Patent ID: 8132499
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. In a beverage preparation apparatus using heated water for producing a beverage reservoir, a reservoir for containing and dispensing heated water comprising: a housing defining a chamber therein; a water heater associated with the housing and located in a lower portion of the chamber for heating the water in the chamber; at least one inlet port communicating with the chamber for introducing water into the lower portion of the chamber near the water heater; at least one baffle structure positioned inside the chamber against one inside surface of the chamber, the at least one baffle structure having a continuous wall and a bottom structure, without holes therethrough, at least partially defining a cavity with the inside surface of the chamber, the cavity communicating with the chamber; at least one outlet port extending through the housing proximate to and communicating directly with the lower portion of the cavity defined by the baffle structure for dispensing water flowing from the chamber to the cavity under force of gravity; and an upper edge of the wall defining a mouth providing the only access through which water is received from the chamber into the cavity for dispensing through the outlet port under force of gravity, wherein water must pass from the chamber through the mouth to flow to the cavity for dispensing from the outlet port directly through the wall of the housing proximate the lower portion of the cavity.