Device for producing small batches of coffee from liquid coffee concentrate
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A23F-005/00
출원번호
US-0004551
(2007-12-21)
등록번호
US7861646
(2010-12-20)
발명자
/ 주소
Bockbrader, Robert H.
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초록▼
A device for brewing batches, such as, but not limited to, relatively small one or two cup batches, of coffee from water and liquid coffee concentrate, preferably shelf stable. The size of the device, preferably similar to an automatic drip coffee maker, allows the device to be conveniently utilized
A device for brewing batches, such as, but not limited to, relatively small one or two cup batches, of coffee from water and liquid coffee concentrate, preferably shelf stable. The size of the device, preferably similar to an automatic drip coffee maker, allows the device to be conveniently utilized in the home, an office, a hotel suite, or hospitality area or the like. The device includes a metered volumetric mix valve assembly that, when activated, admits simultaneously or sequentially a finite volume of water and liquid concentrate to a mixing chamber or conduit where they are mixed and then dispensed to a container such as a carafe, cup, mug or the like. Mixing can take place in one or more of the mixing chamber or conduit and the container in which the water and concentrate are dispensed. In this manner, repeatable beverage solutions are obtained. Advantageously, the device is constructed so that the liquid concentrate flows gravimetrically to the volumetric mix valve assembly, and a costly concentrate pump is not necessary. The device can be sealed so that theft of the coffee concentrate can be prevented.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A coffee producing device for producing a heated liquid beverage composition from a liquid concentrate, comprising:a housing adapted to dispense a liquid composition comprising a liquid coffee concentrate and water,an actuatable volumetric mix valve assembly located in the hou
What is claimed is: 1. A coffee producing device for producing a heated liquid beverage composition from a liquid concentrate, comprising:a housing adapted to dispense a liquid composition comprising a liquid coffee concentrate and water,an actuatable volumetric mix valve assembly located in the housing and having an actuator capable of moving a valve from a first position to at least a second position, wherein in the first position the valve assembly operatively prevents flow of the liquid composition through an outlet of the valve assembly, the valve assembly having a concentrate inlet and a concentrate reservoir having a set volume and being in fluid communication with the concentrate inlet in the first position and adapted to operatively receive liquid coffee concentrate from a concentrate source, wherein in the second position the valve isolates the concentrate inlet from the concentrate reservoir, the valve assembly further comprising a water inlet adapted to receive water from a hot water receptacle through a hot water conduit connected to the inlet, wherein a seal member of the valve prevents flow of water into the concentrate reservoir in the first position, wherein in the second position the valve allows fluid communication between the water inlet, the concentrate reservoir, and the outlet of the valve assembly, at least a portion of the outlet arranged below the water inlet and the concentrate reservoir whereby the water and liquid coffee concentrate from the concentrate reservoir are adapted to flow via gravity out through the outlet in the second position;a water receptacle adapted for receiving water from a water source;a water heater operatively connected to the water receptacle by a conduit;a second conduit operatively connected between the water heater and the hot water receptacle for providing water heated by the water heater to the hot water receptacle;a concentrate receptacle adapted to be connected to the concentrate source comprising the liquid coffee concentrate; anda concentrate conduit operatively connected between the concentrate receptacle and the concentrate inlet of the valve assembly.
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Triola Gary ; Gremillion Paul, Coffee machine for use with shelf-stable liquid coffee concentrate.
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