Patent ID: 6526872
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A coffee making machine into which a quantity of hot water is arranged to be supplied comprising:a reservoir for holding and heating a supply of hot water; a water feed line for discharging a portion of said hot water supply to a brewing vessel; an open topped filter basket for retaining a measure of coffee grounds supported in said vessel, said coffee grounds retained below a liquid level of said portion of said hot water retained within said brewing vessel; a re-circulating flow passage connected between a bottom of said vessel and a top of said basket; a heater for heating liquid coffee in said re-circulating flow passage; an electric pump for pumping said liquid coffee through said flow passage to said top of said basket; and control means arranged to control operation of said heater and to set and control a predetermined time period during which said coffee grounds are submerged below said liquid level of said portion of said hot water retained within said brewing vessel.