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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2010
Zbigniew G. Lassota, Long Grove, IL (US);
Zbigniew G. Lassota, Long Grove, IL (US);
FOOD EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY, INC., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Abstract
A dual-purpose brewer including a hot water dispenser system () for dispensing, hot water to a dispense outlet above a removable brew basket () with an electromagnetically controlled outlet drain valve () for selectively blocking beverage from leaving the brew basket () during a seeping period when making tea and leaves a drain hole () open throughout a brew cycle when making coffee. A drain plug () made of magnetic or ferromagnetic material is moved by an electromagnetic field to an open position (FIG.) to block a drain passageway () to drain the brew basket () of beverage and falls to a closed position (FIG.) during, a seeping period. Contact of electromagnetic coils () carried by the brew basket () with a source of energization is achieved through electrical contacts at the end of a. pivotally mounted actuation arm ().