Patent ID: 6419120
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
An apparatus to dispense a hot drink comprising:(a) a hopper with a hopper dispenser outlet including a motor driven auger dispenser along a bottom side thereof operable to dispense a base powder from said hopper dispenser outlet in response to a powder dispense signal; (b) a hot water boiler with a water inlet and a water outlet, the boiler including means to apply controlled heating to water contained in the boiler and a hot water dispensing means operable to dispense water via said water outlet in response to a water dispense signal; (c) a plurality of liquid flavour dispensers, each liquid flavour dispenser selectively activatable to dispense a flavour syrup from a remotely located flavour syrup supply; (d) mixer means having an outlet port, said mixer means in communication with said hopper dispenser outlet, said water dispensing means and each said liquid flavour dispenser, said mixer means adapted to mix hot drink constituents dispensed therefrom and provide the mixed hot drink constituents from said outlet port; (e) control means including user activatable selection means to produce said powder dispense signal, water dispense signal and each said flavour dispense signal in response to user activation of said selection means; and (f) wherein said hopper, said boiler, said mixer means and said control means are located inside a body of said dispenser apparatus and said flavour syrup supplies are remotely located outside the body of said dispenser apparatus.