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Method For Conducting Automatic Operations Of A Tea Making Machine

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to conduct automatic operations of tea making in a mechanical manner, wherein the method is primarily related to a microcontroller (4) based programmed system comprising dedicated to initiate and operate various functions of the tea making machine, including loading/controlling of liquid and solid ingredients of tea into the pan/container (8), thermal heating of the tea making mixture of the cooking pan towards its sufficient cooking and reaching to an optimum boil height, and regulating the auto-on/off of the thermal heating process therein. The programmed system towards realizing the automatic tea cooking and making method can optionally be operated from a remote location through using a mobile/computer based device, integrated with the tea making machine using internet or any other wireless mechanism.

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Patent Information

Application #
Filing Date
03 September 2016
Publication Number
14/2018
Publication Type
INA
Invention Field
GENERAL ENGINEERING
Status
Email
pooja.sood@ortislaw.com
Parent Application

Applicants

Sunshine Teahouse Pvt. Ltd.
382, First Floor, 100 Feet Road, Ghitorni, New Delhi 110030. India.

Inventors

1. Mohit Sharma
House No. 1716, Sector 34 D, Chandigarh, U.T., 160022, India.
2. Shikhar Srivastava
L16-862, Ashiana Angan, Bhiwadi, Distt Alwar, Rajasthan, PIN-301019, India

Specification

The present invention relates to a method to conduct automatic operations of tea making in a mechanical manner, wherein the method primarily relates to a microcontroller based programmed system dedicated to initiate and operate various functions of the tea making machine with a programmable system.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:
Tea is a refreshing and aromatic drink, second most consumed beverage in the world after water. In many countries lea tends to be brewed at home, however, there is a growing trend for consumers to consume lea outside of home in cafes and bars while tea culture is also very famous and in demand in offices loo. Tea is the perfect drink for the office: it is moisturizing, thirst-quenching, stimulating and delicious. More than coffee, tea offers a great range of different flavours, from classics to blends. Tea accompanies you all day long at work, from early in the morning until late in the afternoon. Nowadays tea culture in offices, working stations etc are very famous as people working for long time needs tea or coffee for their refreshment and to be away from laziness too. Facing computer for long, puts heavy pressure on body, especially for those office workers who work in front the computer all day long. Jt is seen mostly in office cultures or any work station or public place, cafeteria etc, different people have different taste for tea and also the time of demanding the lea may be different too. For a tea vendor it becomes difficult to receive ail such tea orders and proceed them to a lea making machine at the same time.

Various prior arts have aimed to address this problem of handling multiple orders of different tastes of tea. Amongst those some prior aits include:
ON 2804902 Y relates to an automatic control device for giving a cup and making tea for a water drinking machine, which comprises a basic control unit which uses a single chip machine as a kernel. The utility model is characterized in that the different I/O openings of the single chip machine are respectively connected with cup detecting units, cup giving and tea matching control units, water supply control units, keyboard input units and a display unit. The automatic control device for giving a cup and making tea for a water drinking machine of the utility model causes that the tea making operation of the water drinking machine can be carried out fully automatically, and the supermatic craving of people can be satisfied.
CN 202502371 U relates to a Tea-flatting machine controller, and particularly relates to a tea-Hatting machine controller controlled by a single chip microcomputer. The tea-flatting machine controller comprises a master control circuit board and a man-machine interface board, wherein the master control circuit board is electrically connected with the man-machine interface board through row pins. The master control circuit board comprises a first master control single chip microcomputer, a first integrated circuit chip, a second integrated circuit chip, and a third integrated circuit chip. The man-machine interface board comprises a second master control single chip microcomputer, a fourth integrated circuit chip, a fifth integrated circuit chip, a sixth integrated circuit chipset, a nixie tube, and an instruction input module.
US 20120J56337A1 disclosed an apparatus that generates brewed beverages by performing one or more chemical and/or mechanical processes may receive requests to produce specified brewed beverages. The apparatus may include a master controller that initiates and controls performance of

