ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,661, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Starbucks Corp. (Seattle).
"Apparatus for producing a beverage, in particular coffee" was invented by Adrian Steiner (Weggis, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for producing a beverage, in particular coffee, includes brewing cylinders adjusted in the manner of a carousel about an axis of rotation, each with an extraction cell and an extraction piston, and beneath the brewing cylinder at least two pistons. The pistons are positioned to be pushed into a brewing cylinder or extracted from it. Provided above the brewing cylinders are at least two feed channels and, arranged at ...