Apparatus for making beverages

• US 5,895,595 A
• Filed: 05/21/1997
• Issued: 04/20/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: D H Haden Limited
• Original Assignee: D H Haden Limited
• Inventors: Haden, John Denis
• Primary Examiner(s): Jeffery, John A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pelham, J.
• Application Number:
  US08/859,057
• Time in Patent Office: 699 Days
• Field of Search: 219/385-387, 219/429, 219/428, 219/432, 219/433, 219/435, 219/443, 219/445, 219/446, 219/415, 219/417, 219/447, 219/476, 219/479, 219/480, 99/284, 99/290, 99/291, 99/323.3
• US Class Current: 219/432
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 27/2105 of the cordless type, i.e. whereby the water vessel can be plugged into an electrically-powered base element
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/4439 with electrical heating elements for flow-through heaters A47J31/445

Abstract

The apparatus for making beverages comprises a kettle 15, a stand 10 and separable electrical connector means 16a,b to automatically connect the kettle with an electrical power supply connector in the stand when the kettle is placed on the stand; the stand is extended and provides a platform for a pot 13 and an electric heating member 14 is provided to heat a vessel on the platform alongside the kettle, and is provided with switch means to selectively energize the heating member and/or the kettle.

Claims

1. Apparatus for making beverages comprising:

a) a cordless electric kettle, a stand, and separable electrical connector means to automatically electrically connect the kettle with an electrical power supply connector in the stand when the kettle is placed on the stand,

b) the stand includes an extended portion having an electrical vessel heating member providing a platform for a vessel, and single manually operable switch means having an off-position, a kettle energizing position and a heating member energizing portion,

c) said vessel heating member being effective to heat a vessel when disposed on the platform at a location alongside the kettle, and

d) said single switch means being effective to selectively energize the vessel heating member and/or the kettle to operate the kettle without energizing said vessel heating member and to energize the vessel heating member while the kettle is removed.

2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein

the vessel is a pot comprising means to contain flavoring solids.

3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein

the platform is disposed at the bottom of a shallow socket in the stand, which socket is deep enough to support the pot against small lateral forces.

4. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein

the stand includes a kettle receiving socket.

5. Apparatus for making beverages comprising:

a) a cordless electric kettle, a stand, and separable electrical connector means to automatically electrically connect the kettle with an electrical power supply connector in the stand when the kettle is placed on the stand,

b) the stand includes an extended portion having an electrical vessel heating member providing a platform for a vessel,

c) said vessel heating member being effective to heat a vessel when disposed on the platform at a location alongside the kettle, and

d) the kettle includes a kettle heating element, a cut-off switch, and manually resettable temperature sensitive switch means having heat responsive means effective to open said switch to cut-off the power to the kettle heating element when a predetermined temperature is reached, and

e) said switch means includes manually actuable means to control said vessel heating member.

6. Apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein

the timer is pre-settable to control the energization of both the kettle and the heating member.

7. Apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein

the stand includes a clock, a timer or a combined clock and timer.

8. Apparatus for making beverages comprising:

a) a cordless electric kettle including kettle switch means, a stand, and separable electrical connector means to automatically electrically connect the kettle with an electrical power supply connector in the stand when the kettle is placed at a first location on the stand,

b) an electrical heating member providing a platform at another location on the stand to heat a vessel on the platform alongside the kettle, and

c) electric control circuit means including clock timer means, clock time on/off switch means, and setting switch means to energize the heating member and the kettle.

9. Apparatus as claimed in claim 8 wherein

the control circuit means includes means to energize the kettle when the clock timer on/off switch means is switched off.

10. Apparatus as claimed in claim 8 wherein

said control circuit means includes means to energize both the kettle and heating member so that the heating of the kettle and a vessel can be manually controlled by the kettle switch means and the setting switch means when the clock timer on/off switch means is switched off.