Coffee brewer and hot water dispenser
OwnerPatrick J. Rolfes, Paul E. Rolfesinventors
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Abstract
A coffee brewer and hot water dispenser, which includes a brew water tank (30), with water heated to a pre-determined temperature by a pre-heater (38). A boiler (50) boils the pre-heated water into a spray head (56) and into a ground coffee containing cone (114). A separate hot water tank (70) is heated to an adjustable, controlled temperature by a heater (72), and a solenoid valve (74) dispenses the water into a container. Fill, water level dispensing and process control, and indicating are accomplished by the use of a solid state electronic controller (140) interconnected to an indicating control panel (112), producing automatic operation upon manual selection.
Claims19
A coffee brewer and hot water dispenser apparatus including attached city water and electrical power comprising;
- a brew water tank receiving and storing water from an external source,
- a brew pre-heater in mechanical and fluid communication with said brew water tank for heating and maintaining brew water temperature therein using heat produced by electrical energy,
- a brew boiler in fluid communication with said brew water tank for boiling pre-heated water from the brew tank for coffee brewing using heat produced by electrical power,
- a circular spray head for receiving boiling water from said brew boiler and distributing boiling water evenly over coffee grounds in a uniform parametric manner,
- a hot water tank receiving and storing water from an external source,
- a hot water heater in mechanical and fluid communication with said hot water tank for heating and maintaining water temperature therein using heat produced by electrical power,
- hot water dispensing means fluidly connected to said hot water tank for supplying heated water to an external container for food and beverages, and
- an electronic controller interconnected with an indicating control panel defining means to regulate both brew water and hot water fill, level, temperature and dispensing, also process indicating and selection means, permitting a user to select on/off function, half and full pot brew levels, view brewing progress intervals, viewing when it is safe to remove coffee containing brew cone, viewing heater malfunction and initiate hot water dispensing.
A coffee brewer and hot water dispenser apparatus including attached city water and electrical power comprising;
- brew water storage and heating means for receiving and retaining city water in a heated condition,
- brew water boiling and dispensing means fluidly connected to said brew water storage and heating means in such a manner as to selectively dispense boiling water for coffee brewing,
- hot water storage and heating means for receiving and retaining city water in a heated condition,
- electrically actuated hot water dispensing means fluidly connected to said hot water storage and heating means enabling a user to instantly obtain hot water for food and beverages, and
- electric control and display means integrated into the brew water means and hot water means permitting dispensing and visual indication of selected processes initiated by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.