Provided is a beverage extraction apparatus including a water tank for storing water, a heater configured to heat the water supplied from the water tank, and a water distribution module configured to discharge the heated water toward the dripper from a plurality of locations. The water distribution module includes a water outlet member including a water outlet plate and a plurality of water outlets provided to pass through the water outlet plate, and the water distribution module is configured such that discharge times at which water begins to be discharged from the plurality of water outlets are different.

A portable beverage dispensing container comprises a housing and an internal beverage holding tank positioned in and contained within the housing. The internal beverage holding tank is configured to receive and store a beverage, with a dispensing nozzle on an external surface of the housing in fluid communication with the internal beverage holding tank. The housing includes one or more openings defined through a surface thereof, such that heated air can be introduced into the housing and into a space defined between the internal beverage holding tank and the housing. A satellite brewing system includes such a portable beverage dispensing container, along with a brewing station with a heater and a fan for generating heated air. When the portable beverage dispensing container is positioned at the brewing station, the heated air is directed into the space defined between the internal beverage holding tank and the housing of the shuttle.

An automatic coffee pot helical launch structure includes a base body and motor installed in the base body, a concave-upward chamber, in which an inner turntable gear and an outer turntable gear are disposed, installed on the bottom surface of the base body, an outlet being installed through the inner turntable gear axially a center gear extending downward from the middle of the top wall of the base body's chamber, the center gear meshes with inner turntable gear, which sleeves inside the eccentric hole of the outer turntable gear and rotates around the shaft, a water inlet through the base body installed in the center gear axially, wherein the motor drives the outer turntable gear through the motor gear, and wherein the inner turntable gear whose upper surface is concave-downward is arranged below the water inlet.

A portable beverage dispensing container comprises a housing and an internal beverage holding tank positioned in and contained within the housing. The internal beverage holding tank is configured to receive and store a beverage, and the internal beverage holding tank is constructed from a translucent material. The housing includes an opening through a rear surface thereof, such that light from a light source (which is installed at a brewing station) can be directed through the opening and through the internal beverage holding tank, such a light pattern is projected on a sight glass window on a front surface of the housing that provides a visual indication of the level of the beverage in the shuttle.

A portable beverage dispensing container comprises a housing and an internal beverage holding tank positioned in and contained within the housing. An intermediate drive magnet is installed in a base of the portable beverage dispensing container below and outside of the internal beverage holding tank, and a beverage agitator is positioned within the internal beverage holding tank and magnetically coupled to the intermediate drive magnet. In use, rotation of the intermediate drive magnet causes a corresponding rotation of the beverage agitator within the internal beverage holding tank. The intermediate drive magnet is configured for magnetic coupling to a drive magnet installed in a brewing station when the portable beverage dispensing container is positioned at the brewing station.

A kitchen appliance includes a first reservoir for receiving a liquid to be used for preparing a beverage. A hot water generator (HWG) has an inlet end, an outlet end and a passageway extending therebetween. The inlet end of the HWG is connected to the first reservoir. Liquid from the first reservoir flows into the HWG through the inlet end. A selector valve is connected to the outlet end of the HWG. At least a portion of the selector valve is movable by a user between a first valve position and a second valve position.

A beverage maker includes: a housing having a platform, a tower mounted to and extending upwardly from the platform, and a basket holder extending generally horizontally from the tower and over the platform; a brew basket positioned in the basket holder; a fluid reservoir mounted to the housing; a heating unit; a fluid outlet positioned over the brew basket; piping fluidly connecting the fluid reservoir with the fluid outlet, the piping routed adjacent the heating unit; and a brew filter positioned in the brew basket, the brew filter being formed of a permeable material. The brew filter includes a first transparent window and the brew basket includes a second transparent window. An illuminating unit is positioned in the basket holder. The first and second transparent windows are positioned so that light from the illuminating unit passes through the first and second windows.

A coffee maker includes a water tank, a heater, a brew basket, a fluid path between the water tank and the brew basket, a boiler, and a controller in electrical communication with the heater and the boiler. The heater is ON when the volume of water to be brewed into coffee is greater than a first predetermined threshold. The heater heats the water in the water tank to a first water temperature when the volume of water to be brewed into coffee is greater than the first predetermined threshold and less than a second predetermined threshold, which is greater than the first predetermined threshold. The heater heats the water in the water tank to a second water temperature, which is higher than the first water temperature, when the volume of water to be brewed into coffee is greater than the second predetermined threshold.

A cordless coffee making device for brewing coffee without accessing a power grid includes a housing having a reservoir, for addition of water, a brewing compartment, for addition of a carafe and a basket that contains coffee grounds, and a power compartment. A pipe is attached to and extends between a bottom of the reservoir and an upper end of the brewing compartment. A heater is positioned in-line with the pipe is operationally engaged to a switch. A first connector in the power compartment is engaged to the switch and is complementary to a second connector of a battery that can selectively power a plurality of implements, wherein each implement comprises a first connector. The battery is attached by engaging the second connector to the first connector. The switch actuates the heater so that hot water flows through the pipe into the basket, causing coffee to collect in the carafe.

A cyclic preheating coffee pot includes a main body, a brewing cavity, a water supply apparatus, a heating apparatus, a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe mounted on the main body, and a control apparatus, a driving apparatus and a flow dividing structure mounted on the main body. The water supply apparatus is communicated with the heating apparatus, the water supply apparatus is configured to supply water to the heating apparatus, and the water outlet pipe is communicated with the heating apparatus and the flow dividing structure. The flow dividing structure includes a first branch. The water outlet pipe is communicated with the water supply apparatus via the first branch, such that the water supply apparatus, the water inlet pipe, the heating apparatus, the water outlet pipe and the first branch are communicated and form a cyclic pipeline provided with a one-way valve apparatus or a water pump.