Patent ID: 7249557

Claim:
An electric coffee maker, comprising a coffee preparing device for preparing a coffee drink from ground coffee and water, a protective housing which at least partially encloses the coffee preparing device, a reservoir defining an inner free volume in which a water storage bottle for preparing the coffee drink may be directly contained and being configured so as to accommodate a bottle having water stored therein that may be used for preparing the coffee drink, an opening in the protective housing providing access to said free volume, the electric coffee maker including a device for temporarily communicating the coffee preparing device to convey water from either an inner volume of the water storage bottle or the inner free volume of the reservoir, and the device for temporarily communicating including a suction conduit terminating by two ends of which one is connected to the coffee preparing device and the other end of the suction conduit being movable and adapted to be introduced in the water storage bottle disposed substantially vertically in the reservoir or in the inner free volume of the reservoir.