Infusion maker

DETAILED DESCRIPTION This invention relates to infusion makers, and relates more particularly to such an infusion maker which comprises a beaker, an inner cup mounted in the beaker for containing boiling water for steeping tea, and ball valve means coupled to the inner cup to control the passage of the bottom center through hole of the inner cup.
According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the infusion maker comprises a beaker having an inside annular flange in the middle, an inner cup mounted in the beaker for containing boiling water for steeping tea and having a bottom center through hole, a cap coupled to the inner cup at the bottom through a slip joint to hold a ball in a ball socket thereof, and a lid covered on the inner cup, the ball being forced to close the bottom center through hole of the inner cup when the inner cup is put in the beaker and supported on the inside annular flange of the beaker, the ball being disengaged from the bottom center through hole of the inner cup when the inner cup is lifted from the inside annular flange of the beaker, for permitting prepared tea infusion to flow out of the inner cup to the beaker.