Foods and beverages: apparatus – Beverage – Infusors
Patent
1994-09-14
1996-10-29
Jenkins, Robert W.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Beverage
Infusors
99286, 426433, A47J 3100
Patent
active
055687636
ABSTRACT:
A method of controlling an automatic coffee machine, and an automatic coffee machine, are disclosed. The method of controlling the automatic coffee machine includes the steps of actuating a selector switch for a first time and starting the grinding of an amount of coffee beans for a coffee brewing cycle using a first set of brewing parameters in response thereto, monitoring the selector switch for a predetermined period of time in the range of from one to two seconds, delaying the start of coffee brewing in response to the actuation of the selector switch for a second time within the predetermined time period, and then grinding an additional amount of coffee beans and resuming the coffee brewing cycle using a second set of brewing parameters in response to the second actuation of the selector switch. The first set of brewing parameters is used to brew a single size serving of coffee, and the second set of brewing parameters are used to brew a double sized serving of coffee. The step of loading the first set of brewing parameters into the control processor of the coffee machine occurs in response to actuating the selector switch for the first time, and the step of replacing the first set of brewing parameters with the second set of brewing parameters in the control processor occurs in response to actuating the selector for a second time, whereupon the start of the coffee brewing cycle is resumed using the second set of parameters to brew the coffee.
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HGZ Maschinenbau AG
Jenkins Robert W.
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