Patent ID: 9038530
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for brewing and delivering hot beverage, said apparatus comprises: i. a housing; ii. a filter basket assembly mountable in said housing, wherein hot water infuses an extractable substance to produce a hot brewed beverage delivered through a filter basket outlet port; iii. a detachable beverage tank below said filter basket assembly for collecting the brewed beverage through said filter basket outlet port, said detachable beverage tank comprises an impeller at the inner bottom surface of the beverage tank, said impeller comprises a first set of magnets and rotation of said impeller will drive the hot beverage into an upstanding tube, said upstanding tube is disposed inside of the beverage tank and runs from the bottom of the beverage tank to the top of the beverage tank in order to pass the beverage to a dispensing spout located adjacent to the filter basket assembly, said dispensing spout directs the beverage downwards to a receiving vessel, wherein the beverage travels from said filter basket assembly to said beverage tank through said filter basket outlet port and is driven into said upstanding tube to reach said dispensing spout; and iv. a motor located below the detachable beverage tank, said motor comprises a magnet support carrying a second set of magnets outside the detachable beverage tank, wherein said magnet support is located below the impeller in the beverage tank, wherein said impeller is induced to rotate via magnetic interaction between the first and second sets of magnets when the magnet support is rotated by the motor.