Patent ID: 7827904

Claim:
A beverage making apparatus for dispensing liquid into a beverage making substance to produce a beverage, the beverage making apparatus comprising: a liquid basin for receiving a liquid; a reservoir for heating and retaining a volume of liquid; a fill tube communicating with the basin and extending into the reservoir for providing a liquid flow path directly from the basin to the reservoir; a control valve controllably communicating directly with the fill tube for directly controlling flow of liquid from the basin to the reservoir; an electrical controller coupled to the control valve for at least selectively operating the control valve for selectively controlling the flow of liquid from the basin to the reservoir; a fill passage formed in the basin and the reservoir communicating with the basin and the reservoir for passing water from the basin to the reservoir; the controllable valve including a stopper selectively positionable relative to the fill passage for selectively impeding and permitting the flow of water from the basin to the reservoir; a stopper moving device including a lever with the stopper attached; the lever being coupled with the controller for selectively moving the stopper relative to the passage; a pivot provided in association with the lever, the pivot being spaced along the lever away from the stopper for providing a pivoting of the lever for moving the stopper relative to passage; and means for moving the stopper coupled to the controller and attached to the lever for controllably moving the lever to move the stopper.