the chemical and/or mechanical processes to produce the specified beverages. The master controller may adaplively apply one or more process accelerators during the performance of one of the chemical or mechanical processes to accelerate the process or to achieve a desired qualitative or quantitative characteristic for a beverage or a component thereof. The adaptive application of one or more process accelerators may be dependent on a multiple-variable process profile developed for the process and/or a specified beverage. For example, the pressure in a steam wand and/or the depth of the wand may be varied during a process to froth milk in order to produce frothed milk having a desired temperature.
US20030079612A1 disclosed an apparatus for preparing and vending beverages based on selections input by consumers is provided, including one or more sources of roasted coffee beans; one or more sources of teas; one or more sources of cocoa; at least one grinder for preparing ground coffee from the roasted coffee beans; one or more sources of flavoring ingredients; a source of water; one or more sources of fresh dairy products; and a mechanism for preparing the beverage. Also provided is a method for preparing a beverage according to selections entered by a consumer, including receiving beverage selections entered by a consumer; collecting payment for the beverage based on the beverage selections entered; retrieving preset standards for proper preparation of the beverage based on the beverage selections; displaying the beverage preparation process and the freshness of ingredients used to prepare the beverage; preparing the beverage in accordance with lho preset standards; monitoring the preparation of the beverage for compliance with the preset standards; and providing the beverage to the consumer.
KIM 676509 Al disclosed A dispensing apparatus for hot beverages is provided with means to filler hot pressurized water through ground edible ingredients such, as coffee, tea or herbal remedies in a

chamber, means of monitoring real-time data concerning brewing parameters; a controlling unit comprising means of storing data, means of comparing the real-time data to a set of stored data and/or threshold parameters, stored in the controller's memory associated with the brewing system, to determine whether a correction to the parameters should be made, and means of altering at least one of the relevant brewing parameters, when required to bring the real time parameter in line with the recorded parameter to obtain consistent high quality of the dispensed beverage.
'Hie prior arts stated above relates to operate automatically a tea making machine comprising single chip microcomputer and a control circuit unit but none of the aforementioned prior arts disclosed a method for conducting automatic operations of a tea making.machine and the automatic receiving of the different orders from remote location and process the tea making procedure in accordance with the prescribed weight of milk and water, number of boils and the time of heating or boiling according to the quantity and type of received tea orders/flavours. The current invention addresses this need of an automated process for tea making.
OBJECTIVE OF THE INVENTION:
The prime objective of the present invention is to propose a method to conduct automatic operations of tea making in a mechanical manner, wherein the method primarily relates to a microcontroller based programmed system dedicated to initiate and operate various functions of the tea making machine.
Another objective of the present invention is to propose a method to conduct automatic operations of tea making, wherein the programmed system towards realizing the automatic tea cooking and making method can optionally be operated from a remote location through use of a

mobile/computer based device, integrated with the tea making machine using internet or any other wireless mechanism.
Another objective of the present invention is to propose a method to conduct the automatic operations of tea making machine via a programmable system, comprising of components such as a microcomputer, a microcontroller, actuators, sensors, and a tea making machine.
Another objective of the present invention is to propose a method to conduct the automatic operations of a tea making machine comprising of a microcomputer, associated with a programmable electronic device which is further connected to the outside internet and to the local intranet, thereby enabling connection to the front end point-of-sales, billing system and allowing the operator to order tea straight from the front-end sales counter.
Yet another objective of the present invention is to propose a method to conduct the automatic operations of tea making, wherein the method creates a central connection that new or modified recipe deployments can be made over the internet, instantaneously, in every location where the machine is deployed.
Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide a method to conduct the automatic operations of tea making, wherein a customized Point-of-sales (POS) system or a set of instruction installed within a programmable electronic device or multiple such devices associated to the microcomputer over wired or wireless technology, further linked to the microcontroller.
Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide a method to conduct the automatic operations of tea making machine, wherein the method comprises weight sensing mechanism,

