Patent ID: 6415707
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A63F,G04G,G05B,G06F,H01H

Abstract:
A coffee maker with clock displaying time imagery, comprising:means for brewing coffee, said means for brewing coffee including at least one housing; electronic circuitry located in said at least one housing, said electronic circuitry at least calculating units of time; a time display at least in part supported by said at least one housing, said time display operatively connected to said circuitry; a first finger depressible surface in part exposed on said at least one housing, said first finger depressible surface operatively connected to a first pressure-sensitive variable-conductance analog sensor, said analog sensor for inputting a signal to said circuitry, said signal having variable value depending on variable pressure applied to said first finger depressible surface; said circuitry structured to receive said signal and to cause the time imagery to change at a variable rate representing the variable pressure applied to said first finger depressible surface.