US 11,690,472 B2
Apparatus and method for brewing infusion material
Flavien Florent Dubief, Champagne (CH)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 16/761,154
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Oct. 30, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/079739
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 1, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/086472, PCT Pub. Date May 9, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 17199679 (EP), filed on Nov. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0268192 A1, Aug. 27, 2020
Int. Cl. A47J 31/20 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01); A47J 31/00 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/20 (2013.01) [A47J 31/002 (2013.01); A47J 31/4492 (2013.01); A47J 31/461 (2018.08); A47J 31/52 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for brewing infusion material, the infusion material being held in a filtering packet, the apparatus comprising:
a brew container configured for holding water and the filtering packet of the infusion material, and
a basket configured for holding the filtering packet and configured for being held in the brew container, the basket comprising a bottom wall, a top wall and a lateral side wall, the side wall extending from the bottom wall to the top wall, and the bottom and top walls comprising openings,
an actuator to rotate the basket on itself inside the brew container around a central axis extending between the top wall and the bottom wall, and
wherein the basket comprises blades, the blades being configured to generate an axial flow of water through the basket, when the basket is rotated within the brew container filled with the water.