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1. An inductively heated beverage carafe system, comprising:
a non-metallic carafe with a closed bottom and an open top;
a funnel assembly,said funnel assembly having an upper, funnel body mounted to the open top with an upwardly facing open top for receipt of beverage and a bottom with a drain hole,an elongate, tubular, down-tube, in fluid communication with the drain hole and having a distal open outlet end, attached to, and extending downwardly from, the bottom of the funnel body to a location adjacent the bottom of the carafe,
said down-tube being made from solid material impervious to water to freely pass newly added hot beverage received within the funnel body to adjacent the bottom of the carafe without mixing with any beverage already present in the carafe until the newly added hot beverage passes out of the distal open outlet end,said material of the down-tube being, at least in part, a material responsive to alternating electromagnetic fields induce surface eddy currents that heat the down-tube; and an inductive heating coil module for supporting the bottom of the carafe and generating, an alternating electromagnetic field to energize at least part of the down-tube to function as an inductive heating element to heat any beverage within the carafe. |
