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US 11,857,102 B2Granted
Advanced drip filter coffee maker
AssigneeBreville Pty Limited
InventorsCon Psarologos, Gerard Andrew White, Alex Ming Duk Leung, Richard Harrod
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Abstract
A drip filter coffee making device has a filter basket with a lid. The lid supports a water dispenser for wetting grounds in the filter basket. The basket is removable from a body of the device. The lid may have a dampened opening motion, biased into an open position by a spring.
Claims8
A drip coffee making appliance machine, comprising:
- a water reservoir;
- a heater;
- a pump, the pump configured to draw a water flow from the water reservoir and provide the water flow to the heater;
- a water dispenser, the water dispenser receiving the water flow from the heater;
- a main body having a base, an upright body, and a filter basket removably supported above the base;
- a control unit, the control unit operable to independently control the pump and the heater so that the water flow from the reservoir through the heater is selectively heated by a selective operation of the heater so that hot water or cold water is delivered from the heater to the water dispenser;
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- a drip stop mechanism for sealing an opening at the bottom of the filter basket, said drip stop mechanism comprising:
- a sealing member for selectively sealing said opening;
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- a motor carried by the body and operatively connected to said control unit, said motor driving a cam to act on a pin, so as to actuate a lever and activate the sealing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.