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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dean C Warner, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Allen P Yi, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc., Glen Allen, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99299 ; 99306 ; 99279 ;
Abstract
A spring-biased valve lever on the bottom of a coffee maker brew basket is pivoted to open the brewed liquid outlet of the brew basket in response to the rotation of a valve actuator caused by the placement of a carafe on the warmer plate of the coffee maker. The valve actuator is mounted for rotation about a vertical axis and has two horizontally movable arms, one which is engaged by the carafe and one which engages and presses downwardly on the rearward end of the valve lever.