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US 8,911,811 B2Granted
Method of operating a coffee maker
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsArren J. McCormick, Ben C. Shao
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Abstract
A coffee maker and method of operating the same is shown. The method includes deactivating a heating plate of the coffee maker when a drip pan is positioned thereon, soliciting a user-selection of a serving size from a plurality of serving sizes when the drip pan is positioned on the base, and operating a pump of the coffee maker to advance fluid to a filter basket in accordance with the selected serving size.
Claims12
A method of operating a coffee maker, comprising:
- determining whether a drip pan is positioned on a base of the coffee maker and generating a pan-present signal in response thereto,
- deactivating a heating plate located in a base of the coffee maker when a drip pan is positioned on the base,
- soliciting a user-selection of a serving size from a plurality of serving sizes when the drip pan is positioned on the base,
- receiving a user-selection of one serving size of the plurality of serving sizes, and
- operating a pump to advance fluid to a filter basket in accordance with the user-selection;
- wherein the determining step is completed by a controller.
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A method of operating a coffee maker, comprising:
- determining whether a drip pan is positioned on a base of the coffee maker and generating a pan-present signal in response thereto,
- operating a user-interface to display a plurality of serving sizes in response to generation of the pan-present signal,
- receiving a user-selection of one serving size of the plurality of serving sizes, and
- operating a pump to advance fluid to a filter basket in accordance with a user-selection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.