Combination coffee maker and teakettle

Claim 2

A combination coffee maker and teakettle which comprises: a receptacle for brewed coffee; filter means positionable atop said receptacle for supporting ground coffee therein; and a teakettle positionable atop said filter means and including selectively adjustable valve means for releasing into said filter means one of several preselected quantities of hot water.

Claim 3

The article of claim 1 wherein said teakettle includes an electric heater therein.

Claim 4

The article of claim 1 wherein said teakettle includes a pouring spout and a handle and wherein said teakettle retains a quantity of water regardless of the preselected quantity of water released into said filter means.

Claim 5

The article of claim 1 wherein said valve means comprises: an outer sleeve extending between the top and bottom of said teakettle and defining at its lower end a water-releasing orifice; an inner sleeve rotatably mounted in said outer sleeve having an open lower end adjacent said orifice, said inner and outer sleeves defining pairs of openings, the openings of each pair being positioned at different levels within said teakettle and selectively alignable upon rotation of said inner sleeve; and means for rotating said inner sleeve.

Claim 6

The article of claim 4 wherein said rotating means comprises handle means secured to said inner sleeve and nonrotatable relative thereto.

Claim 7

The article of claim 5 wherein said handle means comprises: detent means normally positioning said inner sleeve with all of said opening pairs in nonaligned positions; and resilient biasing means operable by a user to release said detent means.

Claim 8

A combination coffee maker and teakettle which comprises: a receptacle for brewed coffee; filter means positionable atop said receptacle for supporting ground coffee therein; and a teakettle positionable atop said filter means and including valve means for releasing into said filter means a preselected quantity of hot water; said filter means including an outer housing having an open lower end positionable within said receptacle and a larger open upper end arranged to support said teakettle; a substantially cylindrical outer filter depending from said lower end; a convex base closing the lower end of said outer filter; and a substantially cylindrical inner filter extending upwardly from said base into said housing, said inner and outer filters being in sequential fluid flow relationship with water passing from said housing into said receptacle.

Claim 9

A combination coffee maker and teakettle which comprises: a receptacle for brewed coffee; filter means positionable atop said receptacle for supporting ground coffee therein; and a teakettle positionable atop said filter means and including valve means for releasing into said filter means a preselected quantity of hot water; said filter means including an outer housing having an open lower end positionable within said receptacle and a larger open upper end arranged to support said teakettle; a substantially cylindrical outer filter depending from said lower end; a convex base closing the lower end of said outer filter; and a substantially cylindrical inner filter extending upwardly from said base into said housing, said inner and outer filters being in sequential fluid flow relationship with water passing from said housing into said receptacle.

Claim 10

The article of claim 7 wherein said valve means is selectively adjustable to release one of several preselected quantities of hot water.

Claim 11

The article of claim 8 wherein said valve means comprises: an outer sleeve extending between the top and bottom of said teakettle and defining at its lower end a water-releasing orifice; an inner sleeve rotatably mounted in said outer sleeve having an open lower end adjacent said orifice, said inner and outer sleeves defining pairs of openings, the openings of each pair being positioned at different levels within said teakettle and selectively alignable upon rotation of said inner sleeve; and means for rotating said inner sleeve.

Claim 12

The article of claim 9 wherein said inner and outer sleeves have complementary conical tapers.

Claim 13

The article of claim 9 wherein said rotating means comprises handle means secured to said inner sleeve and nonrotatable relative thereto.

Claim 14

The article of claim 11 wherein said handle means comprises: detent means normally positioning said inner sleeve with all of said opening pairs in nonaligned positions; and resilient biasing means operable by a user to release said detent means.