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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2015
Sunbeam Products, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Augusto A. Picozza, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Aaron Abroff, Acton, MA (US);
Gary McGonagle, Lynn, MA (US);
Dov Glucksman, Danvers, MA (US);
Laura Nickerson, Fitchburg, MA (US);
Sunbeam Products, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
Systems () and methods () for operating a hot beverage brewer. The methods include receiving a brew basket of a plurality of interchangeable brew baskets () within a basket chamber () of the hot beverage brewer. At least two of the plurality of interchangeable brew baskets are of different brew basket types and designed to hold different amounts of a beverage substance. Thereafter, the hot beverage brewer: automatically detects the brew basket type associated with the brew basket residing within the basket chamber; selects first operations from a plurality of operations that should be performed by the hot beverage brewer based on the brew basket type which was previously detected; and performs the first operations by the hot beverage brewer.