Brew basket and filter pack for electric coffee brewing machine
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65D-085/804
A47J-031/057
A47J-031/06
출원번호
US-0522332
(2014-10-23)
등록번호
US-9751687
(2017-09-05)
발명자
/ 주소
Schwarz, Matthew
Wells, Glenn
출원인 / 주소
Courtesy Products, L.L.C.
대리인 / 주소
Small, Dean D.
인용정보
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초록▼
A brew basket is provided for use in a beverage brewing machine. The brew basket includes a body defining a brewing reservoir that extends along a longitudinal length from an open top to a bottom end having one or more openings. The brewing reservoir has an internally tapered multi-sided three-dimen
A brew basket is provided for use in a beverage brewing machine. The brew basket includes a body defining a brewing reservoir that extends along a longitudinal length from an open top to a bottom end having one or more openings. The brewing reservoir has an internally tapered multi-sided three-dimensional (3D) shape. The brewing reservoir having a first cross-sectional area at the open top that progressively narrows along the longitudinal length of the multi-sided 3D shape to a smaller second cross-sectional area proximate to the one or more openings at the bottom end. The open top is configured to receive heated water from the brewing machine during a brewing operation with brewed beverage discharging from the one or more openings. The multi-sided 3D shape of the brewing reservoir configured to receive a filter pack having a generally tapered multi-sided 3D shape similar to the multi-sided 3D shape of the brewing reservoir.
대표청구항▼
1. A brew basket for use in a beverage brewing machine, the brew basket comprising: a body defining a brewing reservoir that extends along a longitudinal length from an open top to a bottom end having one or more openings, the brewing reservoir having a multi-sided three-dimensional (3D) funnel-shap
1. A brew basket for use in a beverage brewing machine, the brew basket comprising: a body defining a brewing reservoir that extends along a longitudinal length from an open top to a bottom end having one or more openings, the brewing reservoir having a multi-sided three-dimensional (3D) funnel-shaped segment;the funnel-shaped segment located proximate to the one or more openings at the bottom end;the open top being configured to receive heated water from the brewing machine during a brewing operation with brewed beverage discharging from the one or more openings; andthe funnel-shaped segment of the brewing reservoir having a shape that is complimentary with a funnel-shaped segment of a liquid permeable pouch of a filter pack;the funnel-shaped segment of the brewing reservoir configured to receive the funnel-shaped segment of the filter pack in a manner that creates a seal between the liquid permeable pouch and the brewing reservoir. 2. The brew basket of claim 1, wherein the brewing reservoir is continuously tapered from the open top, along at least one of a head segment or the funnel-shaped segment. 3. The brew basket of claim 1, wherein an amount of taper in sides of the brewing reservoir is substantially even from the open top to the one or more openings at the bottom end. 4. The brew basket of claim 1, wherein the funnel-shaped segment extends to the one or more openings at the bottom end. 5. The brew basket of claim 1, wherein the multi-sided 3D funnel-shaped segment of the brewing reservoir constitutes an open-sided tetrahedral shape. 6. The brew basket of claim 1, wherein the multi-sided 3D funnel-shaped segment of the brewing reservoir constitutes a triangular pyramid shape with the open top defining an open side of the triangular pyramid shape. 7. The brew basket of claim 1, wherein the brewing reservoir extends from the open top to the bottom end along a central longitudinal axis, the funnel-shaped segment of the brewing reservoir having a cross-sectional shape taken along a plane that extends approximately perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis, the cross-sectional shape of the funnel-shaped segment comprising at least one of a cross-sectional shape defined by two side edges, a triangular shape, a rectangular shape, a tetrahedral shape, a square shape, an octagonal shape, a shape having at least three sides, a shape having at least four sides, or a shape having at least five sides. 8. The brew basket of claim 1, wherein the complimentary shape of the funnel-shaped segment is configured to form the seal such that the heated water will accumulate at least a select amount of solids per unit of heated water before discharging from the one or more openings at the bottom end. 9. The brew basket of claim 1, wherein the complimentary shape of the funnel-shaped segment is configured to form the seal such that the heated water will accumulate at least 14% of a predetermined total available solids available within the coffee grounds before discharging from the one or more openings at the bottom end. 10. The brew basket of claim 1, wherein the body is formed with a disposable construction. 11. The brew basket of claim 1, wherein the brewing reservoir has a size dimensioned appropriate to brew approximately only a single serving of beverage during a brewing operation. 12. A filter pack for use in a beverage brewing machine having a brew basket that includes a brewing reservoir, the filter pack comprising: a liquid permeable pouch containing coffee grounds, the pouch having multiple sides and multiple vertices joined to form at least two multi-sided three-dimensional (3D) funnel-shaped segments;the pouch being configured to be held within the brewing reservoir of the brew basket, the funnel-shaped segments of the pouch having a shape and size complementary with a funnel-shaped segment of the brewing reservoir, the funnel-shaped segments of the pouch forming a polygon configured to fit within and create a seal with the brewing reservoir when oriented in any of at least two inverted positions, wherein a different associated one of the funnel-shaped segments is located proximate to a bottom end of the brew basket when in each of the associated inverted positions; andthe pouch being configured to receive heated water from the brewing machine at an uppermost one of the sides during a brewing operation with brewed beverage discharging from the inverted vertex. 13. The filter pack of claim 12, wherein the sides have an associated opposed vertex and the pouch is continuously tapered from each side to the associated opposed vertex. 14. The filter pack of claim 13, wherein an amount of taper is substantially even from each side to the associated opposed vertex. 15. The filter pack of claim 12, wherein the coffee grounds fill any one of the funnel-shaped segments when the filter pack is oriented with the associated vertex inverted. 16. The filter pack of claim 12, wherein the sides have an associated opposed vertex such that, when the pouch is positioned in the brewing reservoir with a first vertex inverted, a water pooling pocket will be formed proximate to an exterior surface of an associated opposed first side of the pouch during the brewing operation to facilitate extraction from the coffee grounds. 