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Automatic coffee brewing apparatus and control method

US7571674B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 22, 2005
Grant dateAug 11, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 24, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47J31/3614
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

This invention provides for a coffee brewing apparatus and its control method, which comprises a control circuit and a water loop comprising a water reservoir, a pump, a control valve, a boiler, a brewing assembly, a three-way connector and a connecting hose. When coffee is to be brewed, hot water flows top-down through the brewing chamber cover, the upper filter, the coffee grounds, the lower filter, the brewing chamber, the first port of the three-way connector, the second port of the three-way connector and the connecting hose; the brewed coffee finally flows out from said connecting hose. This coffee brewing apparatus has additional functions of automatic residue discharge, automatic water discharge and automatic cleaning.

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