Patent ID: 6079314
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A brew chamber assembly for an apparatus for preparing a beverage from an aqueous medium and an insoluble particulate beverage material, said brew chamber assembly comprisinga brewing vessel, beverage evacuation means for the evacuation of beverage from said vessel so as to leave spent particulate beverage material behind in said vessel and spent particulate beverage material discharge means,said brewing vessel comprising side wall means and a floor,said spent particulate beverage material discharge means comprising exit means for venting spent particulate beverage material out of said brewing vessel and spinable impellor means for urging spent particulate beverage material out of said brewing vessel through said exit means, said brewing vessel and said spinable impellor means being configured such that when the impellor means is spun, in the brewing vessel, in a working direction, about an axis of rotation, the impellor means is able to induce spent particulate beverage material in said brewing vessel outwardly away from the axis of rotation and upwardly away from the floor so as to urge spent particulate beverage material out of said brewing vessel through said exit means and wherein said beverage evacuation means comprises said floor and at least a portion of said floor is configured as a filter for the evacuation of beverage from said vessel so as to leave spent particulate beverage material behind on said floor.