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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
May. 18, 2004
Hans Kodden, Hoogeveen, NL;
Ben Arlett, Cambridge, GB;
Christopher James Smith, Cambridgeshire, GB;
James Neave, Cambridgeshire, GB;
David Stuart Harris, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Hans Kodden, Hoogeveen, NL;
Ben Arlett, Cambridge, GB;
Christopher James Smith, Cambridgeshire, GB;
James Neave, Cambridgeshire, GB;
David Stuart Harris, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A brewing receptacle for an apparatus for brewing a beverage such as coffee. The receptacle has a brewing chamber () having an entry passage and an exit passage for displacing water through the chamber () for brewing the beverage, a bottom () for supporting the particles () (), and a dischargeopening () in the bottom () for discharging beverage liquid through the bottom (). At least the bottom () is invertible between a first and a second operative position. The brewing chamber () has a first volume and a first shape when the bottom () is in said first position and at least a second volume or a second shape of the brewing chamber in said second position is different from the first volume or shape, respectively.