Patent ID: 7509908

Claim:
In a beverage brewer comprising: a base for supporting a brewer housing; a hot water tank within the housing for holding hot water to be used to make a beverage, said hot water container having a body with a bottom supported over the base and having a dispense opening; and a brew valve assembly mounted to the bottom of the hot water container having an elongate tubular member with an hollow body received through the dispense opening and extending between an open inlet opening located within the hot water tank and an open outlet opening located beneath the bottom of the hot water tank, a guide for mounting the elongate tubular member for movement between closed position in which the open inlet opening is located above a preselected water surface level of the hot water container, and an open position in which the open inlet opening is beneath the preselected water surface level; a water impervious, flexible membrane, within the hot water tank, said membrane having an outer portion attached to the hot water tank and surrounding the dispense opening in water tight relationship, and an inner portion attached to and surrounding the tubular member in water tight relationship, and an electromagnetic device for selectively moving the tubular member between the open position and the closed position.