healing device control mechanism, container sensing mechanism, pouring mechanism, boil sensing mechanism and communication and data flow control mechanism.
Brief description of the accompanying drawing:
The drawings described herein are for illustrative purposes only of selected embodiments and not al! possible implementations, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Further objects and advantages of this invention will be more apparent from the ensuing description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing and wherein:
Figurc-1, Figurc-2 and Figure-3 depicts the different views of the weight sensing system to illustrate the weight sensing mechanism of the present invention.
Figure-4 depicts the top view of an exemplary embodiment of the induction cooktop control mechanism of the present invention.
Figure-5 depicts the front view of the induction cooktop mechanism arrangement as shown in Figure-4.
Figurc-6 shows the schematic view of the button control circuit according to the preferred embodiment of the current invention.
Fi»ure-7a shows the schematic view of the pan sensing circuit according to the preferred embodiment of the current invention.
Figure-7b shows the schematic view of the LEDs (25) connected with the continuation of any sub-circuit (21) of control board (11) of the induction cooktop (9).

MguiT-8 depicts the schematic diagram to describe the pouring mechanism in the present invention through the shown illustrative circuit which includes the solenoid valves (6), the. microcontroller (4), the data pins connection (19), suitable arrangements of diodes (26), voltage connection/power source (27), transistors (28) and resistors (29).
Figure-9 depicts the schematic diagram to describe the boiling sensing mechanism in the present invention through the shown illustrative circuit.
Figure-!0 depicts the block diagram representation of one of the preferred embodiment of the present invention disclosing the arrangement of communication channels.
Figurc-11 depicts the block diagram representation to show communication between the microcomputer (32) and the microcontroller through any wired or wireless technology (33).
Corresponding reference numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION:
The following is a detailed description of exemplary embodiments to illustrate the principles of the invention. The embodiments are provided to illustrate aspects of the invention, but the invention is not limited to any embodiment. The scope of the invention encompasses numerous alternatives, modifications and equivalent; it is limited only by the claims.
It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in drawings. The present disclosure is capable of other aspects and of being practiced or of being

carried oui in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is lor the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
The use of "including", "comprising" or "having" and variations thereof herein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items. The terms "an" and "a" herein do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one of the referenced item.
The present invention envisions a method to conduct automatic operations of a tea making machine and command the machine for a tea making process, wherein the instructions received from the programmable electronic device which is connected with a customized Point-of-sales system (POS) or a set of instructions to the microcontroller via the microcomputer.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method for conducting automatic operations of a tea making machine, comprises the steps of:
linking of in-house Point-of-sales system (POS) or a set of instructions installed within a programmable electronic device (34) or multiple such devices for receiving tea orders and its quantity and printing bill receipt and categorize the received tea orders and sending them to a microcomputer (32) which in turn is connected to the programmable electronic device (34) over wireless or wired communication technology; - connecting of the programmable electronic device (34) to the microcomputer (32) where ah recipes are stored in the memory storage of the microcomputer (32) and further provides the connect/disconnect status with in-house Point-of-sales system (POS) within a programmable electronic device (34) and messages posted by the microcontroller (4);

