| 摘要 |
A disposal device (20) for use with a beverage brewing apparatus (28) to dispose of spent beverage brewing substances. The beverage brewing apparatus (28) is the type which uses a beverage brewing substance which is disposed in a brewing chamber and infused with a liquid to produce a brewed beverage. A drain conduit (30) extends from the brewing chamber and communicates with the disposal device (20) for removing a slurry of moist beverage brewing substance and liquid waste from the brewing chamber of the apparatus (28) into the disposal device (20). The disposal device (20) includes a housing (22) which houses a strainer basket (34). The strainer basket (34) is rotatably retained in the housing (22). The drain conduit (30) from the beverage brewing apparatus deposits the spent beverage brewing substance inside of the strainer basket (34). The strainer basket (34) is rotated to centrifugally remove a liquid component of the spent beverage brewing substance and drain such liquid out through a drain port (104) in the housing (22). A resulting drained component of the spent beverage brewing substance is removed by a removing assembly (42) which scrapes the drained component from the inside surface of the strainer basket (34) and deposits the drained component in a collection bin.
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