Spoon shaped coffee brewing apparatus
US6481338B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47J31/4496
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Apparatus for measuring ground coffee, brewing coffee and producing a foam layer on the brewed coffee that includes an elongated handle and a bowl shaped housing fixed to one axial extremity of the handle. The housing has an open top and open bottom. A cover is dimensioned and configured for sealing engagement with the open top. The cover is movable between a position that covers the open top and a second position in which the cover does not cover the open top. A porous mesh is dimensioned and configured for sealing engagement with the open bottom. A plate is dimensioned and configured for sealing engagement with the porous mesh and the plate has an aperture therein dimensioned and configured to control the pressure and velocity of coffee to thereby generate foam on the coffee brewed by the apparatus. A lower housing is dimensioned and configured for sealing engagement with the plate. The lower housing has at least one aperture for directing the flow of brewed coffee to an associated cup. In some forms of the invention the plate includes a plurality of domes. The lower housing may also include a plurality of upstanding tabs.
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