decoding of the tea orders by the microcomputer (32) received from the programmable electronic device (34) and sending of the encoded signal (referred to as "Recipe") to the microcontroller (4) about the quantity of milk, water, number of boils and time of boiling;
- receiving of signals by the microcontroller (4) from the microcomputer (32) of tea order
instructions and then decoding of the incoming instruction as per different parameters
activating different modes to set the number of boils, settling time between two boils before
heal is turned on again, weights of liquid to be poured and time deadlines for cooking to be
completed;
measuring the weight of the cooking cavity and a buzzer associated with the microcontroller (4) generates a signal, if a cooking pan (8) is not placed over the heating device/induction cooktop (9). once an order is received;
once the cooking pan (8) is placed over the heating device heating device/induction cooktop (9), the switch of the heating device heating device/induction cooktop (9) gets ON as commanded by the microcontroller (4) and depending on the tea orders received a predefined amount of fresh milk and water and other ingredients pour in the cooking pan (8) , wherein the weighing scale (1) is connected with the microcontroller (4) arranged on the lower portion of the induction cooktop (9) weighs the amount of contents including water, milk, sugar and lea leaves falling in the cooking pan (8);
- the lea making machine further waits/holds for either the predefined number of boils lo be
completed or the predefined cooking time to elapse, while heating process is in the ON mode
and once the predefined level reached to a predefined point a buzzer rings and the heating
device/induction cooktop (9) switch turns OFF automatically.
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According to the embodiment of the present invention, the tea making machine includes a system
comprising a hardware circuitry with the microcontroller of a dedicated software program towards
specific operation and control of attached apparatus.
According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method ibr conducting
automatic operations of a tea making machine, comprises following mechanisms:-
(;') Weight sensing mechanism:- A weight sensing electronic device, comprising of a load cell
connected to an analog-to-digital converter (3), further connected to the microcontroller (4)
lo sense liquid & other ingredients' weight (2) which are placed on one of the many
standard weighing scale available off the shelf, preferably an ]-section is used in the present
invention. Figure-1, Figure-2 and Figure-3 depicts the different views of the weight sensing
system to illustrate the weight sensing mechanism of the present invention comprising of a
weighing scale (1) with an I-section mounted in cantilever style on a beam style load cell.
point of cantilever loading at the center of the 1-section (2) to sense ingredient's weight, a
weight sensing electronic device such as Analog to Digital Converter (3), a microcontroller
(4), a beam style load cell (5), plurality of solenoid valves (6), plurality of liquid holding
vessel (7) and a container (8).
The problem with determining liquid weights is that when a liquid is dropped into a
container on a weight measuring scale, between the point of switching off the pouring valve
and the How of the liquid actually stopping, an excess of liquid is poured into the
container/pan (8). Note that when this pouring process is gravity driven, the magnitude of
tin's "excess" is difficult to be determined precisely. To overcome this problem, and to keep
the embodiment free of motors and pressure pumps, the solenoid valve (6) in the assembly
is pulsed open and shut for a pre-determined short duration of lime, determined specifically
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in a way to keep the weight of the liquid falling in from the liquid holding vessels (7) into
the container/pan (8) far lower than the minimum requirement. Once the liquid falls in, and
the impulse from falling liquid dampens, the actual weight of liquid in the pan (8) is known.
Based on the final amount of liquid required, and subtracting the liquid that has already been
received in the container/pan (8), the valve-opening time either stays the same, or is adjusted
downward automatically. This process of downward adjustment continues repeatedly till (he
required weight of the liquid is achieved within pre-decided error ranges,
0>) Heating Devi.ee/Induciion Cooktop Control Mechanism:- To control an available off the
shelf induction cooktop (9), an interface is established using the optocoupler (18) between
the microcontroller (4) and one or many of the manual/touch buttons on the control board
(11) of the induction cooktop (9). Figure-4 depicts the embodiment of the induction cooktop
control mechanism showing an innovative arrangements created on the control board (11) of
a retail-available induction cooktop (9) accompanying Induction heating coils (10) to make
it compatible with the microcontroller (4) wherein components on the control board (11) are
display board (14) and various functional buttons (12, 13, 15, 16 and 17). A button press for
any of the buttons on the control board (11) is mimicked by pulsing a high voltage for a
short period of time through the data pin (19) emanating from the microcontroller (4), and
then pulling the voltage low. Once a high voltage passes through the LED side of (he
optocoupler (18), the electrically isolated transistor side of the optocoupler closes the circuit
that a push button or touch button closes otherwise on the side of the control board (11), and
the circuit (21) is completed. This process is used to switch on, raise or lower the power, or
changes the modes on the induction cooktop (9); else the buttons performing these different
functions vary by induction cooktop model, but the mechanism remains the same, The
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aforesaid embodiment for button control circuit to initialize the cooktop control mechanism is depicted in Figure-6. (v) Pun/container sensing mechanism;- Another process employed in the present invention pertains to the determination of whether after the pressing of a button; the relevant mode has been activated. Typically, when an induction cooktop (9) is deployed into the correct mode, and a suitable material vessel/pan (8) is placed on the surface, within a manufacture-pre¬programmed area of the induction coil (10), the coil gets energized and the pan (8) is heated. When the above conditions are met, the LED corresponding to the buttons (12, 13, 15, 16 and 17) switches on. Figure-7a shows the schematic view of the pan sensing circuit depicting the connectivity of the microcontroller (4) with light dependent resistor(s) (24) and series divider voltage circuit resistor(s) (23) via any data pin (19) from me microcontroller, ground connection from the microcontroller (20) and Vcc connection from the microcontroller (22) and Figure-7b shows the schematic view of the LEDs (25) connected with the continuation of any sub-circuit (21) of control board (11) of the induction cooktop (9). In the current embodiment, one of the ways used to detect if a pan (8) has been placed on the induction cooktop (9) is that if a suitable-material pan is not placed on the surface of the induction cooktop above the coil, or this pan (8) is placed in a way that it doesn't meet the manufacturer's predefined conditions, the induction coil (10) does not get energized, and the corresponding LED (25) doesn't switch on. Once the relevant button presses have been made to ensure that the induction cooktop (9) is switched on and the relevant power state is achieved, the light dependent resistor (24) either drops in resistance if the corresponding LED (25) is being monitored switches on, or presents a high resistance,
