Patent ID: 9332875
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A47J

Claim Text:
1. A coffee making apparatus for making drip filter coffee, the apparatus having both a carafe mode configuration and a single serve mode configuration, the apparatus comprising: a chassis having a filter basket body for holding a coffee filter; the filter basket body having a lower surface in which there is a through opening comprising a valve seat; a valve member that cooperates with the valve seat, the valve member being biased into a normally closed position with respect to the valve seat; an actuator resides below the through opening and is coupled to the valve member for moving the valve from the closed position into an open position; a mode selection dial being movable to either one of the carafe mode configuration or the single serve mode configuration; wherein the mode selection dial is mechanically coupled to the actuator; wherein, with the mode selection dial in the carafe mode configuration, the valve member can move to a closed position and the actuator operates to moves the valve member to the open position; wherein, with the mode selection dial in the single serve mode configuration, the mode selection dial abuttingly engages the actuator to maintain the valve member in a partially open position; and wherein the mode selection dial is biased to the carafe mode configuration; such that, with the mode selection dial in the single serve mode configuration, movement of the actuator releases the mode selection dial to move under bias to the carafe mode configuration.