Automatically controlled immersible electric coffee maker

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED ELECTRIC COFFEE MAKER COMPLETELY IMMERSIBLE IN LIQUID FOR CLEANING PURPOSES COMPRISING, A WATER HEATING VESSEL, AN ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENT SECURED IN INTIMATE HEAT EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOTTOM OF SAID VESSEL, TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO CONTROL SAID HEATING ELEMENT, WALL MEANS DEFINING A SEALED HOUSING SECURED TO SAID VESSEL AND ENCLOSING SAID HEATING ELEMENT AND TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE CONTROL MEANS, MEANS DEFINING AN OPENING IN SAID WALL MEANS, A MANUAL OPERATING MEANS FOR SAID TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING A PIVOTAL MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENING AND MOVABLE FROM A FIRST POSITION TO A SECOND POSITION AND OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH AT LEAST A PART OF SAID CONTROL MEANS, AND A RESILIENT PLUG SECURED IN SAID OPENING AND BONEDED TO SAID PIVOTAL MEMBER FOR SEALING SAID OPENING SURROUNGING SAID PIVOTAL MEMBER, SAID PLUG URGING SAID PIVOTAL MEMBER IN SAID FIRST POSITION.