Patent ID: 8180204
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A hot beverage brewing apparatus for brewing a hot beverage by infusing an infusible material with pressurized hot water at an acceptable brewing temperature, said apparatus including: A) a housing, B) a brewing chamber supported by said housing for infusing the infusible material to brew the hot beverage, said brewing chamber including an inlet that receives the pressurized hot water at the acceptable brewing temperature and a hot beverage outlet for dispensing the hot beverage, C) a tank structure for providing the pressurized hot water at the acceptable brewing temperature, said tank structure including: D) a water delivery tube connected between said hot water outlet and said brewing chamber, and E) a sealing structure connected to said housing that moves between open and closed positions with respect to said sealable inlet thereby to unseal and seal said common chamber and said cylindrical and annular tank volumes, respectively whereby: