Patent ID: 6244162
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A brewing apparatus having a brew basket for holding ingredients in particular form that contain soluble flavorants, a heating tank for heating and holding water, and a hot water delivery system for delivering hot water from said tank to said brew basket, said apparatus including a spray head in liquid communication with said water delivery system and positioned above said brew basket, said spray head having a bottom wall in which a first set of openings is positioned to spray water at predetermined rate over a central surface region of the underlying ingredients and a second set of openings is positioned outside of said first set of openings to spray water at said predetermined rate over a remainder surface region of the underlying ingredients, said bottom wall and each of said second set of openings collectively structured so as to distribute water through said second set of openings in a fan shaped pattern over said remainder region thereby wetting substantially all of the particles of the ingredients and uniformly extracting said solubles.