Tea maker with timer
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1. A tea maker, comprising:
- a receptacle supported by a base, the receptacle being suitable for receiving water from a user and suitable for containing tea leaves;
an actuatable valve having open and closed positions flowably connected to said receptacle; and
a timer mechanism positioned which sets the acuatable valve into the open position after a predetermined period set by the user, thereby allowing brewed tea to flow from the receptacle into a tea vessel.
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Abstract
A tea maker, having a receptacle supported by a base, the receptacle being suitable for receiving water from a user and suitable for containing tea leaves, an actuatable valve having open and closed positions flowably connected to said receptacle; and a timer mechanism which sets the acuatable valve into the open position after a predetermined period set by the user, thereby allowing brewed tea to flow from the receptacle into a tea vessel.
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1. A tea maker, comprising:
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a receptacle supported by a base, the receptacle being suitable for receiving water from a user and suitable for containing tea leaves; an actuatable valve having open and closed positions flowably connected to said receptacle; and a timer mechanism positioned which sets the acuatable valve into the open position after a predetermined period set by the user, thereby allowing brewed tea to flow from the receptacle into a tea vessel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A tea maker, comprising:
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a receptacle supported by a base, the receptacle being suitable for receiving water from a user and suitable for containing tea leaves; an actuatable valve having open and closed positions flowably connected to said receptacle; and a timer mechanism which sets the acuatable valve into the open position after a predetermined period set by the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of making tea, comprising the steps of:
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heating water from an independent source; pouring the water into a receptacle supported by a base, the receptacle being suitable for containing tea leaves; setting a timer mechanism that acutates an actuatable valve, said valve having open and closed positions and maintained in the closed position by a cam; whereby the timer mechanism moves the cam into a position opening the valve when it completes a user determined brewing cycle; and the open valve thereby allows brewed tea to flow from the receptacle into a tea vessel. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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