| US 7,337,704 B2 | ||
| Single serve beverage maker with coordinated heating and pumping periods | ||
| Jamal Hammad, Parkland, Fla. (US); and Terry Tang, Kowloon (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, The) | ||
| Assigned to Sunbeam Products, Inc., Boca Raton, Fla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 07, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/370,958. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/684897, filed on May 25, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0266224 A1, Nov. 30, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A47J 31/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 99—281 [99/282; 99/295] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A beverage maker, comprising:
a reservoir;
a heater for heating water in said reservoir during a water heating time from a starting water temperature to a brewing water
temperature;
a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of the water;
a pump connected to said reservoir for pumping hot water from said reservoir at said brewing temperature to a user's cup via
an infusible food material; and
a controller coupled to said temperature sensor and to said pump, said controller comprising a plurality of water heating
times and pump run times to operate said pump over predetermined pumping times based at least in part on the water heating
time to bring the water temperature in said reservoir from said starting water temperature to said brewing water temperature.
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