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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 04, 2007
Dov Z Glucksman, Danvers, MA (US);
Laura J Nickerson, Fltchburg, MA (US);
Gary P Mcgonagle, Lynn, MA (US);
David N Belanger, Peabody, MA (US);
Dov Z Glucksman, Danvers, MA (US);
Laura J Nickerson, Fltchburg, MA (US);
Gary P McGonagle, Lynn, MA (US);
David N Belanger, Peabody, MA (US);
Appliance Development Corporation, Danvers, MA (US);
Abstract
Automatic apparatus for brewing a hot beverage. A control system causes a heater that is integral with a beverage container to elevate the water temperature to a predetermined brewing temperature while infusible material in an infuser basket is isolated from the liquid. When the brewing temperature is achieved, the controller causes a positioner assembly to submerge the infuser basket in the heated liquid. The control system maintains the liquid at a predetermined brewing temperature. After a predetermined brewing interval, the control system causes the positioner assembly to raise the infuser basket thereby to isolate the infusible material from the brewed beverage. Thereafter the control system may maintain the beverage temperature at an optimal serving temperature.