US 11,930,955 B2
Device and method for producing a brewed beverage
Jan Pahnke, Minden (DE)
Assigned to MELITTA SINGLE PORTIONS GMBH & CO. KG, Minden (DE)
Appl. No. 16/965,501
Filed by MELITTA SINGLE PORTIONS GMBH & CO. KG, Minden (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/052737
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 28, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/170337, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018105213.8 (DE), filed on Mar. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0045570 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 31/40 (2006.01); A47J 31/36 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/60 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/407 (2013.01) [A47J 31/3633 (2013.01); A47J 31/3638 (2013.01); A47J 31/4492 (2013.01); A47J 31/60 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for producing a brewed beverage, comprising:
a brewing chamber having an inlet for hot water and an outlet, the outlet being arranged to be coupled to a closure element by which the outlet can be opened or closed, wherein the brewing chamber has a lateral opening surrounded by an edge for sealing against a capsule with an extraction material arranged in a brewing position laterally of and outside the brewing chamber in order to produce a fluid connection between an interior of the capsule and an interior of the brewing chamber, wherein the edge of the lateral opening of the brewing chamber is in a plane which is inclined at an angle α that is between 5° and 45° to a vertical plane that is at a 90° angle with respect to a flat surface on which the device rests; and
a shaft arranged for supplying the capsule to the lateral opening of the brewing chamber, wherein the shaft is inclined to the vertical plane at substantially the same angle α as the edge of the lateral opening.