| 摘要 |
This invention relates to an assembly for automatic fresh brewing of hot beverage and dispensing thereof which uses single serving pods (18) stacked in plurality of static vertically extending chutes (36, 38). The assembly dispenses each individual serving of fresh hot beverage with consistent taste and flavor, within a short time and customized to a consumer's preference like ‘strong’, ‘light’, ‘with milk’, ‘without milk’, etc. The assembly includes a water heating sub-assembly (100) for hot pressurized water for the brewing purpose; a pod-conveyor sub-assembly (200) for automatically conveying the pod (18) from the chutes (36, 38) to the brewer sub-assembly (400) and disposing off the used pod (18); a milk-input sub-assembly (300) for dispensing heated milk directly to a dispensing cup (19), when desired by the consumer; a brewer sub-assembly (400) for brewing of the brewing, infusible or other material (111) contained in pod (18) to produce fresh hot beverage; an electronic processor (500); an electronic control panel (600) with plurality of switches (610), each switch (610) corresponding to a preference of a consumer; a water reservoir (2); and compressed air storage tank (110) containing air compressed by an air compressor (120); and air solenoid valves (83, 115). The assembly is capable of brewing wide variety of brewing, infusible or other materials including, but without implying any limitation thereto, tea, coffee, material of plant origin such as floral pieces like Jasmine flowers, vegetable pieces like carrots, onions, material of animal origin such as honey or any other suitable beverage powders or materials which can be placed in the single serving pod (18) of the assembly.
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