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US 2010/0305903 A1Published application
Tea Timer And Method Of Calculating Steep Tim
OwnerRichard Sharpeinventor
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Abstract
A tea timer for determining a tea steeping time and optionally a tea steeping temperature is described. The tea timer includes a temperature measuring component, for example, a thermometer or thermistor enabled probe, for measuring temperature of a fluid and a control body having a display and circuitry. The display displays at least the determined tea steeping time. The circuitry determines the tea steeping time according to a measured fluid temperature, a user selected tea type and one or both of a tea strength and a brew type.
Claims20
A tea timer, comprising:
- a temperature measuring component for measuring temperature of a fluid;
- and
- a control body with circuitry for determining tea steeping time according to fluid temperature measured by the temperature measuring component.
A tea timer, comprising:
- a temperature measuring component for measuring temperature of a fluid;
- a user interface for entering a tea type and one or both of a tea strength and brew type;
- a microcontroller for calculating tea steeping time according to fluid temperature measured by the temperature measuring component, tea type and one or both of tea strength and brew type;
- a timer for counting down the calculated tea steeping time, and
- an alarm for signaling when the calculated tea steeping time has elapsed.
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Method for determining tea steeping time, comprising:
- accepting a tea type via a user interface;
- measuring temperature of a fluid for brewing tea;
- accepting one or both of a tea strength and a brew type via the user interface;
- and
- processing the tea type, the fluid temperature and one or both of the tea strength and brew type, to determine tea steeping time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.