Foods and beverages: apparatus – Beverage – Infusors
Patent
1995-08-08
1996-08-06
Jenkins, Robert W.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Beverage
Infusors
99286, 99289R, A47J 3142
Patent
active
055423426
ABSTRACT:
A coffee bean grinding and brewing apparatus having a control circuit for initiating grinding and brewing cycles. The control circuit has a brew basket sensing switch that is positioned adjacent the brew basket retaining arms and is engaged into an open position by one of the arms when no basket is positioned between the arms and becomes closed when a basket is positioned between the arms. The control circuit does not initiate any cycle as long as the sensing switch is open avoiding the problem of grounds being delivered accidentally when no basket is present. Additionally, the control circuit has a grind-only switch and a brew-only switch that respectively permit an operator to select a grind-only or a brew only cycle when a basket is held properly between the arms. Finally, the circuit may be provided with a partial and full brew selector switches that permit an operator to select a full and predetermined amount of ground coffee and/or hot water to be delivered to the brew basket or a lesser amount, e.g., one half of the full amount, of ground coffee and/or hot water to the brew basket.
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McNeill Robert C.
Nance Douglass
Grindmaster Corporation
Jenkins Robert W.
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