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An electric coffee maker or brewer having a time display and including a pressure-sensitive variable-conductance sensor for creating a varying analog value according to varying depression applied by a finger of a human user to the analog sensor. Multiple analog sensors are sometimes utilized. In one

An electric coffee maker or brewer having a time display and including a pressure-sensitive variable-conductance sensor for creating a varying analog value according to varying depression applied by a finger of a human user to the analog sensor. Multiple analog sensors are sometimes utilized. In one preferred embodiment the analog sensor(s) include resilient dome cap(s) for providing tactile feedback to the finger depressing the analog sensor. Circuitry within a housing is connected to the analog sensor for reading the varying analog value from the analog sensor and causing representative varying of the time value shown by the time display.

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1. A coffee maker with clock displaying time imagery, comprising:means for brewing coffee, said means for brewing coffee including at least one housing; electronic circuitry located in said at least one housing, said electronic circuitry at least calculating units of time; a time display at least in

1. A coffee maker with clock displaying time imagery, comprising:means for brewing coffee, said means for brewing coffee including at least one housing; electronic circuitry located in said at least one housing, said electronic circuitry at least calculating units of time; a time display at least in part supported by said at least one housing, said time display operatively connected to said circuitry; a first finger depressible surface in part exposed on said at least one housing, said first finger depressible surface operatively connected to a first pressure-sensitive variable-conductance analog sensor, said analog sensor for inputting a signal to said circuitry, said signal having variable value depending on variable pressure applied to said first finger depressible surface; said circuitry structured to receive said signal and to cause the time imagery to change at a variable rate representing the variable pressure applied to said first finger depressible surface.