WO2022103418A1 - Nouvel appareil retenant le marc de café et/ou les arômes de thé lorsqu'il est appliqué conjointement avec un instrument de préparation de boisson tel qu'un goutteur à bec verseur - Google Patents

Nouvel appareil retenant le marc de café et/ou les arômes de thé lorsqu'il est appliqué conjointement avec un instrument de préparation de boisson tel qu'un goutteur à bec verseur Download PDF

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WO2022103418A1
WO2022103418A1 PCT/US2020/070760 US2020070760W WO2022103418A1 WO 2022103418 A1 WO2022103418 A1 WO 2022103418A1 US 2020070760 W US2020070760 W US 2020070760W WO 2022103418 A1 WO2022103418 A1 WO 2022103418A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/44—Parts or details or accessories of beverage-making apparatus

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  • the present application relates to a novel apparatus which helps to tame and reduce the amount of coffee grounds that tend to float as liquid, including but not limited to hot water, is poured into a beverage-making instrument such as a pour-over-dripper type instrument (i.e., generally used to make hand-poured drip coffee — see also Background) or similar instrument (collectively hereinafter, “Dripper”).
  • a beverage-making instrument such as a pour-over-dripper type instrument (i.e., generally used to make hand-poured drip coffee — see also Background) or similar instrument (collectively hereinafter, “Dripper”).
  • the novel apparatus will typically take the form of a disk shape, including an opening or openings at or near center of the disk to help allow liquid to pass through the grounds.
  • This novel apparatus can also be applied to tea flavorings; hence, the terms coffee grounds and tea flavorings can be used interchangeably hereafter.
  • this novel apparatus When used in conjunction with a Dripper, this novel apparatus is placed into the Dripper and over the coffee grounds for the purpose of taming the grounds near or at the interior bottom of the Dripper. As (hot) water is poured in manually by the user, the grounds impart flavor into the poured-in liquid which then drips down and out of the Dripper typically into a coffee cup or carafe. Without this novel apparatus, the user is typically required to make numerous pours of water in short increments onto the grounds to make even a single serving of coffee.
  • this novel apparatus allows the user to pour in larger amounts of liquid and/or with fewer incremental pours or a single pour into the Dripper, as the novel apparatus helps confine and maintain concentration of all or a majority of the grounds at or near the interior bottom of the Dripper.
  • less grounds may be used to make a single serving of coffee (or tea) if this novel apparatus tames the grounds to be more concentrated at the bottom of the Dripper, making the concentration of grounds more dense for the liquid to pass through, and in effect imparting an increased level of flavor to a certain degree.
  • pour-over-drippers are typically funnel-shaped (i.e., narrowing from top to bottom like a cone) with one or more drip holes at the bottom (or mesh walls) to allow liquid (usually hot water) to slowly drip down and out into a coffee cup, carafe, etc.
  • drippers may resemble the appearance of a coffee mug (with the exception of the common funnel shape and the drip hole(s) at the base). They are typically used in conjunction with a coffee filter which are placed into the dripper and then coffee grounds are scooped in.
  • Drippers are made of various materials, including but not limited to ceramic, glass, metal, and plastic. Drippers are typically used in conjunction with a coffee filter - usually made of paper - that lines the interior of the dripper to reduce small particles or pieces of grounds from exiting out of the drip hole(s), down into the cup, carafe, etc. Some stainless steel drippers do not have a drip hole(s) and are made of fine, stainless steel mesh material to act as the filter, and allow the user the option of not using a coffee filter (although generally not as effective).
  • the pour-over-dripper coffee trend started around 2010, at least in the United States, introducing a brewing method that generally only required a dripper, a coffee filter, coffee grounds (roughly the size of sea salt), a kettle of hot water, and a coffee cup.
  • a dripper a coffee filter
  • coffee grounds roughly the size of sea salt
  • a kettle of hot water a coffee cup.
  • One of the key characteristics of making a cup of coffee using a dripper is the patient and incremental pouring of hot water in a spiral motion over the coffee grounds, little-by-little.
  • a special type of kettle with a narrow spout e.g., a gooseneck kettle
  • a gooseneck kettle is generally preferred to carefully spiral in the hot water.
