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RE37173 Coffee and tea brewing apparatus and system  
A method and system for brewing a desired volume of coffee at a selected brew time, in which a volume of water corresponding to the desired volume of coffee is heated and directed into contact with...
6227101 Coffeemaker with automated interlocks  
An apparatus for preparing coffee comprises a chassis engaging an electronic power and control circuit, a water heater, a coffee brewing tray adapted for receiving a coffee packet, a coffee pot...
6186051 System and apparatus for preparing a beverage suitable for consumption  
A system for preparing a consumable beverage, wherein a liquid and a granular material are brought together to produce the beverage. The system includes at least one vacuum pack enclosing a...
6182554 Beverage filter cartridge holder  
A cup shaped holder is internally provided with an ejection mechanism which serves to automatically dislodge a spent beverage cartridge from an upwardly extending piercing member when the lid is...
6148717 Beverage maker with intermittent beverage liquid dispenser and apparatus and method for uniform contact of brew ingredient with brew  
A beverage brewer (20) with a dispenser valve (34) for passing brewing liquid from a supply (30) under control by a programmable dispenser cycle dispenser valve controller (36) to intermittently...
6142063 Automated beverage brewing system  
An automated beverage brewing system includes a liquid storage tank and a metering chamber. The metering chamber is at least partially submerged beneath a standing level of liquid in the storage...
6103116 Collapsible filter  
A collapsible fluid filter is disclosed. The filter comprises, in part, a filter medium for filtering impurities from a fluid and a lower rim sealably disposed around the filter medium. The filter...
6065609 Beverage brewing kit  
A hot beverage brewing kit comprised of a double-walled cup and a cylindrical filter support stowable between the cup's walls is disclosed. A retaining ring secures a cone-shaped textile fabric...
6062127 Portable espresso maker  
A portable espresso maker comprising a housing and a water chamber within the housing and having an o-ring mounted on the top edge. There is a heating element adjacent the bottom of the water...
6050175 Beverage brewing device having an integral beverage server locking apparatus  
A beverage brewing device has an integral server locking mechanism. The beverage server (10) has top and bottom portions, (16) and (18), having first and second lips, (12) and (14), respectively....
6044754 Coffee maker filter holder system  
The filter holder (9) is fitted on its inner wall with a plurality of equiangularly arranged radial bolts (12), preferably three, whereas the fixed support (2) is in turn fitted with respective...
6035762 Espresso machine  
A coffee machine, which operates with filter capsules, having a brewing unit with two brewing-chamber parts which can be displaced relative to one another and, in a closed position, form a brewing...
6026732 Holder and housing devices for containing and releasing capsules for drink preparation  
Devices for holding and positioning capsules which have a cup, cover and lid structure and which contain a substance for preparation of a drink by extraction under pressure include a hollowed...
6007853 Disposable beverage infuser  
This invention relates to a disposable system for making portions of a hot beverage such as coffee or tea, comprising a porous filter designed to extend within a beverage container and having an...
5992298 Coffee machine  
The coffee machine for different coffee types requires no preheating time and consumes no energy in the standby mode. It essentially comprises a water supply chamber (1), a pump (5), a continuous...
5979299 Beverage infusion making apparatus  
A plunger filter infusion device comprises a container, a plunger having a resilient plunger head slidable within the container and an insert placeable in the base of the container. Infusible...
5974949 Espresso machine  
The espresso machine works with filter capsules and has a scalding unit (4) with two scalding chamber parts (2, 3) which can be moved relative to each other between an opening position and a...
5974950 Electronic coded coffee packets sealed in a gas flushed envelope, a beverage brewing machine using same as well as a method for brewing  
A beverage brewing machine, a method for brewing a beverage preparation material and a beverage brewing envelope are provided. The beverage brewing machine has an upper brewing chamber adapted to...
5967019 Saucer and single cup brewer system  
The single cup coffee or tea brewer system is adopted to retain a predetermined amount of ground coffee beans or tea for a "perfect" single cup of brewed coffee or tea. The brewing system includes...
5948455 Cartridge having sheared thinned areas for promoting opening for beverage extraction  
A cartridge which contains a substance for preparation of a beverage and for use for preparation of the beverage. The cartridge has a base, a wall, a rim and a cover. The wall extends from the base...
5921168 Express-coffee-machine loadable with wafers  
Express-coffe-machine loadable with wafers (36) of coffee blend for family or professional use, includes a casing (2) containing one vessel (12) for the water to be heated, a boiler (16) in which...
5906844 Coffee maker  
A coffee maker has container (3, 5), which can be closed pressure-tight, for holding powdered coffee (12). Container (3) is equipped on the inside with screen (10) on the bottom and side wall....
5906845 Flavoring devices  
Methods and devices for flavoring liquids are disclosed. Flavoring solids such as particulate coffee solids are packed into an impermeable container, preferably occupying most or all of the...
5899137 Beverage making apparatus with can piercer  
A coffee maker for use in a vehicle such as a commercial aircraft. The coffee make accepts a sealed can of ground coffee. The can is pierced from the side by a pair of can-piercing spikes by...
5897899 Cartridges containing substances for beverage preparation  
A sealed cartridge, which need have no marks for weakening and inside which, no filter is needed, contains a substance, such as roasted and ground coffee, for being extracted under pressure. The...
