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Coffee machine with product selectivity

  • US 5,158,793 A
  • Filed: 12/11/1991
  • Issued: 10/27/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of operating a coffee-making machine having brewing means on a housing for brewing at least two different coffee beverages and dispensing same and means forming at least two dispensing stations at said housing and respectively dispensing at least one of said beverages, said method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) automatically sensing a level of a coffee beverage in a receptacle disposed at one of said stations;

    (b) identifying said receptacle with a particular one of said beverages; and

    (c) upon the level sensed in step (a) falling below a predetermined level, automatically brewing the particular one of said beverages and dispensing the brewed beverage into said receptacle.

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