Patent ID: 6705208
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
In a beverage brewer having a water tank, a brew basket for holding beverage ingredient to be mixed with the water from the water tank, a housing, means for mounting the brew basket for removal from an operative position in which the brew basket safely funnels beverage to a container and an inoperative position removed from the brewer housing and a remote controlled brew valve that selectively passes water from the water tank to the brew basket, the improvement being a safety brew basket lock assembly, comprising:an automatic lock mechanism for selectively locking the brew basket to the housing in the operative position when the brew basket is in the operative position; and a controller responsive to actuation of the start switch to actuate the automatic lock mechanism to prevent removal of the brew basket from the housing during a preselected time period after actuation of the start switch.