Patent ID: 6595107
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A beverage server in combination with a beverage maker for dispensing a beverage from the beverage maker, the combination comprising: the server being conductively coupleable to and removable from the beverage maker; the beverage maker at least communicating with the server when the server is couductively coupled with the beverage maker; a beverage detector operatively associated with the server for detecting a quantity of beverage contained in the server, maker control circuitry communicating with a server conductively coupled to the beverage maker; a switch coupled to the maker control circuitry for initiating making of beverage by the beverage maker, the maker control circuitry initiating production of beverage by the beverage maker and dispensing to the beverage server when the beverage detector indicates that the beverage in the server has decreased below a predetermined level; a controllable dispense valve carried on the server for dispensing beverage therethrough; the dispense valve being coupled to the maker control circuitry; a timer coupled to the control circuitry, the timer being reset upon the initiation of a new beverage making event.