Patent ID: 8616118

Claim:
In a beverage brewer having a housing with source of dispense water for mixing with beverage ingredient to produce a freshly brewed beverage, the improvement comprising; an electromagnet mounted to the housing; a brew basket assembly including a brew basket body having an open top located adjacent the electromagnet and a bottom with a drain hole, a drain plug assembly with an elongate upstanding drain plug support member, a top end portion of the plug support member with a permanent magnetic material or ferromagnetic material located adjacent the open top of the brew basket body, and a bottom end of the plug support member with a plug engagable with the drain hole to close the drain hole; and means for removably, toolessly mounting the brew basket to the housing with the top end portion of the draw plug support member in a location to be magnetically energizable by the electromagnet to selectively elevate, the plug to an open position removed from engagement with the drain hole to allow beverage within the brew basket to drain out of the drain hole.