Patent ID: 9179796
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for brewing a beverage comprising: a base having a bottom engagement portion for sitting on a planar support surface; an urn mounted on the base for containing a liquid and one or more beverage ingredients for brewing the beverage in the urn; a discharge opening at the bottom of the urn; the base and the urn being separate components releasably connected together; the base having a duct therethrough with a bottom discharge opening such that beverage from the urn is discharged from the discharge opening at the bottom of the urn through the base to the bottom discharge opening of the base when the beverage is brewed; a filter at a bottom of the urn for filtering the beverage ingredients from the beverage as the beverage is discharged through the discharge opening at the bottom of the urn; wherein the urn has a bottom connection portion which engages into a receptacle in the base to provide a connection acting to hold the base and urn together; wherein the urn has a bottom edge of the bottom connection portion surrounding the discharge opening at the bottom of the urn which engages onto a flexible sealing disk in the receptacle of the base to provide a seal between the urn and the base; wherein the sealing disk is integral with a tube which extends downwardly from a hole in the sealing disk within said bottom edge to said bottom discharge opening of the base; a valve for maintaining the liquid and the beverage ingredients in the urn for brewing of the beverage and operable to allow the discharge of the beverage from the urn and through the base; wherein the valve comprises a pinch member arranged to pinch the tube to prevent said discharge; and a movable member mounted on the base for movement relative to the base for operating said pinch member to release said discharge of the beverage.