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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1991
Stanley E Grzywna, Elyria, OH (US);
Mr. Coffee, Inc., Bedford Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
An appliance for brewing a flavor-carrying material such as coffee, tea or the like. The appliance includes a reservoir for receiving a predetermined amount of water, heating means for heating the water and a brew basket having a chamber adapted to receive a predetermined amount of flavor-carrying particulate therein. The brew basket includes an open upper end, an aperture at the lowest portion of the chamber, and a valve element movable between a first position and a second position to create a drain opening at two locations within the chamber. In the first position, the valve element defines a drain opening a predetermined height above the lowest portion of the chamber and in the second position defines a drain opening at the lowest portion of the chamber.