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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2018
Applicant:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Steven C. Drees, Stevensville, MI (US);

Meighan McLaughlin, Stevensville, MI (US);

Dean A. Peppel, Stevensville, MI (US);

Joseph Snyder, St. Joseph, MI (US);

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/20 (2006.01); A47J 31/057 (2006.01); A47J 31/06 (2006.01); A47J 31/18 (2006.01); A47J 31/10 (2006.01); A23F 5/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/20 (2013.01); A23F 5/262 (2013.01); A47J 31/0573 (2013.01); A47J 31/06 (2013.01); A47J 31/10 (2013.01); A47J 31/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A brewing device includes a base portion with a support surface. A carafe is configured to be selectively supported on the support surface. A filter basket is removeably supported on an upper portion of the carafe. An immersion chamber is fluidically coupled to an outlet disposed over the filter basket. A water reservoir is fluidically coupled to both the immersion chamber and the outlet disposed over the filter basket. A pump is in fluid communication with the water reservoir and operable to selectively advance water to one of the outlet disposed over the filter basket and the immersion chamber from the water reservoir. The brewing device is configured to brew a beverage using a pour-over brewing method, an immersion brewing method, or a filtered immersion brewing method.


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