprises a base, an upstanding stop wall and a support plate spaced apart above the base. A coffee grinder discharge spout empties through the support plate. A pair of support arms are pivotally mounted extending horizontally subadjacent the support plate...     

This invention relates to an improved coffee brewing apparatus having a supply of heated water and means for dispensing a predetermined quantity of said heated water at a predetermined time. The invention includes the improvement comprising a grounds basket having divider means for separating the basket...     

A tea brewer which automatically inlets a proportion of dilute water and brewing water to a siphon system to brew an extract for blending with the diluting water. The tea brewer includes a hot water tank having a volume of heated water therein and a fill tube for receiving a volume of cold water at the...     

An electrically operated coffee making machine wherein a filter holder for a removable filter is mounted in the housing for pivotal movement about a vertical axis between operative and inoperative positions. The handle of the filter in the filter holder is received in a recess of the housing when the...     

A beverage sachet has improved base seam opening performance by the provision of sealed lands extending inwardly from the side seams to reduce the tendency of curling of the base seams in use.

For a coffee brewing machine, an indicating system which operates to notify the user when it is time to clean the water supply conduit of accumulated mineral deposits. When a self contained removable reservoir is inserted into its operative position connecting to the water supply conduit, it closes the...     

A modular fabricated custom formed beverage brewer of the type incorporating a component housing form containing a hot water heating tank regulated by controls, for heating water delivered to the tank by one of an automatic cold water inlet supply or by a pour-in type of delivery, with the heated from...     

A coffee brewing unit is disclosed which enables a brew cycle to be initiated manually or automatically at a preset time, but which prevents a brew cycle from proceeding if a number of required operating conditions are not implemented. If all operating conditions again become implemented after a brew...     

A sealed beverage package containing one or more beverage ingredients and being formed from substantially air- and water-impermeable materials, the said package comprising a body portion having a compartment containing the beverage ingredients and a beverage outlet channel formed therein, the beverage...     

A convertible beverage (coffee and tea) making machine which as manufactured is a manual cold water pour-in machine and which is readily convertible "in the field" to an automatic cold water inlet machine, with or without a separate hot water faucet, by installing the contents of a conversion kit. If...     

A device for brewing a beverage into container, such as a cup, which includes an enclosure adapted to fit over the rim of a receiver such as a cup with a space between the bottom of the device and the receiver and where a reservoir is provided to receive granular or particulate material to be used in...     

The disposable beverage brewing chamber is usable in a conventional coffee or other hot beverage brewing and dispensing machine and includes a preferably inverted frusto-conical or rectangular container fabricated of paper, paperboard or the like and having a closed bottom with central liquid beverage...     

A coffee brewing unit is disclosed which enables a brew cycle to be initiated automatically upon insertion of a coffee receiving vessel into its coffee receiving position, but which prevents a brew cycle from proceeding if a number of required operating conditions are not implemented. If all operating...     

The automatic coffee maker has a saddle valve attachment for connecting it to a cold water line via a small plastic water hose, thereby producing an automatic water supply to the coffee maker. The desired number of cups of coffee can be selected and activated using a dial/pushbutton set of controls....     

The invention is concerned with a machine for preparing a beverage employing a package (10;200) containing at least one beverage ingredient, e.g. roast and ground coffee. The machine has a point of entry (16;209) for the package into the machine, a brewing station within the machine at which the package...     

An appliance for automatically brewing a beverage such as coffee, tea or the like comprising a reservoir for receiving a predetermined amount of water, a heating element for heating the water, a container adapted to receive coffee, tea or the like defining a wetting chamber and means for delivering heated...     

A device with several embodiments for securing a coffee filter in a coffee maker which will fit most commercially made coffee makers and which uses substantially all of the filter's surface for filtering purposes but does not allow the filter to fall inward on itself to allow coffee grounds to enter...     

A modularized fabricated custom formed beverage brewer of the type incorporating a component housing containing a hot water heating tank regulated by controls, with the heated water from the tank being further transferred to a spray head assembly, for discharge onto a basket of beverage grounds for dripping...     

A beverage making machine includes a housing with structure defining a storing receptacle receiving region and support structure above the storing receptacle receiving region, and filter case structure for releasable engagement with that support structure. The filter case structure has an outlet in which...     

This invention provides a beverage brewing apparatus having a water containing lid which divides a flow of heated water into two measured portions. This lid enables collection of heated water from various sources including an electric drip coffee maker, and is removably supported by a brewing container...     

The infusion beverage maker (1) is composed of a tank (3) supplying water which connects via a water pipe (4) to a continuous flow heater (5). A hot water line (10) emanating from the continuous flow heater (5) terminates into a supply port (11) arranged above the filter unit (12), the said filter unit...     

Disclosed is a beverage infusion device including a percolator within a gas-liquid chamber permeable to air and water containing an infusible, insoluble dry beverage substance such as coffee particles. When the beverage infusion device is repeatedly immersed in and removed from water, water enters into...