Drip Filter Coffee Maker
AssigneeBreville Pty Limited
InventorsGerard Andrew White, Daniel Serra
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Abstract
Disclosed in this specification is a drip filter coffee maker that includes features to improve the taste of the brewed coffee and to enhance to ease of use. In one embodiment, an integral plate burr grinder sends coffee ground down a coffee chute that feeds the filter cone. A chute door at the end of the coffee chute prevents vapours or condensation from entering the coffee chute. In another embodiment, the eject tray that carries the filter cone may be coupled with a dampened spring biasing mechanism which moderates the eject motion. Further, a pivot float may be provided within the carafe so that the user may read the carafe fill level easily.
Claims19
A drip filter coffee maker device, includes:
- a base;
- an upright housing that interconnects the base with a head assembly;
- the head assembly further comprising a removable brew cone;
- a reservoir comprises a water tank having a level detection sensor;
- a control module coupled to the level detection sensor for determine the volume of water in the water tank;
- a coffee chute extending from an exit of the grinder to a chute door located above a brew for discharging ground coffee into the brew cone;
- a burr grinder;
- the burr grinder adapted to discharge ground coffee into the coffee chute;
- a water outlet located above the brew for discharging water into the brew cone.
A drip filter coffee maker device, includes:
- a base;
- an upright housing that interconnects the base with a head assembly;
- the head assembly further comprising a removable brew cone;
- a reservoir comprises a water tank having a level detection sensor;
- a control module coupled to the level detection sensor for determine the volume of water in the water tank;
- a coffee chute extending from an exit of the grinder to a chute door located above a brew for discharging ground coffee into the brew cone;
- a burr grinder;
- the burr grinder adapted to discharge ground coffee into the coffee chute;
- a water outlet located above the brew for discharging water into the brew cone;
- wherein the control module receives data indicative of water volume in the reservoir, and adjust the quantity of coffee beans that are ground and discharged by the grinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.