Foods and beverages: apparatus – Beverage – Infusors
Patent
1997-10-14
1998-10-20
Alexander, Reginald L.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Beverage
Infusors
99289R, 99280, A47J 3134
Patent
active
058230963
ABSTRACT:
An automatic infusing apparatus includes an infusing container, lifting and lowering device for the container to higher and lower positions, device for feeding ground beans to the container when the latter is at the higher position, and a scraping device for removal of the infused ground beans. A plunger includes a sifter member which is disposed within the container and which has a peripheral portion slidable relative the container, and a stem member. The stem member has an upper section connected to the sifter member and a lower section to extend outwardly and sealingly from the lower end wall of the infusing container. The lower section of the stem member is movable relative the lower end wall of the container to lift the sift member upwardly to a scraped position downwardly to an infused position. A biasing member biases the sifter member to move from the scraped position to the infused position. When the container descends from the higher position to the lower position, the sifter member is lifted upward from the scraped position against the biasing action. A retractable moves transversely relative the stem member once the sifter member is moved upward to the scraped position so as to clear the infused ground beans away from the sifter member.
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