Patent ID: 6050175
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A beverage brewing device having a beverage server locking mechanism for securing a beverage server within a server receiving portion of said beverage brewing device, the beverage brewing device having a chassis, the beverage server locking mechanism comprising:an engagement element configured for engaging a first lip formed on a first end of said beverage server, said engagement element pivotable about a first pivot point;a support structure situated adjacent to an opposing second end of said beverage server, said support structure pivotable about a second pivot point;a first linkage having first and second ends, the first end secured to and pivotable about said first pivot point;a second linkage having first and second ends, the first end pivotable about said first pivot point and adapted for engagement with the second end of said first linkage; anda third linkage having first and second ends, the first end pivotable about said second pivot point, wherebysaid third linkage is rotationally biased about the second pivot point,said rotational bias effecting a corresponding rotational bias of said first and second linkages about the first pivot point, such that said engagement element and said support structure are biased toward one another.