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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Tim Gerard Tibbe, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/52 (2006.01); A23F 5/26 (2006.01); A47J 31/34 (2006.01); A47J 31/42 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/52 (2013.01); A23F 5/26 (2013.01); A47J 31/34 (2013.01); A47J 31/42 (2013.01); A47J 31/4428 (2013.01); A47J 31/4489 (2013.01); A47J 31/461 (2018.08); A47J 31/468 (2018.08);
Abstract
A coffee machine is for brewing coffee in a brewing chamber and has a waste bin for collecting coffee grinds after brewing and a drip tray for collecting waste water. A sensor system is provided for detecting manual removal of the waste bin and/or the drip tray and a count is made of the number of brews since the last removal of the waste bin and/or drip tray. Information is then displayed showing the number of brews, or the fraction of brews compared to a nominal maximum number of brews, since the last removal.