PROCEDE ET APPAREIL DE PREPARATION DE BOISSON

• Main Authors: WOOLMAN PAUL, PAUL WOOLMAN ET BARRY SEWARD, SEWARD BARRY
• Format: Patent
• Language: French
• Published: 20.01.1984
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; COFFEE MILLS; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FURNITURE; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SPICE MILLS; STORING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

L'INVENTION CONCERNE UN PROCEDE ET UN APPAREIL DE PREPARATION DE BOISSON A PARTIR D'UNE SUBSTANCE SUSCEPTIBLE D'INFUSION. LADITE SUBSTANCE EST MISE EN CONTACT AVEC UN MILIEU AQUEUX TEL QU'EAU CHAUDE ARRIVANT PAR FRACTIONS DISCONTINUES SUCCESSIVES, CHAQUE FRACTION SUCCESSIVE ASSURANT LA REMISE EN SUSPENSION ET LA REAGITATION DE LA SUBSTANCE POUR ACCROITRE LE RENDEMENT D'EXTRACTION. LA SUBSTANCE INFUSIBLE EST DE PREFERENCE ENFERMEE DANS UN RECIPIENT D'INFUSION JETABLE TEL QUE SACHET OU CAPSULE, DANS LEQUEL LE MILIEU AQUEUX EST INJECTE PAR CYCLES SUCCESSIFS. APPLICATION NOTAMMENT A LA PREPARATION AUTOMATIQUE DE THE ET DE CAFE. A method and apparatus for producing a beverage from an infusible material such as coffee or tea by contacting the material with aqueous medium such as hot water in successive discrete portions, each successive portion re-suspending and re-agitating the material to increase extraction efficiency. The infusible material is preferably enclosed in a disposable brewing container such as a sachet or capsule, the aqueous medium injected therein in successive cycles.