Display device for beverage pitcher or coffee machine
OwnerLawrence J. Koncelik, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed comprising a display device or indicator device and a timer circuit. The display device can be placed in a first or a second state. In the first state the display device provides a first visual indication of a first type of beverage which is within a beverage receptacle. In the second state the display device provides a second visual indication of a second type of beverage which is within the beverage pitcher. The timer circuit, automatically, after a certain period of time, may change the indicator device from the first or second state to a third state in which the indicator device does not provide a visual indication of the type of beverage within a beverage container.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising
- a timer circuit;
- and
- an indicator device which communicates with the timer circuit;
- wherein the indicator device can be placed in a first or second state by an operator;
- wherein in the first state the indicator device provides a first visual indication of a first type of beverage within a beverage receptacle;
- wherein in the second state the indicator device provides a second visual indication of a second type of beverage within the beverage receptacle, wherein the second type of beverage differs from the first type of beverage;
- and wherein the timer circuit can be programmed to automatically change the indicator device after a certain period of time from the first or second state to a third state, wherein in the third state, the indicator device no longer provides a visual indication of what type of beverage is within the beverage receptacle.
A method comprising the steps of
- fixing an indicator device and a timer circuit on a coffee machine;
- wherein the indicator device can be placed into a first state or a second state by an operator;
- wherein when the indicator device is placed in a first state the indicator device provides a first visual indication of a first type of beverage which is within a coffee receptacle;
- wherein when the display device is placed in a second state the indicator device provides a second visual indication of a second type of beverage which is within the coffee receptable;
- and
- wherein the first and second type of beverages differ and the first and second visual indications differ;
- and wherein the timer circuit, after a certain period of time, causes the indicator device to automatically change from the first or second state to a third state in which the indicator device does not indicate what type of beverage is within the coffee receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.