摘要 |
A portable beverage brewing device for brewing a single cup or other individual portion of a beverage in an automobile, boat, van or other vehicle without distracting attention from driving or operating responsabilities. An anchored mounting base (12), a leveling plate (13) and a clamp together support a coffee maker body (14) in level position. The body (14) includes a water reservoir (26), a brewing chamber (36), a drinking cup (38), and a drip cup or cupholder (40). A brewing chamber (36) holds a prepackaged filter containing beverage precursor particles. A water reservoir (26) is removable and resealable. A positive displacement pump (46), driven by a permanent magnet motor (44) pumps water from the water reservoir (26) through an electric heater (52) to the brewing chamber (36). Operation of the motor and the pump commences only when water has been heated to a predetermined brewing temperature. An encoder counts the number of revolutions of the motor and shuts off the device when a predetermined number of revolutions have been counted and correspondingly a predetermined volume of water corresponding to an individual portion of brewed beverage has been pumped.
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