Patent ID: 6725763
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A device for making beverage from flavor-containing materials comprising:a body removably mountable to a container, which container is adapted to receive an amount of flavor-containing materials and liquid and to allow the formation of a dispersion of flavor-containing materials in liquid and the extraction of the flavor-containing materials by liquid to produce a liquid extraction or beverage; a porous filter connected to said body, said porous filter comprising a first surface adapted to face or contact the dispersion in the container, a plurality of filtration openings adapted to allow the liquid extraction or beverage in the dispersion to pass through while blocking all or substantially all flavor-containing materials in the container, and a second surface in communication with a beverage outlet from which the liquid extraction or beverage may be poured or drunk; a blending/mixing mechanism adapted to stir or break the flavor-containing materials and liquid in the container, thereby facilitating the extraction of the flavor-containing materials by the liquid in the container, said blending/mixing mechanism and said porous filter and body being configured to allow the container to be tilted to generate a liquid head to drive the liquid extraction or beverage out of the container through said filtration openings; and a cling-on chamber for maintaining said body in its mounted position when the container is tilted to generate the liquid head, said cling-on chamber having an upper chamber wall, a lower chamber wall and a chamber opening between said walls, said upper and lower chamber walls being adapted to cling on to the interior surface of the container, wherein said cling-on chamber is adapted to allow formation of a vacuum therein when being pushed downward or towards the interior surface of the container and then released.