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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1977
Edward Lerner, Irvington, NJ (US);
John A Ventura, Nutley, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A coffee brewer with means for dispensing controlled quantities of hot water comprising well known coffee brewing means including a main water tank having a heater therein, means for introducing water to the tank and a discharge conduit for passing coffee brewing water from the tank wherein there is provided a separate and preferably removable, closed water bottle mounted for gravity feed of water to the tank, a discharge conduit connecting the bottle to the tank, the normal operational position of the end of which proximal to the tank being located such that water normally covers it before water in the tank reaches a level sufficient to pass through the conduit for discharging brewing water, a separate, valve controlled single-cup water discharge spigot connected to the tank beneath the level in the tank of the end of the conduit connecting the bottle with the tank, a valve normally blocking the gravitational discharge of water from the bottle and valve actuating means which open the valve when the bottle is mounted in its normal operational position for gravity feed of water to the tank.