if the LED (25) does not switch on. The change in resistance is detected by having the light
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dependent resistor (24) as a part of a standard voltage divider circuit, with a known resistor (23) in series, a known high voltage, and a probe placed between the resistor (23) and the light dependent resistor (24) which runs to a data pin (19) on the microcontroller (4), and changes significantly when the LED (25) switches on.
(d) Pouring mechanism:- To actuate the pouring mechanism, an exemplary embodiment of pulse triggering is employed to open and close the solenoid valve (6). More particularly, the normally closed solenoid valve (6) is connected with a power source (27) and the diode (26) is attached across the positive and negative terminals of the solenoid valve (6) to ensure smooth operation and no back flow of current once the power source (27) is disconnected. The ground terminal connection of the solenoid valve (6) is interrupted by a transistor (28) of a suitable rating; where the transistor (28) is further connected to the microcontroller (4) and controlled using one of the data pins of the microcontroller (19). When the data pins of the microcontroller (19) is pulsed high, the circuit is completed and the solenoid valve opens up to drain the liquid, while when the data pins of the microcontroller (19) are pulsed low, the circuit is interrupted and the valve returns to its normally closed position. Figure-8 depicts the schematic diagram to describe the pouring mechanism in the present invention through the shown illustrative circuit which includes the solenoid valves (6), the microcontroller (4), the data pins connection (19), suitable arrangements of diodes (26), the voltage connection/power source (27), the transistors (28) and the resistors (29).
(e) Boil sensing & heating mechanism: When a liquid or a liquid-plus-solid concoction is
heated on an induction cooktop (9), in the pan (8), some liquid concoctions like a mixture of
milk ,water ,tea leaves and other ingredients tend to rise up and spill out of the vessel at the
boiling point. To control this boiling situation, two bars made of suitable food grade
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material and with high electrical conductivity (30) are inserted at a precise, pre-defermined height inside the pan (8). One of these bars is connected to a ground terminal of the microcontroller (20) and the other is connected to the high voltage Vec on the microcontroller (22), with a suitable resistor (31) and a suitable diode (26) as intermediaries. Figure~9 depicts the schematic diagram to describe the boiling and heat sensing mechanism in the present invention through the shown illustrative circuit which includes the weighing scale (1), the microcontroller (4), the container (8), the induction cooktop (9), the data pins connection (19) from the microcontroller, the ground connection (20), the Vec connection (22), the diodes (26), single or plurality of steel probes (30) and suitable resistors (31). The circuit shown in Figure-10 operates on the principle that when the concoction in this embodiment boils up and attempts to escape out of the pan(8), a circuit is completed across the steel probes (30) and detected by the microcontroller (4) through the data pins (19). At this point, the microcontroller (4) shuts the heating mechanism down using its interface with any of buttons (12, 13, 15, 16 and 17) to prevent the concoction from boiling over and out of
the container/pan (8).
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(0 l''uil safe Enforcement: Mechanisms listed from a) through to e) are deployed within the operating software installed within microcomputer or microcontroller to ensure that a failure in the operating procedure does not damage the quality of beverage or the machine. including, but not limited to:
(i) Using data from a) to act on and understand automatically if d) is not functioning properly and accordingly prompt a machine operator to either refill storage vessels, or discard the beverage being prepared via an indicator;
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(li) Using (c) to conclusively establish whether there is a power outage, or if a pan is nol
present on the induction cooktop, and adjusting the process accordingly.
autonomously.
('ommiinicaiion and data flow conlrol mechanism: In the current embodiment ol" the
present invention, the microcontroller (4) connects with the microcomputer (32). The
microcontroller (4) acts as a slave in this master-slave relationship with the microcomputer
(32). The microcontroller (4) is programmed to accept "recipes/orders" coded in the form of
a siring, with an encoded understanding of extracting information including, but not limited
to weight of liquids to be poured, number of boils to be imparted, or the time for which the
liquids have to be heated, which is delivered over any wired/wireless protocol. Once an
ordering instruction (a recipe) is issued for action-to the microcontroller (4), it starts
transmitting back its current state and the value of critical parameters which is thereby
logged by the microcomputer (32). In the present invention, the microcomputer (32)
employed a provision to connect with the programmable electronic device (34) hereby.
which is a part of a proprietary billing and order distribution system. The programmable
electronic device (34) further communicates to the microcomputer (32) to get instructions
for the product that has to be made, the size of the beverage to be made, and the number ol'
units to be made. This is then mapped against a recipe/order list and the microcomputer (32)
further issues this command to the microcontroller (4), which commences the process of
making the beverage. Figure-11 depicts the block diagram representation of one of the
preferred embodiment of the present invention disclosing the arrangement of
communication channels between the point-of-sales system within a programmable
electronic device (34) with the microcomputer or any other programmable electronic device
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(32) and the microcontroller (4) alongwith the aforesaid components of the present invention. 00 Performance monitoring and updates: Further, as the programmable electronic device and ihe microcomputer are also connected to the internet in the current embodiment, this enables ihe following capabilities:
(ij Performance monitoring in real-time and otherwise - During the processing of a
beverage order by a microcontroller, real time data is passed on back to the
microcomputer which stores this for easy access for anyone over a remote-access
session, and uploads this to a central cloud-server location for ease-of-access later.
(ii) Remote deployment of updates - Remote access is granted to an accessing authority
with the right access coordinates to the programmable electronic device, and the
microcomputer, and updates to the operating software of the microcontroller.
microcomputer and the programmable electronic device, or updates to recipes
corresponding to individual beverage products, can be effected from a remote
location.
Although a preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it will at once
be apparent to those skilled in the art that the invention includes advantages and features over and
beyond ihe specific illustrated construction. Accordingly it is intended that the scope of the
invention be limited solely by the scope of the hereinafter appended claims, and not by the
foregoing specification, when interpreted in light of the relevant prior art.

