Patent ID: 6085638
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A coffee maker for brewing coffee:a housing including means for supporting a carafe;a reservoir for receiving water to be heated;a basket for holding coffee grounds;a heating pipe for conveying water from said reservoir to said basket, said pipe being an upwardly opening U-shaped having a heating portion at the bight of the U-shaped tube;a first heating element disposed adjacent said heating portion of said heating pipe;a second heating element disposed adjacent said carafe supporting means, said second heating element being independent of said first heating element; andcontrol means for controlling the operation of said first and second heating elements said first heating element so that said first heating element is activated for a first predetermined period of time while no water passes through said tube, deactivated for a second predetermined period of time, and then activated for a remaining period of time during which all of the water in said reservoir moves through said tube and into said basket, the first and second periods of time being independent of a temperature.