Beverage-making machine
AssigneeHamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
InventorsJie Zhao, Adam Hanes, Koen Aidan Ambrose
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Abstract
A beverage-making machine includes: a housing; a fluid reservoir mounted to the housing; a first pump fluidly connected with the water reservoir; a heating unit comprising a conduit having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end of the conduit fluidly connected with the first pump, the conduit configured and arranged to rise monotonically from lower end to upper end; and a brew station having a brew basket with an inlet fluidly connected with the upper end of the conduit and an outlet, and further having a receptacle platform positioned to receive fluid from the outlet.
Claims17
A beverage-making machine, comprising:
- a housing;
- a fluid reservoir mounted to the housing;
- a first pump fluidly connected with the fluid reservoir;
- a heating unit comprising a generally V-shaped conduit having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end of the generally V-shaped conduit fluidly connected with the first pump, the generally V-shaped conduit configured and arranged to rise monotonically from the lower end to the upper end and so that fluid in the generally V-shaped conduit is heated as the fluid travels from the lower end to the upper end;
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- a brew station having a brew basket with an inlet fluidly connected with the upper end of the generally V-shaped conduit and an outlet, and further having a receptacle platform positioned to receive fluid from the outlet.
A beverage-making machine, comprising:
- a housing;
- a fluid reservoir mounted to the housing;
- a first pump fluidly connected with the fluid reservoir;
- a heating unit comprising a generally V-shaped conduit having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end of the generally V-shaped conduit fluidly connected with the first pump, the generally V-shaped conduit configured and arranged to rise monotonically from the lower end to the upper end and so that fluid in the generally V-shaped conduit is heated as the fluid travels from the lower end to the upper end;
- a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) sensor mounted directly adjacent the upper end of the generally V-shaped conduit;
- a brew station having a brew basket with an inlet fluidly connected with the upper end of the generally V-shaped conduit and an outlet, and further having a receptacle platform positioned to receive fluid from the outlet;
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- a controller operatively connected with the heating unit, the first pump, and the NTC, such that temperature data detected by the NTC are transmitted to the controller, and operational speed of the first pump is regulated by the controller based on the data from the NTC.
A beverage-making machine, comprising:
- a housing;
- a fluid reservoir mounted to the housing;
- a first pump fluidly connected with the fluid reservoir;
- a heating unit comprising a generally V-shaped conduit having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end of the generally V-shaped conduit fluidly connected with the first pump, the generally V-shaped conduit configured and arranged to rise monotonically from the lower end to the upper end and so that fluid in the generally V-shaped conduit is heated as the fluid travels from the lower end to the upper end;
- an accumulator fluidly connected with the generally V-shaped conduit;
- a second pump fluidly connected with the accumulator;
- a brew station having a brew basket with an inlet fluidly connected with the upper end of the generally V-shaped conduit and an outlet, and further having a receptacle platform positioned to receive fluid from the outlet;
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- a controller operatively connected with the heating unit, the first pump, and the second pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.