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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
Vernon James Donnelly, Braddan, GB;
Michael James Scott, Port St. Mary, GB;
Vernon James Donnelly, Braddan, GB;
Michael James Scott, Port St. Mary, GB;
Strix Limited, , GB;
Abstract
A beverage makercomprises a first chamber, a second chamberarranged on top of said first chamber, with a tubeextending down from said second chamberinto said first chamberfor transferring liquid between the two chambers. The base of the first chamberhas a first regionat least a portion of which is arranged to boil dry and a second regionwhich is arranged to retain a quantity of liquid after the first regionboils dry. The first regionis separated from the second regionby a wall. The underside of the base of the first chamberis provided with one or more sheathed heating elementsarranged below the first regionof the base and also with a heat transfer memberwhich extends between the first and said second regions of the base. A thermal controlhas a sensor arranged to detect when the first region of the base boils dry so as to interrupt the power supply to or reduce the heating output of the heating apparatus.