Method and an apparatus for preparing a brewed beverage

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10383473
APP PUB NO 20170143156A1
SERIAL NO

15325432

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A method and apparatus for preparing a brewed beverage includes positioning a capsule with a brewing ingredient at a lateral opening of a brewing chamber. Heated water is conveyed to into the brewing chamber to brew the beverage by filling the capsule with the heated water. An outlet valve on of the brewing chamber is opened for filling a vessel with the brewed beverage through a feed nozzle. The brewing chamber is moved together with the feed nozzle from a brewing and filling position, where the capsule is positioned at the brewing chamber and the feed nozzle is above a passage for filling the vessel, to a rinsing position where the capsule is removed from the brewing chamber and the nozzle is above a guide element for directing water for disposal. In the rinsing position, the brewing chamber is rinsed with rinse water which is disposed via the nozzle and the guide element.

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  • MELITTA SINGLE PORTIONS GMBH & CO. KG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hesselbrock, Katrin Osnabrueck, DE 4 26
Köhler, Robert Ober-Ramstadt, DE 6 20
Neuhaus, Sven Bad Oeynhausen, DE 5 26
Pahnke, Jan Minden, DE 14 41
Schandl, Gerold Minden, DE 8 27
Ungerer, Markus Mühltal, DE 12 41
Weber, Thomas Mühltal, DE 183 1398

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