BEVERAGE MAKER

摘要

A beverage maker comprises a chamber in which water can be heated by means of an electrical heating element. A receptacle for containing a solid secondary constituent which is to be infused in the water floats freely on the surface of the water. The lower part of the receptacle is imperforate, but the upper part has one or more openings through which water can be splashed when the water boils. The receptacle is eventually sunk by water splashed in through the apertures. The sinking causes the heating element to be de-energised.