Beverage brewer
View Patent ↗A beverage brewer includes a container, a container collar, a brewing material holder, a mesh element, and a drive assembly. The container has an open top, a closed sidewall, and a closed bottom. The container collar is configured to cover a rim of the open top. The brewing material holder is configured to hold brewing material and to be suspended from the container collar and into an interior of the container. The brewing material holder includes a sidewall having an opening, an open top, and a bottom. The mesh element covers the opening in the sidewall of the brewing material holder. The drive assembly is positionable on the container collar and is configured to be mechanically coupled to and rotate the brewing material holder.
1. A beverage brewer, comprising:
a container configured to receive and hold liquid, having an open top, a closed sidewall, and a closed bottom;
a filter element configured to be suspended at the open top of the container and to hold beverage brewing material;
a fin assembly;
a drive assembly operable to rotate the fin assembly, thereby causing the fin assembly to agitate liquid held in the container; and
a collar configured to be arranged on a rim at the open top of the container;
wherein the filter element is configured to be suspended from the collar;
wherein the collar has an opening;
wherein the filter element includes an open top; and
wherein the filter element is configured to be removably arranged at the collar such that the open top of the filter element opens through the opening of the collar.
2. The beverage brewer of claim 1 , wherein the filter element is configured to be suspended from a rim at the open top of the container.
3. The beverage brewer of claim 1 , wherein the collar is configured to be removably coupled with the rim at the open top of the container.
4. The beverage brewer of claim 1 , wherein the filter element includes a sidewall, an open top, and a bottom.
5. The beverage brewer of claim 4 , wherein the sidewall of the filter element has at least one opening.
6. The beverage brewer of claim 5 , wherein the filter element includes mesh material covering the at least one opening.
7. The beverage brewer of claim 1 , wherein the fin assembly includes at least one fin projecting inward from an inner surface of a bottom of the filter element within an interior of the filter element.
8. A beverage brewer, comprising:
a container configured to receive and hold liquid, having an open top, a closed sidewall, and a closed bottom;
a brewing material holder configured to be suspended at the open top of the container and to receive and hold beverage brewing material;
a fin assembly;
a drive assembly operable to rotate the fin assembly, thereby causing the fin assembly to agitate liquid held in the container; and
a collar configured to be arranged on a rim at the open top of the container;
wherein the brewing material holder is configured to be suspended from the collar;
wherein the collar has an opening;
wherein the brewing material holder includes an open top; and
wherein the brewing material holder is configured to be removably arranged at the collar such that the open top of the brewing material holder opens through the opening of the collar.
9. The beverage brewer of claim 8 , wherein the brewing material holder is configured to be suspended from a rim at the open top of the container.
10. The beverage brewer of claim 8 , wherein the collar is configured to be removably coupled with the rim at the open top of the container.
11. The beverage brewer of claim 8 , wherein the brewing material holder includes a sidewall, an open top, and a bottom.
12. The beverage brewer of claim 11 , wherein the sidewall of the brewing material holder has at least one opening.
13. The beverage brewer of claim 12 , wherein the brewing material holder includes mesh material covering the t least one opening.
14. The beverage brewer of claim 8 , wherein the fin assembly includes at least one fin projecting inward from an inner surface of a bottom of the brewing material holder within an interior of the brewing material holder.
15. A beverage brewer, comprising:
container means for receiving and holding liquid, having an open top, a closed sidewall, and a closed bottom;
holding means for receiving and holding beverage brewing material and for being suspended at the open top of the container means;
a fin assembly;
drive means for rotating the fin assembly, thereby causing the fin assembly to agitate liquid held in the container means; and
collar means for arranging on a rim at the open top of the container means;
wherein the holding means is configured to be suspended from the collar means;
wherein the collar means has an opening;
wherein the holding means includes an open top; and
wherein the holding means is configured to be removably arranged at the collar means such that the open top of the holding means opens through the opening of the collar means.
16. The beverage brewer of claim 6 , wherein the holding means is configured to be suspended from a rim at the open top of the container means.
17. The beverage brewer of claim 15 , wherein the collar means is configured to be removably coupled with the rim at the open top of the container means.
18. The beverage brewer of claim 15 , wherein the holding means includes a sidewall, an open top, and a bottom.
19. The beverage brewer of claim 18 , wherein the sidewall of the holding means has at least one opening.
20. The beverage brewer of claim 19 , wherein the holding means includes filter means for filtering liquid in the container means, covering the at least one opening.
21. The beverage brewer of claim 15 , wherein the fin assembly includes at least one fin projecting inward from an inner surface of a bottom of the holding means within an interior of the holding means.