17. The filter pack of claim 12, wherein the pouch swells during the brewing operation such that the pouch and the coffee grounds fill voids between the pouch and a body of the brew basket to form the seal and to facilitate extraction from the coffee grounds. 18. The filter pack of claim 12, wherein the sides of the pouch have triangular shapes. 19. The filter pack of claim 12, wherein the funnel-shaped segments of the pouch have a tetrahedral shape. 20. The filter pack of claim 12, wherein the funnel-shaped segments of the pouch have a triangular pyramid shape. 21. The filter pack of claim 12, wherein the sides of the filter pack join to form a universal orientation such that the sides maintain the funnel-shaped segments shape and size of the pouch as complementary with the funnel-shaped segment shape and size of the brewing reservoir when the filter pack is oriented with any one of the vertices as inverted. 22. The filter pack of claim 12, wherein the pouch holds an amount of the coffee grounds that is configured to brew approximately only a single serving of beverage during the brewing operation. 23. A brew basket and filter pack assembly for use in a beverage brewing machine, the assembly comprising: a brew basket comprising a body defining a brewing reservoir that extends along a longitudinal length from an open top to a bottom end having one or more openings, the brewing reservoir having a multi-sided three-dimensional (3D) funnel-shaped segment, the funnel-shaped segment located proximate to the one or more openings at the bottom end, the open top being configured to receive heated water from the brewing machine during a brewing operation with brewed beverage discharging from the one or more openings; anda filter pack comprising a liquid permeable pouch containing coffee grounds, the pouch having multiple sides and multiple vertices joined to form a multi-sided three-dimensional (3D) funnel-shaped segment, the pouch being configured to be held within the brewing reservoir of the brew basket, the funnel-shaped segment of the pouch having a shape and size complementary with a shape and size of the funnel-shaped segment of the brewing reservoir to create a seal between the filter pack and the brewing reservoir. 24. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the sides and vertices of the pouch of the filter pack form a polygon that fits within the brewing reservoir when oriented in any one of multiple inverted positions, wherein a different associated one of the vertices is inverted in each of the inverted positions. 25. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the brewing reservoir is continuously tapered from the open top to the bottom end. 26. The assembly of claim 23, wherein an amount of taper in sides of the brewing reservoir is substantially even from the open top to the one or more openings at the bottom end. 27. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the funnel-shaped segment is configured to channel heated water through coffee grounds in the filter pack before exiting through the one or more openings at the bottom end. 28. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the funnel-shaped segment of the brewing reservoir constitutes an open-sided tetrahedral shape. 29. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the funnel-shaped segment of the brewing reservoir constitutes a triangular pyramid shape with the open top defining an open side of the triangular pyramid shape. 30. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the funnel-shaped segment of the brewing reservoir has a cross-sectional shape taken along a plane that extends approximately perpendicular to a central longitudinal axis, the cross-sectional shape comprising at least one of a cross-sectional shape defined by two side edges, a triangular shape, a rectangular shape, a tetrahedral shape, a square shape, an octagonal shape, a shape having at least three sides, a shape having at least four sides, or a shape having at least five sides. 31. The assembly of claim 23, wherein filter pack and the brewing reservoir fit with one another such that the heated water flows through coffee grounds of the filter pack until accumulating at least a select amount of solids per unit of heated water before discharging from the one or more openings at the bottom end. 32. The assembly of claim 23, wherein filter pack and the brewing reservoir fit with one another such that the heated water will flow through the coffee grounds until accumulating at least 14% of the predetermined total available solids available within the coffee grounds before discharging from the one or more openings at the bottom end. 33. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the body is formed with a disposable construction. 34. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the brewing reservoir and filter pack have a size dimensioned appropriate to brew approximately only a single serving of beverage during a brewing operation. 35. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the sides of the pouch have an associated opposed vertex and the sides of the pouch are continuously tapered from each side to the associated opposed vertex. 36. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the sides of the pouch have an associated opposed vertex and the pouch is continuously tapered from each side to the associated opposed vertex, the amount of taper being substantially even from each side to the associated opposed vertex. 37. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the pouch includes multiple vertices and funnel-shaped segments proximate each of the vertices such that the coffee grounds fill any one of the funnel-shaped segments when the filter pack is oriented with the associated vertex inverted. 38. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the sides have an associated opposed vertex such that when the pouch is positioned in the brewing reservoir with a first vertex inverted, a water pooling pocket is to be formed proximate an exterior surface of an associated opposed first side of the pouch during the brewing operation. 39. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the pouch is configured to swell during the brewing operation such that the pouch and the coffee grounds fill voids between the pouch and a body of the brew basket. 40. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the sides of the pouch have triangular shapes. 41. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the multi-sided 3D shape of the pouch constitutes at least one of a tetrahedral shape or a triangular pyramid shape. 42. The assembly of claim 23, wherein the sides of the filter pack join to form a universal orientation such that the sides maintain multiple funnel-shaped segments that are complementary with the shape and size of the funnel-shaped segment of the brewing reservoir when the filter pack is oriented with any one of the vertices as inverted.
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