Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Measuring – testing – or controlling by inanimate means
Patent
1993-10-25
1995-02-28
Yeung, George
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Measuring, testing, or controlling by inanimate means
426433, A23F 500
Patent
active
053935403
ABSTRACT:
An automatic beverage brewing apparatus which includes a brew chamber having an inlet and an outlet and a water distribution system associated with the brew chamber for introducing brew water and flush water. A filter assembly is disposed in the brew chamber and has an opening formed therethrough for communicating with the outlet of the brew chamber. A piston assembly disposed in the brew chamber including a spool and a device for controllably moving the spool in axial and rotary directions. The spool includes a head, a base, and a necked portion extending between the head and the base. The spool is disposed in the brew chamber with the head controllably movable in the inlet and the base controllably movable in the outlet for controllably opening and plugging the inlet and outlet. A port associated with a flush water dispenser is formed through an exterior surface of the spool between the head and the necked portion. The invention also provides an apparatus and a method for producing large quantities of a desired brewed beverage. Multiple substance dispensers are provided to selectively combine a variety of substances to produce a desired brewed beverage. Heated water is conserved by the present invention by providing a control valve on the inlet line at the lower portion of the heated water reservoir.
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Anson James H.
Bunn Arthur H.
Ford David F.
Bunn-O-Matic Corporation
Yeung George
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