BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEM - A METHOD FOR A COFFEEMAKER

• US 20110241429A1
• Filed: 03/30/2011
• Published: 10/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Henry Whitmore
• Original Assignee: Henry Whitmore
• Inventors: WHITMORE, HENRY
• Application Number:
  US13/076,123
• Publication Number:
  US 20110241429A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/66
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/44 Parts or details or accessories of beverage-making apparatus filters or strainers A47J31/06
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/062 for AC powered loads

Abstract

A power backup system for a coffeemaker comprising: an AC power source; a battery charger, where the battery charger receives power from the AC power source; a DC power source, where the DC power source remains charged by the battery charger; and a DC/AC inverter, where said inverter inverts the AC power to DC power upon activation of the power backup system and supplies power to the coffeemaker. The power backup system may further include a clock/timing device, where the clock/timing device sets a brewing sequence for the coffeemaker and receives power from AC power source, or if AC power is unavailable the DC power source. The power backup system may also include an automatic relay, where the automatic relay connects the DC/AC inverter to the timing device and other electrical components of the coffeemaker.

Claims

1. A power backup system for a coffeemaker comprising:

a. an AC power source;

b. a battery charger, where the battery charger receives power from the AC power source;

c. a DC power source, where the DC power source remains charged by the battery charger; and

d. a DC/AC inverter, where said inverter inverts the AC power to DC upon activation of the power backup system and supplies power to the coffeemaker.

2. The power backup system according to claim 1, further comprising a clock/timing device, where the clock/timing device provides a means to set a brewing sequence for the coffeemaker and receives power from AC power source, or if AC power is unavailable the DC power source.

3. The power backup system according to claim 1, further comprising an automatic relay, where the automatic relay connects the DC/AC inverter to the timing device and other electrical components of the coffeemaker.

4. A method of providing an alternative power source for a coffeemaker comprising the step of:

a. providing a AC power source to the coffeemaker as a primary power source;

b. providing a DC power source to the coffeemaker as a secondary power source;

c. providing a DC/AC inverter for the coffeemaker;

d. inverting to DC power when AC power is unavailable; and

e. inverting back to AC power upon availability.

5. The method according to claim 4, where the steps of inverting are achieved by using an automatic relay.