Patent ID: 6886451
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A beverage maker comprising: a first chamber; a second chamber arranged on top of said first chamber; a tube extending down from said second chamber into said first chamber for transferring liquid between the two chambers; the base of said first chamber comprising a first region at least a portion of which is arranged to boil dry and a second region which is arranged to retain a quantity of liquid after said first region boils dry, the first region being separated from the second region by a wall; the underside of the base of said first chamber being provided with electric heating means comprising one or more sheathed heating elements arranged below said first region of the base and further being provided with a heat transfer member which extends between said first and said second region of the base; and further comprising a thermally sensitive control comprising a thermal sensor arranged to detect when said first region of the base boils dry and to interrupt the power supply to or reduce the heating output of the heating means.