Patent ID: 8978545
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for preparing a beverage liquid from beverage ingredients contained in a receptacle by passing water through the beverage ingredients by centrifuging the receptacle comprising: centrifugation means for driving the receptacle around a central axis of rotation (I) of the receptacle, means for feeding water into the receptacle along the central axis, filtering means placed at the periphery of the receptacle, a liquid collecting assembly for collecting the beverage liquid from the receptacle, a lid having an overlapping region with the body of the receptacle for closing the receptacle, and at least one flow outlet of variable cross-section located between the filtering means and the collecting assembly in the overlapping region of the lid and body of the receptacle, wherein the filtering means comprises a portion of a filter placed in the receptacle between an upstream volume of the receptacle for the placement of beverage ingredients and a downstream volume of the receptacle for collecting of the beverage liquid before it is released to the at least one flow outlet, and wherein, when the receptacle is driven, water fed into the receptacle is urged by centrifugation forces to pass through the beverage ingredients in the receptacle to form the beverage liquid, and the beverage liquid is filtered through the filtering means before being discharged out of the receptacle from the at least one flow outlet and collected by the liquid collecting assembly.