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Patent Application
App. No. 14/025,991

Hot Beverage Maker with Cup-Actuated Dispenser

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App. No.
14/025,991
Abstract

A method for operating a hot beverage maker includes the steps of infusing fresh water and storing the resulting beverage in a removable brewed beverage tank. An actuator is engaged for dispensing the brewed beverage from the tank. The tank is placed on a platform in a relationship so as to engage a warmer plate to keep the contents of the tank warm. Accordingly, the hot beverage maker produces a brewed beverage that is stored in the tank until it is dispensed by a user.

Claims (21)

1 . A method of brewing and dispensing coffee to a mug comprising the steps of:

supplying a volume of heated water to a filter basket in a hot beverage maker;

infusing the water with a material to create a brewed beverage;

directing the brewed beverage from the filter basket into a brewed beverage tank;

holding the brewed beverage in the brewed beverage tank;

contacting a warmer plate to a heat transfer surface of the brewed beverage tank;

energizing a heater adjacent to the warmer plate to keep the brewed beverage in the brewed beverage tank heated;

providing an actuator;

engaging the actuator to dispense a brewed beverage from the tank to a brewed beverage receptacle via an outlet; and

subsequently removing the brewed beverage tank from the hot beverage maker.

2 . A method of brewing and dispensing coffee to a mug comprising the steps of:

transporting fresh water to a hot beverage maker via a brewed beverage tank;

heating the fresh water;

supplying a volume of the heated fresh water to a filter basket in the hot beverage maker;

infusing the water with a material to create a brewed beverage;

directing the brewed beverage from the filter basket into a brewed beverage tank;

holding the brewed beverage in the brewed beverage tank;

contacting a warmer plate to a heat transfer surface of the brewed beverage tank;

energizing a heater adjacent to the warmer plate to keep the brewed beverage in the brewed beverage tank heated;

providing an actuator; and

engaging the actuator to dispense a brewed beverage from the tank to a brewed beverage receptacle via an outlet.