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An automatic pod conveyor and brewer assembly for fresh hot beverage

A technology of conveyors and material boxes, applied in transportation and packaging, beverage preparation devices, applications, etc., to achieve the effects of novel structure, less mechanical parts, and low operation and maintenance costs

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-04-13
TATA GLOBAL BEVERAGES
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[0094] According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic pod conveyor and brewer assembly for fresh hot beverages which, in conjunction with an electronic processor, automatically conveys single serving pods from a chute to a brewer subassembly, The brewing material in the pod is brewed in a compact manner in the brewer subassembly by the introduction of hot pressurized water from a water heating assembly (not shown). The pod conveyor sub-assembly of the present invention as well as the brewer sub-assembly of the present invention have a novel and simplified design wherein the assembly of the present invention has a relatively small number of Machinery and moving parts. The brewing operation carried out in the brewer sub-assembly is accomplished by a mechanism that contains the air cylinder, along with the electronic processor and the air compressor that operates the brewer plunger which goes down for a very short period of time Pressing the pod into the brew...

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This invention relates to an automatic pod-conveyor and brewer assembly for fresh hot beverage. The brewer sub-assembly includes a pneumatic cylinder with its piston rod fitted to a brewer plunger. An injection nozzle is detachably fixed from underneath to the brewer base with its conical tip protruding into the brewer chamber. The single serving pod is a receptacle containing the brewing, infusible or other material, covered and sealed with a porous membrane. The injection nozzle injects hot pressurized water, received through its interior from a suitable water heating system, into a single serving pod placed within the brewer sub-assembly, and the brewed beverage flows out to a dispensing cup through a liquor outlet port in the brewer base. The pod-conveyor sub- assembly includes a pod conveyor which, by its rotational movement in a horizontal plane, conveys the pod to the brewer sub-assembly from chutes.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an automatic pod conveyor and brewer assembly for fresh hot beverages, wherein the pod conveyor subassembly, in conjunction with an electronic processor, automatically delivers and precisely positions a single serving pod in the brewer subassembly, and wherein the brewer subassembly in conjunction with the water heating system automatically and freshly brews the Brewing ingredients in single-serve pods. Each individual serving of fresh hot beverage thus prepared has a consistency in mouthfeel and flavor that is identical to that of a hand-brewed hot beverage at that time. Infused, infusible or other materials that may be included in a single-serve pod include (without implying any limitation) materials such as tea, coffee, plant-derived materials (e.g. flower (e.g. jasmine) pieces, vegetable (such as carrots, onion) slices), animal-derived materials (such as honey), or any other suitable beverage powder or material that...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B65D37/00A47J31/06
CPCA47J31/3642
Inventor A·恰特洁G·K·玛尼M·巴拉苏巴马廉姆
Owner TATA GLOBAL BEVERAGES