  • the novel apparatus presented in this application intends to make the process of making a cup of coffee (or tea) via a Dripper easier and more efficient.
  • the present application relates to a novel apparatus to be used in conjunction with beveragemaking instruments such as a Dripper to make coffee (or tea beverage).
  • the novel apparatus is to be placed over coffee grounds to tame and reduce the amount of floating coffee grounds as liquid (such as hot water) is poured into the Dripper.
  • the novel apparatus allows for the user to pour in larger amounts of liquid and/or with fewer pours or a single pour into the Dripper, as it helps tame and maintain concentration of the coffee grounds at or near the interior bottom of the Dripper (where the grounds impart flavor in the poured-in liquid, such as hot water, which then drips down and out of the Dripper typically into a coffee cup or carafe).
  • users are typically required to slowly make numerous pours of water in short increments onto the grounds to make even a single serving.
  • the novel apparatus (also referred to herein as “embodiment”), can be made out of various materials such as but not limited to ceramic, glass, metal, and plastic.
  • the embodiment is not limited to a circular disk shape.
  • the embodiment can take the form of an oval, rectangular, square, or any other shape that better adapts to the interior shape of a Dripper.
  • the embodiment is not limited to a single opening or liquid flow-through point at or near its center, as the embodiment can have more than one opening or liquid flow-through point and can be at its center or off-center.
  • the opening(s) or liquid flow-through point(s) is not limited by size, in terms of diameter and depth; however, an opening(s) or liquid flow-through point(s) that is excessively large in diameter may not perform effectively and openings that are excessively long in terms of depth may be more difficult to clean easily.
  • the opening(s) or liquid flow-through point(s) of the embodiment can be instead made with a slit(s), microscopic holes, mesh, or any other type of opening which allows liquid to flow through.
  • the embodiment should have sufficient weight or be devised to withstand buoyancy.
  • the embodiment may have a handle attached or may have it excluded.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exemplary single-opening embodiment placed in an exemplary Dripper;
  • FIG. 2-1 through FIG. 2-6 are perspective views of exemplary embodiments differentiated by various types of openings (e.g., hole(s), slit(s), metal mesh, perforated holes) that can be implemented so that the liquid poured in can flow through the embodiment; and
  • openings e.g., hole(s), slit(s), metal mesh, perforated holes
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an exemplary single-opening embodiment with an exemplary handle attached (handle can be made utilizing other forms).
  • any references of “coffee grounds,” “grounds,” “tea flavorings,” “tea grounds,” “tea leaves,” “tea herbs,” and “tea spices” herein can be used interchangeably.
  • Any references of “liquid,” “hot water,” and “water” herein can be used interchangeably.
  • Any references of a “Dripper” herein can be used interchangeably with other instruments or devices which perform a similar function.
  • a unit or other means may fulfill the functions of several units or means recited in the claims.
  • the first embodiment 200 placed in an exemplary Dripper covering coffee grounds 103 is illustrated from a top view angled slightly from a side perspective in FIG. 1.
  • Liquid 101 is poured into the exemplary Dripper, avoiding directly pouring into single opening 201 or outer edges of embodiment 200.
  • Liquid 101 can be poured to a level above the level of the first embodiment 200 with less or no coffee grounds floating to the top of liquid 102.
  • the liquid 101 that has been poured in above the grounds 103 and first embodiment 200 flows through the single opening 201, as well as around the sides of the first embodiment 200.
  • the liquid 101 eventually drips or seeps down 104 through the drip hole(s) at the bottom of the exemplary Dripper (not shown) into a cup, carafe, etc. that is placed under the exemplary Dripper.
  • a coffee filter is usually inserted in the Dripper before coffee grounds are scooped in, except in certain cases where no paper filter is required, e.g., with stainless steel mesh Drippers.
  • a first embodiment 200 is illustrated from a top view angled slightly from a side perspective in FIG. 2-1.
  • This exemplary embodiment 200 is disk-shaped and implements a singleopening design 201 at center or near center to allow liquid to flow through the embodiment.
  • a second embodiment is illustrated from a top view angled slightly from a side perspective in FIG. 2-2.
  • This exemplary embodiment is essentially identical to the first embodiment 200, except that it implements a multi-opening design 202 instead of a single-opening design 201 at center or near center to allow liquid to flow through the embodiment.
