IP Library Granted Patent US 10,524,608
Granted Patent B2
US 10,524,608 · App. 15/268,303 · Granted Jan 7, 2020

Beverage brewing process

Inventor: Melissa Nichols (Springfield, IL)
Assignee: Bunn-O-Matic Corporation
A47J31/42A23F5/26A47J31/002A47J31/34A47J31/465
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Patent No.
US 10,524,608
App. No.
15/268,303
Granted
Jan 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A process and apparatus for preparing a brewed beverage including utilizing a predetermined amount of brewed substance and a predetermined amount of water. The process comprises dispensing a first amount of water into a receiving apparatus, wherein the first amount is less than the predetermined amount of water of the brewed beverage. The process further comprises dispensing the predetermined amount of brewed substance into the receiving apparatus. The process further comprises dispensing a second amount of water into the receiving apparatus, wherein the second amount of water is less than the predetermined amount of water of the brewed beverage.

Claims (19)

1. An apparatus for forming a brewed beverage and configured to dispense the brewed beverage into a container, the apparatus comprising:

a brewing chamber configured to retain a coffee media for brewing;

a control assembly for at least controllably operating components of the apparatus;

a grinder coupled to the control assembly for controllably grinding a predetermined amount of coffee substance to form the coffee media, and the grinder configured for controllably dispensing the coffee media into the chamber;

a dispensing line configured to dispense a brewed substance from the brewing chamber into the container; and

a water delivery system coupled to the control assembly for controllably delivering at least a predetermined first amount of water to the brewing chamber and for separately, controllably delivering a predetermined second amount of water to the container;

wherein the water delivery system controllably dispenses the first amount of water into the brewing chamber, the grinder controllably dispensing a predetermined amount of coffee media into the chamber at the same time the first amount of water is controllably dispensed into the chamber;

the dispensing line dispenses a first amount of brewed substance into the container after the first amount of water is dispensed, and the water delivery system controllably dispenses the second amount of water into the container for combination with the first amount of brewed substance dispensed into the container.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , the apparatus further comprising a hot water tank configured to direct hot water to both the brewing chamber and the container.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , the apparatus further comprising a control interface for controlling operation of a controller of the apparatus.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a user can utilize the control interface to select a desired beverage product to control the first amount of water controllably dispensed into the chamber with the dispensing of the coffee media from the grinder, and the second amount of water controllably dispensed into the container.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising wherein the water delivery system controllably dispenses a third amount of water into the container after the second amount of brewed substance is controllably dispensed.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first amount of water is equal to the second amount of water, and the second amount of water is equal to the third amount of water.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the sum of the first, second, and third amounts of water equals a predetermined amount of water for a diluted-brewed beverage.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sum of the first and second amounts of water equals a predetermined amount of water for a diluted-brewed beverage.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the water delivery system controllably dispenses the first amount of water while the coffee media is brewing in the brewing chamber.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the brewing chamber is a closed chamber.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the brewing chamber includes one or more pistons that are configured to compress the coffee media.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the water delivery system controllably delivers water to the brewing chamber when the coffee media is compressed.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2023
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: BUNN-O-MATIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064206/0235 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2019
From: BUNN-O-MATIC CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 048788/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2016
From: NICHOLS, MELISSA
To: BUNN-O-MATIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040327/0467 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62219921 · Sep 17, 2015
Related Publication 20170079465A1 · Mar 23, 2017
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