Patent ID: 7640845
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A beverage forming system comprising: a housing; a tank attached to the housing for holding a beverage precursor liquid; a reservoir that is configured to provide the beverage precursor liquid to the tank; a beverage forming station fluidically connected to the tank, the beverage forming station attached to the housing and configured to form a beverage in part by using the beverage precursor liquid; a supply system configured to provide beverage precursor liquid from the tank to the beverage forming station for forming the beverage; a drain system configured to substantially empty the tank of beverage precursor liquid during a drain operation, wherein the drain system deposits beverage precursor liquid that is removed from the tank in the reservoir; and a controller adapted to control the supply system in a beverage forming mode to provide beverage precursor liquid from the tank to the beverage forming station for forming the beverage, and is adapted to control the drain system in a drain mode to automatically perform the drain operation.