Method and an apparatus for preparing a brewed beverage

US10383473B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MELITTA SINGLE PORTIONS GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Katrin Hesselbrock · Osnabrück, DE
• Sven Neuhaus · Bad Oeynhausen, DE
• Jan Pahnke · Minden, DE
• Gerold Schandl · Minden, DE
• Robert Köhler · Leipzig, DE
• Markus Ungerer · Steinheim an der Murr, DE
• Thomas Weber · McLean, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 3, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2019
• Expiry date: Feb 12, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47J31/3676
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A method and apparatus for preparing a brewed beverage includes positioning a capsule with a brewing ingredient at a lateral opening of a brewing chamber. Heated water is conveyed to into the brewing chamber to brew the beverage by filling the capsule with the heated water. An outlet valve on of the brewing chamber is opened for filling a vessel with the brewed beverage through a feed nozzle. The brewing chamber is moved together with the feed nozzle from a brewing and filling position, where the capsule is positioned at the brewing chamber and the feed nozzle is above a passage for filling the vessel, to a rinsing position where the capsule is removed from the brewing chamber and the nozzle is above a guide element for directing water for disposal. In the rinsing position, the brewing chamber is rinsed with rinse water which is disposed via the nozzle and the guide element.