Patent ID: 6668704
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
In a brewing system having a frame and a brewer mounted to the frame, said brewer having a water dispenser with a bottom and a brew basket for releasably holding brew material and having an open top for receipt of water from the bottom of the water dispenser, the improvement being a brew basket mounting apparatus, comprising:a brew basket support for releasable supporting the brew basket; and means for mounting the brew basket support for movement of the brew basket relative to the frame between a first position in which the brew basket, when supported by the brew basket support, is in proper alignment with the brewer for receipt of water from the brewer dispenser, and in which the top of the brew basket is snugly fitted in sealing engagement against the bottom of the dispenser to block the upward escape of heat and steam out of the open top of the brew basket, and a second position in which the brew basket, when supported by the brew basket support, is removed away from proper alignment with the brewer and at least partially away from the frame to facilitate removal of the brew basket from the brew basket support.