Patent ID: 9730548
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A47J,B67C

Claim:
1. A beverage brewer, comprising: a housing; a brewing chamber configured to receive a beverage component and a predetermined volume of hot water to produce a brewed beverage; a funnel assembly configured to direct the brewed beverage from the brewing chamber to at least two shuttles positioned below the brewing chamber, said funnel assembly pivoting about a horizontal axis relative to the housing, which axis extends from and is perpendicular to a front surface of the housing, between a first position relative to the housing in which it would direct the brewed beverage into a first of the at least two shuttles and a second position relative to the housing in which it would direct the brewed beverage into a second of the at least two shuttles; and a stop element secured to the housing of the beverage brewer and including a face and first and second projections extending from the face, the first projection corresponding to the first position of the funnel assembly, and the second projection corresponding to the second position of the funnel assembly; wherein a magnet element is housed within the funnel assembly, and wherein corresponding magnet elements are housed within the first and second projections of the stop element, such that, when a user pivots the funnel assembly to the first position, a magnetic force between the magnet element housed within the funnel assembly and the corresponding magnet element housed within the first projection holds the funnel assembly in place in the first position, and, when the user pivots the funnel assembly to the second position, a magnetic force between the magnet element housed within the funnel assembly and the corresponding magnet element housed within the second projection holds the funnel assembly in place in the second position.