Foods and beverages: apparatus – Beverage – Infusors
Patent
1999-08-13
2000-05-16
Alexander, Reginald L.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Beverage
Infusors
99295, A47J 31057, A47J 3104
Patent
active
060621273
ABSTRACT:
A portable espresso maker comprising a housing and a water chamber within the housing and having an o-ring mounted on the top edge. There is a heating element adjacent the bottom of the water chamber. There is a bottom tray for holding the housing and a cup positioned on the bottom tray adjacent the housing. A filter assembly is positioned within the water chamber and comprises a filter tube connected to a reservoir. A mesh screen extends over the bottom of the reservoir. A cover is positioned over the housing and the water chamber. The cover has an o-ring that engages the o-ring mounted to the water chamber to create an air-tight seal between the water chamber and the cover. The cover has a concave recess and a screen extending over the concave recess. There are a plurality of ridges positioned within the recess and extending to the screen. An exit spout extends from the recess out of the cover and toward the cup. A prepackaged coffee packet is placed on the screen of the filter element and the cover is mounted to the housing so that the ridges press against the screen of the cover element to compress the coffee. Water in the water chamber is heated by the heating element and travels up through the filter tube and the coffee packet between the screens and exits out the exit spout into the cup to make a single cup of brewed espresso.
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