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Appliance for brewing coffee/tea

US4882983A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 17, 1989
Grant dateNov 28, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 17, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47J31/0615
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

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 water to the wetting chamber. The container includes an outlet port disposed a predetermined distance above the lowest portion of the wetting chamber wherein a predetermined head of water is consistently developed and maintained throughout the brewing cycle.

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