We Claim:
A method for conducting automatic operations of a tea making machine wherein the method
comprises the steps of:
(i) installing a set of programs within a programmable electronic device (34) for receiving lea order instructions, printing bill receipt, categorize the received tea orders and sending lea order instructions to a microcomputer (32) connected with a microcontroller (4);
(ii) connecting the programmable electronic device (34) to the microcomputer (32) wherein the microcomputer (32) stores the tea order instructions which further provides the connection status with the programmable electronic device (34) and messages posted by the microcontroller (4);
(iii) decoding of the tea order instructions by the microcomputer (32) received from the programmable electronic device (34) and sending the encoded signal to the microcontroller (4) about the tea order instructions;
(ivj receiving of signals by the microcontroller (4) from the microcomputer (32) of tea order instructions and then decoding of the incoming instruction as per different parameters activating different modes to set the number of boils, settling time between two boils before heat is turned on again, weights of liquid to be poured and time deadlines for cooking to be completed;
(v) measuring of weight of liquid and tea ingredients and a buzzer associated with the microcontroller (4) generates a signal, when a cooking pan (8) is not placed over the healing device (9), once a tea order instruction received by the microcontroller (4);
(vi) once the container (8) is placed over the heating device (9), the heating device (9) gets ON as commanded by the microcontroller (4) and depending on the tea order instructions