  • a third embodiment is illustrated from a top view angled slightly from a side perspective in FIG. 2-3.
  • This exemplary embodiment is essentially identical to the first embodiment 200, except that it implements a slit design 203 instead of a single-opening design 201 at center or near center to allow liquid to flow through the embodiment.
  • a fourth embodiment is illustrated from a top view angled slightly from a side perspective in FIG. 2-4.
  • This exemplary embodiment is essentially identical to the first embodiment 200, except that it implements a double-slit design 204 instead of a single-opening design 201 at center or near center to allow liquid to flow through the embodiment.
  • a fifth embodiment is illustrated from a top view angled slightly from a side perspective in FIG. 2-5.
  • This exemplary embodiment is essentially identical to the first embodiment 200, except that it implements a metal-mesh design 205 instead of a single-opening design 201 at center or near center to allow liquid to flow through the embodiment.
  • a sixth embodiment is illustrated from a top view angled slightly from a side perspective in FIG. 2-6.
  • This exemplary embodiment is essentially identical to the first embodiment 200, except that it implements a perforated design 206 instead of a single-opening design 201 at center or near center to allow liquid to flow through the embodiment.
  • the embodiment 200 is not limited to a single opening 201 at center or near the center, as the embodiment can have more than one opening 202 or different types of openings and can be off-center.
  • the opening(s) or liquid flow- through point(s) is neither limited by size, in terms of diameter/width and depth, nor shape.
  • the opening(s) of the embodiment can be instead made with different types of openings such as a slit(s) 203 or 204, mesh 205, perforated holes 206, or any other style of opening which allows liquid to flow through.
  • the embodiment should have sufficient weight or be devised to withstand buoyancy.
  • the embodiment can be made out of various materials such as, but not limited to, ceramic, glass, metal, and plastic.
  • the embodiment is not limited to a circular, disk shape.
  • the embodiment can take the form of an oval, rectangular, square, or any other shape that conforms to a Dripper. It should be noted that the outer edges of the embodiment can be sharp, rounded, angled, or any other type of edge.
  • the embodiment may or may not have a type of handle attached 301, primarily for ease of placement and retrieval as well as easier handling.
  • a type of handle attached 301 primarily for ease of placement and retrieval as well as easier handling.
  • the embodiment may largely be used in connection with coffee grounds and the examples and illustration shown in Fig. 1 herein are with respect to coffee grounds, the embodiment may also be utilized for tea flavorings (including but not limited to tea grounds, leaves, herbs, and spices).
  • tea flavorings including but not limited to tea grounds, leaves, herbs, and spices.

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La présente demande concerne un nouvel appareil comprenant une forme de disque ou une autre forme appropriée à des fins de retenue de marc de café à proximité ou au niveau du fond intérieur d'un goutteur à bec verseur, pour aider à rendre le procédé de fabrication d'une tasse de café (ou de thé) à l'aide d'un goutteur à bec verseur plus efficace. Le nouvel appareil comprend une ouverture ou des ouvertures au niveau ou à proximité du centre du disque pour aider à permettre au liquide de passer à travers le marc. Tandis que de l'eau (chaude) est versée manuellement par l'utilisateur, le nouvel appareil agit comme un plafond pour le marc de café ou les arômes de thé (pour aider à réduire le flottement) de sorte que l'utilisateur a l'option de verser des quantités plus grandes de liquide et/ou avec moins de versements ou un seul versement dans le goutteur à bec verseur. Sans ce nouvel appareil, les utilisateurs doivent généralement effectuer lentement de nombreux versements d'eau en légères augmentations sur le marc pour réaliser même un seul service.
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US2285930A (en) * 1939-04-21 1942-06-09 Earl Meyer Extraction apparatus
US3858493A (en) * 1972-02-19 1975-01-07 Manfred Hermsen Filter device for producing filtered coffee beverages
US4167136A (en) * 1977-07-25 1979-09-11 Chupurdy Garry C Beverage brewer
US4733792A (en) * 1986-04-09 1988-03-29 General Foods Corporation Floating lid with brew feature
US6240833B1 (en) * 1999-08-04 2001-06-05 John C. K. Sham Automatic French Press beverage maker
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