5894785 Percolator of mocha type, for espresso coffee or other similar drinks  
The percolator comprises a substantially cylindrical decoction chamber (9) through which water passes from the lower chamber (7) to the upper chamber (8), a counteracting surface (16) upperly...
5888392 Filter position retention ring  
The present invention relates to filters for coffee, tea, hot chocolate etc., in which a filter is placed in a cylindrical container and whatever is to be filtered is placed in the filter that has...
5875704 Device for securing a filter-carrying cup below the cup carrier of a coffee machine  
A filter ladle is provided with twoside projections with a helical contact surface consisting of two portions with different pitches and engaging a shoulder on the end of bearing pins mounted under...
5870943 Device permitting using, on a coffee making machine, ground coffee or prepackaged cakes of coffee  
A ladle holder (20) comprises either a releasable spray packing member for ground coffee or a spray recess for pre-packaged coffee blocks, and a filter ladle (10) may be provided as required with...
5866185 Method and device for dispensing an ingestible soluble material for further dissolving in a liquid  
A dispensing device for a soluble or dispersible material which comprises a tube formed of a liquid impermeable material and of unitary construction, the tube being closed at both ends and having...
5862739 Infusion maker  
An infusion maker includes a lid, a filter, a stopper, a basket, a retaining frame, and a jug. The basket has a through hole at the center of its bottom side, and a bottom extended wall with spaced...
5863431 Disposable filter with indicia  
A water permeable disposable filter, the filter including a side wall having an open top region and a sealed bottom region with indicia means is provided. The filter is provided with interior and...
5858437 Methods of brewing reduced temperature coffee  
A beverage brewing method for producing a brewed beverage having a serving temperature within a predetermined serving temperature range. A beverage brewing appliance includes a brewing apparatus...
5855161 Espresso coffee machine  
An espresso coffee machine wherein a conveyor disk, having a number of seats, each for receiving a respective wafer, is rotated in steps about an axis to successively feed the seats through a...
5840189 Beverage filter cartridge  
A beverage filter cartridge includes an impermeable yieldably pierceable base having a predetermined shape and an access opening at one end. A self-supporting wettable filter element is disposed in...
5826492 Apparatus for extracting a substance contained in a sachet  
An apparatus for extracting a substance contained in a sachet for preparation of a beverage has a first member having raised and hollow portions for forming a flow zone and a second member for...
5824218 Permanent espresso filter insert  
The present invention relates to a permanent espresso filter insert for insertion into an espresso machine, the insert comprising a substantially flat filter disc which is penetrated by a plurality...
5816135 Method and apparatus for selectively dispensing hot water or hot beverages  
The invention comprises a tankless water heater combined with a beverage brewing/dispenser, whereby the user may selectively dispense either hot water or a heated beverage of the user's choice.
5813317 Brewing pot  
A brewing pot for tea includes a container including an upper portion having a top rim defining at least one cavity, and a lower portion defining a chamber, and an abutting edge formed between the...
5806409 Single cup coffee brewer system  
The single cup coffee brewer system is adopted to retain a predetermined amount of ground coffee beans for a "perfect" single cup of brewed coffee. The brewing system includes an elongated handle,...
5806408 Beverage brewing device  
The invention is a brewing device having a lid member with a collapsible liquid permeable pouch secured to the lid member. The substance to be brewed is contained in said pouch. The pouch is...
5799566 Self-propelled moving-filter beverage maker  
A self propelled moving-filter beverage maker includes an invertible housing having an elongate chamber, a cover at one end removably sealingly engaged with the housing for enabling the...
5794519 Brewing head for coffee portion capsules of an espresso machine  
A brewing head includes a lower brewing head part having a first recess and a coffee discharge conduit formed therein. An upper brewing head part has a second recess and a hot water conduit formed...
5776527 Package of ground coffee of the prefilled tablet type and espresso coffee machine using such a package  
Packaging of ground coffee in the form of pastille, "dosette" or predosed bag (1) usable in espresso coffee machines, the pastille, the "dosette" or the predosed bag (1) being formed of...
5775206 Coffeemaker with a permanent filter  
The present invention relates to a new coffeemaker with a permanent filter that is composed of a tank, whose bottom is perforated small holes, this tank is attached to an infusion chamber provided...
5773067 Method for production of metered amounts of drinks, especially coffee  
In the method for preparing metered amounts of a drink in situ such as coffee, from soluble powder, a concentrate of a drink is produced by dissolving determined quantities of soluble powder with...
5768975 Bubble-forming sleeve for an espresso coffee maker  
A bubble-forming sleeve for an espresso coffee maker includes a generally vertical sleeving portion which has a central bore formed therethrough and which is sleeved fixedly on a nozzle that is...
5770075 Beverage filter  
A beverage filter formed of porous paper, or other paper-like filter material for placement in the ground beverage container of a beverage brewing apparatus, such as a percolating coffee pot, in...
5762987 Process for extracting a substance contained in a sachet  
A substance for preparation of a beverage contained in a sealed flexible sachet is extracted with a device which provides a chamber formed by two members configured so that they each form a cavity...
5755149 Automatic machine for the preparation of hot beverage infusions  
The automatic machine for the preparation of hot beverage infusions such as coffee being formed by a group formed of a body facing a boiler intended to be brought closer to each other in order to...