Patent ID: 8048460

Claim:
A method of controlling heating of water in a beverage maker, the beverage maker including a water tank having an interior chamber, a water inlet conduit connected in fluid communication with the interior chamber for supplying water to the water tank, a water outlet conduit connected in fluid communication with the interior chamber for supplying heated water from the water tank, the water outlet conduit including a manual water faucet outlet valve having a faucet lever movable between a faucet outlet valve open position and a faucet outlet valve closed position, and at least one water heater associated with said water tank for heating water in said water tank, the steps of method comprising: measuring a temperature of water in a water tank of a beverage maker and generating a temperature detection signal indicative of said temperature; detecting whether the faucet outlet valve is in the open position or the closed position, and generating a faucet lever position signal indicating flow through the faucet outlet valve when the faucet outlet valve is in the faucet outlet valve open position; and providing a heater control logic circuit receiving said temperature detection signal and said faucet lever position signal, and generating a water heater control signal for controlling operation of at least one water heater of the beverage maker responsive to said temperature detection signal and said faucet lever position signal.