Patent ID: 7210401
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A single cup pod beverage brewer for automatically brewing coffee or tea one cup at a time utilizing a pod, containing coffee grounds or tea leaves surrounded by filter paper formed in a disc-like shape, the invention comprising, a sealed pod holding chamber, configured to retain a coffee or tea pod, said pod holding chamber having an upper head and a lower head, said upper head having the hot water inlet on a top surface, said lower head having a liquid outlet on a bottom surface, an o-ring disposed between the upper head and a lower head for creating a water tight seal therebetween and a ejection disc, including an integral spring loaded stem, with the stem slideably disposed though the lower head, means for sealing a pod within the chamber, permitting hot water to enter through upper head and exit from an area on said lower head after the water has infused a pod seeping the flavors and body from the coffee grounds or tea leaves, wherein said area on said lower head defined as a circumferential perimeter of a pod, and pod ejection means for removing a pod after infusion from the lower head by electromechanically propelling a pod from the chamber when the lower head is oriented vertically, thereby totally removing a pod from contact with the lower head for disposal, wherein said vertical pod ejection means further comprises, a pod ejection solenoid striking said ejection disc stem such that a pod is driven completely away from the lower head.