received from the microcontroiler (4), a predefined amount of liquid pour in the container (8} controlled by a plurality of solenoid valves (6), wherein a weighing scale (1) is connected with the microcontroller (4) arranged on the lower portion of the heating device (9) weighs the amount of contents falling in the container (8); (vii) holding of the tea making machine for either the predefined number of boils to be completed or the predefined cooking time to elapse, while heating process is in the ON mode and once the predefined level reached to a predefined point, a buzzer rings and the heating device (9) switch turns OFF automatically.
The method for conducting automatic operations of a tea making machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the weighing scale (1) is connected to the microcontroller (4) to sense liquid & other ingredient's weight (2) poured into the container/pan (8).
The method for conducting automatic operations of a tea making machine as claimed in Claim 1. wherein an interface is established using an optocoupler (18) between the microcontroller (4) and touch buttons (12, 13, 15, 16 and 17) with display (14) on a control board (11) oi~ the heating device (9).
The method for conducting automatic operations of a tea making machine as claimed in Claim 1. wherein a set of data pins of the microcontroller (19) sends the instructions to the solenoid valve (6) to trip from open to close positions and from close to open position.

The method for conducting automatic operations of a tea making machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the microcontroller (4) is programmed to accept tea order instructions coded in the form of a string, with an encoded understanding of extracting information including weight of liquids and tea ingredients to be poured, number of boils to be imparted and the time for which the liquids have to be heated.
The method for conducting automatic operations of a tea making machine as claimed in Claim 1. wherein the programmable electronic device (34) communicates to the microcomputer (32) to gel tea order instructions and the microcomputer (32) further issues this instructions to die microcontroller (4), which commences the process of making the tea.
The method for conducting automatic operations of a tea making machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the heating device (9) is an induction cooktop (9) and the control board (II) containing functional buttons (12, 13, 15, 16 and 17) and display (14) of the induction cooktop (9) is connected with the data pins (19) of microcontroller (4) to send and receive instructions.
The method for conducting automatic operations of a tea making machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the microcomputer (32) is installed with a set of instructions to ensure the flow o\~ liquid via the solenoid valve (6), as indicated through an indicator.
The method for conducting automatic operations of a tea making machine as claimed in Claim 1. wherein the microcontroller (32) is installed with a set of instructions to ensure availability of the container (8) on the heating device (9) and during the process of making the tea.

The method for conducting automatic operations of a tea making machine as claimed in Claim 1. wherein during the process of a tea order instructions by the microcontroller (4), real-time data of the processing of making the tea coded in the form of a string transmitted to the microcomputer (32) to store and upload the real-time data to the programmable electronic device (34) and the cloud server location.

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25 201611030209-Power of Attorney-181016.pdf 2016-10-21
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25 EVIDENCE FOR SSI [03-09-2016(online)].pdf 2016-09-03
26 201611030209-FORM 3 [25-01-2023(online)].pdf 2023-01-25
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