Coffee filter holder and coffee maker

摘要

A coffee filter holder includes a funnel wall, a substantially flat bottom wall having an outer edge and a coffee brew outlet, a drip-stop valve assembly that can be brought in an opened and a closed condition. The drip-stop valve assembly includes a valve member mounted on a blade spring connected to the bottom wall, and an actuator lever slideably connected to the bottom wall. The actuator lever includes an integral piece of sheet material with a first end that extends beyond the outer edge of the bottom wall so as to be engageable by hand and having a second end positioned under the substantially flat bottom wall to engage the valve member carrier to bring valve member from the opened position to the closed position and vice versa.

主权项

1. A coffee filter holder including:
a funnel wall defining an upper edge bounding an inlet opening and defining a lower edge; a bottom wall having an outer edge, the bottom wall connected to the lower edge of the funnel wall and having a coffee brew outlet; and a drip-stop valve assembly that can be brought in an opened and a closed condition, the drip-stop valve assembly including:
a valve member that, in the closed condition of the drip-stop valve assembly, is in a closed position wherein the valve member closes off the coffee brew outlet, wherein the valve member, in the opened condition of the drip-stop valve assembly, is in an opened position that allows coffee extract to be discharged from the coffee brew outlet;a blade spring having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the blade spring being connected to the bottom wall adjacent the first end of the blade spring and the valve member connected to the blade spring adjacent the second end of the blade spring; andan actuator lever slideably connected to the bottom wall and being in sliding engagement with the blade spring and configured to bring valve member from the opened position to the closed position and vice versa, the actuator lever comprising an integral piece of sheet material including a first flat part extending parallel to the bottom wall, the first flat part having a first end that extends beyond the outer edge of the bottom wall so as to be engageable by hand and having a second end that is positioned under the substantially flat bottom wall.