Patent ID: 9603478
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A47J,B65D

Claim:
1. A system, including: a pod holder mount and a pressure plate mount, at least one of which is reciprocally movable relative to the other; and a plurality of interchangeable pairs of pod holders and pressure plates respectively removably receivable in, and fluidly connectable to, the pod holder mount and the pressure plate mount to define an extraction chamber for individual coffee pods; wherein each of the pairs of pod holders and pressure plates are constructed and arranged to define fluid passages that selectively combine with fluid passages in the pod holder mount and the pressure plate mount to provide alternate fluid paths to inject water into, and extract coffee from, individual coffee pods in the extraction chamber in two opposite directions; and wherein the pressure plate mount has a water inlet port and a coffee outlet port, and each pressure plate has a water connector and a coffee connector that are respectively fluidly connectable to the water inlet port and the coffee outlet port of the pressure plate mount.