US 11,666,173 B2
Device for preparing coffee
Andreas Sachtleben, Minden (DE)
Assigned to MELITTA EUROPA GMBH & CO. KG, Minden (DE)
Filed by Melitta Europa GmbH & Co. KG, Minden (DE)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/930,528.
Claims priority of application No. 202019103927.2 (DE), filed on Jul. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0015293 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 31/06 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/0605 (2013.01) [A47J 31/0615 (2013.01); A47J 31/0663 (2013.01); A47J 31/446 (2013.01); A47J 31/461 (2018.08); A47J 31/0636 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for preparing coffee, in particular by manual brewing, comprising:
a filter holder for receiving a filter insert with ground coffee;
a holder in which the filter holder is inserted;
a vessel arranged under the filter holder into which the brewed coffee can be filled;
a drain arranged on the filter holder and including two spaced apart drain holes arranged in the drain;
a closure element arranged on the drain for opening and closing the drain;
an actuating element arranged on the filter holder and connected to move the closure element between an open position and a closed position independently of the vessel; and
wherein the closure element comprises two valve bodies each arranged to close one of the two drain holes via the actuating element.