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US 12,310,525 B2Granted
Coffee machine
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorTim Gerard Tibbe
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Abstract
A coffee machine is for brewing coffee in a brewing chamber and has a waste bin for collecting coffee grinds after brewing and a drip tray for collecting waste water. A sensor system is provided for detecting manual removal of the waste bin and/or the drip tray and a count is made of the number of brews since the last removal of the waste bin and/or drip tray. Information is then displayed showing the number of brews, or the fraction of brews compared to a nominal maximum number of brews, since the last removal.
Claims17
A coffee machine comprising:
- a water supply;
- a water heater for heating water;
- a pump for pumping the heated water;
- a brewing chamber for receiving coffee grinds and brewing coffee using the heated water delivered by the pump;
- a waste bin for collecting coffee grinds after brewing;
- a drip tray;
- a sensor system for detecting manual removal of the waste bin and/or drip tray;
- a user interface comprising a display;
- and
- a controller,
- wherein the controller is adapted to determine a number of brews, and to control the display to display information relating to the number of brews, or a fraction of brews compared to a nominal maximum number of brews, since the last removal of the waste bin and/or drip tray and in advance of the waste bin and/or drip tray being full.
8 more elements
A coffee machine comprising:
- a pump for pumping hot water;
- a brewing chamber for receiving coffee grinds and brewing coffee using the hot water delivered by the pump;
- a waste bin for collecting coffee grinds after brewing;
- a drip tray;
- a sensor system for detecting manual removal of the waste bin and/or drip tray;
- a user interface comprising a display;
- and
- a controller,
- wherein the controller is adapted to control the display to display a count of information relating to a number of brews, or a fraction of brews compared to a nominal maximum number of brews, since the last removal of the waste bin and/or drip tray and in advance of the waste bin and/or drip tray being full.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.