Electric beverage maker

An electric beverage maker comprising a lower, water boiling, vessel, a funnel extending into the lower vessel and having an upper compartment for receiving a beverage, an upper vessel mounted over said funnel to receive water which has passed up said funnel through said compartment and from which the beverage is dispensed, and electric heating means associated with said lower vessel for heating water in said lower vessel, said beverage maker further comprising a thermally sensitive control for disconnecting the electrical supply to said heater when the water in said lower vessel substantially boils away, and means for manually resetting said control to allow said heater to be re-energized, wherein said heater comprises an unheated region arranged directly below said funnel.

An electric beverage maker comprising a lower, water boiling vessel, a funnel extending into the lower vessel and having an upper compartment for receiving a beverage and an upper vessel mounted over said funnel to receive water which has passed up said funnel through said compartment, and from which the beverage is dispensed, characterized in that said lower vessel is formed with an opening in its lower region, and in that opening an electric heater is mounted to close said opening thereby forming a heating base for the lower vessel, and wherein the heating base of the lower vessel is arranged to slope and the actuator of a control is arranged at an upper part of the base.

A thermally sensitive control for an electric beverage maker comprising a lower, water boiling, vessel, a funnel extending into the lower vessel and having an upper compartment for receiving a beverage, an upper vessel mounted over said funnel to receive water which has passed up said funnel through said compartment and from which the beverage is dispensed, and electric heating means associated with said lower vessel for heating water in said lower vessel, wherein said lower vessel comprises an unheated region arranged directly below said funnel, said control comprising a thermally sensitive actuator operable to open a set of contacts when the liquid in at least a part of said lower vessel has been boiled away, a latch for latching a movable contact in an open condition after operation of the bimetallic actuator, and a manual latch release mechanism.

An electric beverage maker comprising a liquid heating vessel, a funnel extending into the vessel, and an electric heater for heating liquid in the vessel,

• wherein the funnel includes a first open end and a second open end, and the second open end is smaller in cross-sectional area than the first open end, and
• wherein the electric heater includes a stainless steel plate and a heating element disposed only around the periphery of the plate, and wherein the electric heater has a first portion disposed within the periphery of the plate, directly below all of the second open end of the funnel, and the first portion of the electric heater is unheated.