发明名称 Coffee maker with drip stop supporting single serve and carafe operation
摘要 A coffee maker including a base, a filter basket positioned above the base, the filter basket including an outlet, and a drip stop assembly, and a method of using the coffee maker.
申请公布号 US8850958(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.10.07
申请号 US201113337508 申请日期 2011.12.27
申请人 Whirlpool Corporation 发明人 McCormick Arren J.;Shao Ben C.
分类号 A47J31/46 主分类号 A47J31/46
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A coffee maker, comprising: a base, a filter basket positioned above the base, the filter basket including an outlet, a drip stop assembly coupled to the filter basket, the drip stop assembly including a plug movable relative to the filter basket between (i) a first position in which the plug is positioned in the outlet of the filter basket such that fluid is prevented from advancing through the outlet, and (ii) a second position in which the plug is spaced apart from the outlet of the filter basket such that fluid is permitted to advance through the outlet, a single-serve adaptor configured to be selectively positioned on the base, the single-serve adaptor comprising: (i) a removable drip pan, and (ii) an upper arm that contacts the plug such that the plug is positioned in the second position when the single-serve adaptor is positioned on the base, and a carafe configured to be selectively positioned on the base, wherein the single-serve adaptor has a removed position in which (i) the single-serve adaptor is spaced apart from the base, and (ii) the carafe is positioned on the base.
地址 Benton Harbor MI US