Coffee-making container

Details Coffee-making container Coffee-making container

2000-10-26

2002-02-05

Alexander, Reginald L. (Department: 1761)

Foods and beverages: apparatus

Beverage

Infusors

C099S306000, C099S323000, C099S317000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06343542

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a coffee-making container by which a user can conveniently make coffee. The coffee-making container is applicable to different sizes of coffee cups.
FIG. 8
shows a conventional coffee-maker including a cup body
8
. The bottom of the cup body
8
is formed with multiple perforations (not shown). A filter paper
81
can be placed in the cup body
8
and coffee powder
82
can be placed on the filter paper
81
. The bottom of the cup body
8
has a base seat
83
. In use, the base seat
83
is placed on a coffee cup
84
. Then boiling water is slowly circularly filled from a jug into the cup body
8
to flush the coffee powder
82
. After flushing the coffee powder
82
, the boiling water slowly filters through the filter paper
81
and flows into the coffee cup
84
under the cup body
8
. The above procedure is quite troublesome and time-consuming and is inconvenient to a user. Moreover, after used, the filter paper
81
is discarded. This is not economic and fails to meet the requirement of environmental protection.
FIG. 9
shows a conventional tea-maker including an outer cup
9
and an inner cup
91
placed in the outer cup
9
. The bottom of the inner cup
91
is disposed with a filter mesh
92
and a draining hole
93
which is opened and closed under control of a steel ball
94
. The steel ball
94
is connected with a link
95
controlled by a press lever
96
for controlling descending/ascending of the steel ball
94
and thus controlling the opening/closing of the draining hole
93
.
In the case that coffee powder is placed into the inner cup
91
of the tea-maker for making coffee, the boiling water can be directly poured into the inner cup
91
to soak the coffee powder rather than slowly filled into the inner cup
91
as the conventional coffee-maker. However, the filter mesh
92
is positioned on the bottom of the inner cup
91
and after soaked, the smaller coffee particles will fall onto the bottom to block the filter mesh
92
. As a result, the coffee will filter through the filter mesh
92
at a very slow speed and the coffee powder will be soaked in the water for a too long time. Therefore, the coffee will taste bitter and astringent. Furthermore, the user needs to continuously press the press lever
96
for making the coffee continuously flow into the outer cup
9
. This is inconvenient to the user.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a coffee-making container in which the mesh rack for filtering the coffee residue has an upward extending upright section which enlarges the filtering area of the coffee. Therefore, the mesh rack is prevented from being blocked by the coffee residue. A switch member is pivotally connected with the pivot sections of the handle and the cap. When the switch member is depressed, the switch member is engaged with and located by the leaf spring, whereby the press rod of the controlling mechanism is pressed down to keep the draining hole open. Therefore, the coffee can be quickly made and flow out.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide the above coffee-making container in which the bottom of the main body is pivotally disposed with multiple support legs which can be outward pivotally rotated to enlarge the supporting range for application to different sizes of coffee cups.
It is still a further object of the present invention to provide the above coffee-making container in which when the cap is turned open, the switch member is driven to turn upward. At this time, the steel ball of the controlling mechanism will fall down due to its own weight to block the draining hole.
The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawings wherein:


REFERENCES:
patent: 5725765 (1998-03-01), Shen
patent: 5855160 (1999-01-01), Shen

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