Patent ID: 11910953
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A tea making appliance comprising:
a base defining a dispenser cavity;
a particulate guide directed at the dispenser cavity;
a first tea leaf container mounted upstream from the particulate guide;
a second tea leaf container mounted upstream from the particulate guide, the second tea leaf container being separate from the first tea leaf container;
a motorized leaf distributor to selectively provide tea leaves to the particulate guide;
a reservoir disposed upstream from the dispenser cavity;
a water pump in fluid communication with the reservoir upstream from the dispenser cavity to direct water thereto;
a heating element provided in fluid communication with the reservoir upstream from the dispenser cavity to heat water thereto;
a distributor mounting frame above the particulate guide in support of the first tea leaf container and the second tea leaf container, the distributor mounting frame defining a water inlet downstream mounting from the heating element and a water outlet downstream from the water inlet, the distributor frame further defining a plurality of recessed grooves about a plurality of corresponding holes, the first and second tea leaf containers being received within separate recessed grooves of the plurality of recessed grooves to release tea leaves through separate holes of the plurality of corresponding holes; and
a controller in operable communication with the motorized leaf distributor, the water pump, and the heating element, the controller being configured to initiate an automated brewing operation.