Beverage maker with movable water fill chamber
AssigneeHamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
InventorsMark K. Romandy, Mark C. Steiner, Patrick Walraven
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Abstract
A beverage maker includes: a platform; a tower mounted to and extending upwardly from the platform; an arm fixed to and extending generally horizontally from the tower and over the platform, the arm including a brew basket; and a water fill chamber mounted to and positioned above the arm. The water fill chamber is movable relative to the arm between an operating position, in which the water fill chamber overlies the brew basket, and an access position, in which the water fill chamber is positioned away from the brew basket to allow a user access to the brew basket.
Claims20
A beverage maker, comprising:
- a platform;
- a tower mounted to and extending upwardly from the platform;
- an arm fixed to and extending generally horizontally from the tower and over the platform, the arm including a brew basket;
- and
- a water fill chamber mounted to and positioned above the arm, the water fill chamber being movable relative to the arm between an operating position, in which the water fill chamber overlies the brew basket, and an access position, in which the water fill chamber is positioned away from the brew basket to allow a user access to the brew basket.
A beverage maker, comprising:
- a platform;
- a tower mounted to and extending upwardly from the platform;
- an arm fixed to and extending generally horizontally from the tower and over the platform, the arm including a brew basket;
- and
- a water fill chamber mounted to and positioned above the arm, the water fill chamber being rotatable relative to the arm between an operating position, in which the water fill chamber overlies the brew basket, and an access position, in which the water fill chamber is positioned away from the brew basket to allow a user access to the brew basket.
A beverage maker, comprising:
- a platform;
- a tower mounted to and extending upwardly from the platform, the tower including a reservoir;
- an arm fixed to and extending generally horizontally from the tower and over the platform, the arm including a brew basket;
- and
- a water fill chamber mounted to and positioned above the arm, the water fill chamber being rotatable relative to the arm between an operating position, in which the water fill chamber overlies the brew basket, and an access position, in which the water fill chamber is positioned away from the brew basket to allow a user access to the brew basket;
- wherein the water fill chamber includes a filling compartment in fluid communication with the reservoir and a dispensing trough;
- wherein the reservoir is in fluid communication with a fluid path that is routed between the reservoir and the dispensing trough of the water fill chamber;
- wherein a heated water fill conduit is positioned between the heating element and the dispensing trough, the heated water fill conduit being substantially parallel to an axis of rotation for the water fill chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.