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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2017
Bunn-o-matic Corporation, Springfield, IL (US);
Charles H. Clark, Springfield, IL (US);
Ming Lung Huang, Springfield, IL (US);
Kent E. Morman, Springfield, IL (US);
Bunn-O-Matic Corporation, Springfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A beverage maker including a reservoir, an intermediate chamber, a beverage substance retaining container, a heating element associated with the reservoir and a temperature responsive valve assembly between the reservoir and intermediate chamber for controlling the flow of heated water from the reservoir. The beverage maker includes a sensor device coupled to the reservoir, spaced from the heating element, to detect a condition such as a temperature change, temperature, temperature range, or presence of absence of water within the reservoir to cease power to the heating element upon detecting the condition. The intermediate chamber is sized and dimensioned to accommodate a predetermined range of volumes of water flowing from the reservoir through the intermediate chamber. A spray head is provided on the intermediate chamber communicating with the volume of water retained therein to distribute the water over beverage making substance retained in the beverage substance retaining container.