Hamilton Beach/proctor-silex, Inc.

Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.

Steve Williamson

Martin Patrick Brady

Peter A Koloski

Michael T Kopczewski

Mark K Romandy

Gregg M Davis

Thornton K Lothrop

William D Starr

David R Hawks

Roy B Bates

Rong Liu

The invention relates to a brewed beverage maker with a diverter valve assembly placed between a heater and a showerhead, the diverter valve assembly fluidly connected to both the heater and showerhead. Opening the beverage maker during a brew cycle automatically causes at least a portion of the fluid passing through the diverter valve assembly to be diverted to a channel that directs the fluid to a point downstream of the showerhead in the brew cycle. In one embodiment of the invention, the diverted fluid is directed to a filter basket. The channel may optionally include a basin to collect and direct the diverted fluid. The outlet of the diverter valve assembly may form the showerhead.

Diverter valve and channel for brewed beverage maker

A brew basket for a hot beverage maker has a funnel-shape with a relatively wide top end and relatively narrow bottom end. A stepped support ring is integral in and defines a ledge around a circumference of the brew basket. A filter pod is supported on its periphery by the support ring during brewing. An adaptor can be integrally attached to the brew basket to give a user an option to place a second filter pod in the brew basket to yield more or stronger brewed beverage.

Hot beverage maker brew basket adaptor

A coffee maker heater/warmer plate assembly includes a spring wire clamp that retains the flow-through heater centered against the bottom of the warmer plate. The spring clamp has ends that are attached to a support ring. The clamp engages a flow-through heater and biases it against the bottom of a warmer plate that is retained by the support ring.

Coffee maker heater/warmer plate assembly

Coffeemaker carafe

Automatic drip coffeemaker

Coffeemaker

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Arvonia, VA, United States of America

Steve Williamson