| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE34382 |
Bean and ground coffee carrier member for use in coffee systems |
September 21, 1993 |
| A coffee grinder assembly including a housing, a coffee bean hopper, a motorized grinder and at least one bean carrier member containing a chamber having a predetermined volume slidably disposed in the housing between a retracted position wherein the chamber communicates with the hop |
| D555968 |
Chilled beverage dispenser |
November 27, 2007 |
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| D515347 |
Beverage brewer |
February 21, 2006 |
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| D513917 |
Beverage brewer |
January 31, 2006 |
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| D408209 |
Coffee airpot |
April 20, 1999 |
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| D360331 |
Grinder brewer |
July 18, 1995 |
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| D352421 |
Three step coffee decanter warmer |
November 15, 1994 |
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| D350869 |
Dual hopper coffee bean grinder and brewer with warmer plates |
September 27, 1994 |
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| D350868 |
Single hopper coffee bean grinder and brewer |
September 27, 1994 |
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| D337019 |
Beverage dispenser |
July 6, 1993 |
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| D335607 |
Combination coffee grinder and brewer |
May 18, 1993 |
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| D319369 |
Bean grinder |
August 27, 1991 |
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| D296181 |
Coffee grinder |
June 14, 1988 |
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| 7140196 |
Chilled beverage dispenser with cradle evaporator |
November 28, 2006 |
| A chilled beverage dispenser has a "holeless" bowl and uses a cradle evaporator to achieve cooling of the beverage. In one exemplary embodiment, the cradle evaporator comprises three panels--a bottom panel and two side panels, the side panels being bolted or similarly fastened to the |
| 7131369 |
Drawer and latching mechanism for positioning and securing a pod below the brew head of a bevera |
November 7, 2006 |
| A drawer and latching mechanism for a beverage brewer, and preferably, a brewer that utilizes a pod of coffee grounds or another beverage component, has a housing of the brewer including a pivotable cover and a drawer for retaining a pod of a beverage component below the brew head. I |
| 7047870 |
Apparatus and method for brewing a beverage with a desired strength |
May 23, 2006 |
| An apparatus and method for brewing coffee or a similar brewed beverage allows a consumer to select a desired strength, and then, a serving of the brewed beverage is promptly brewed and dispensed in response to that selection. Regardless of the selected strength, a constant volume of |
| 6988444 |
Combination grinder and brewer |
January 24, 2006 |
| A combination grinder and brewer for grinding of coffee beans and delivering ground coffee to a brewing chamber for the brewing of a coffee beverage includes a fan for creating a positive pressure air blanket at the interface between the delivery system and the brewing chamber so as |
| 6908012 |
Beverage dispenser with an adjustable drain tray assembly |
June 21, 2005 |
| A beverage dispenser includes a back splash wall with a plurality of vertically spaced openings to provide edges for the connection of the drain tray assembly, said drain tray assembly comprising at least one drain opening and a substantially vertical back wall terminating in a chann |
| 6904840 |
Brewer apparatus with improved tray assembly |
June 14, 2005 |
| A brewer apparatus includes a tray assembly for positioning and securing a pod enclosing a beverage component below the brew head of the apparatus. The tray assembly is generally constructed so as to allow selective movement of the tray assembly between a first position where it is p |
| 6752069 |
Beverage brewer with pour over feature |
June 22, 2004 |
| A beverage brewer with two modes of operation, an automatic mode in which water automatically flows into a reservoir for heating the water and is dispensed over beverage concentrate during a brewing cycle and a manual mode in which water is manually added to the brewer and dispensed over |
| 6745592 |
Apparatus and method for dispensing a frozen alcoholic beverage |
June 8, 2004 |
| An apparatus and method for dispensing a frozen alcoholic beverage in which an alcoholic beverage component is mixed with at least one other liquid component prior to freezing and dispensing as a frozen beverage product. The individual beverage components flow through the dispensing appa |
| 6244162 |
Spray head for coffee brewer |
June 12, 2001 |
| A brewing apparatus with a brew basket for holding ingredients in particulate form that contain soluble flavorants delivers a predetermined amount of hot water to a spray head positioned above said brew basket. The spray head has a multiplicity of openings positioned and configured in |
| 6202894 |
Beverage dispenser with syrup concentrate container |
March 20, 2001 |
| The pre-mix beverage dispensing apparatus (10) includes an ice bank assembly (12) connected to a remote system of potable water at line pressure for the chilling of the potable water. The chilled water is carried at a regulated line pressure from the ice bank assembly (12) to a mixin |
| 5950941 |
Dissipator for reducing electrostatic charge in fines generated by a coffee grinder |
September 14, 1999 |
| An apparatus for the preparation of ground material used to make a beverage includes an electrostatic precipitator to prevent the separation of chaff fines from a main stream of the ground material. The apparatus includes a grinder and a chute leading from an exit opening in the grinder |
| 5931343 |
Beverage dispensing apparatus having consistent mix delivery of beverage to container |
August 3, 1999 |
| The apparatus of the present invention pertains to a post mix multi-station dispensing apparatus which is isolated from the fluctuations experienced in using outside supplies of water. The apparatus is provided with a single reservoir of water and, associated with each serving station, a |
| 5558283 |
Coffee grinder device with feed worm and reversed grinding burr positioning |
September 24, 1996 |
| A coffee grinding apparatus for grinding coffee beans and distributing said beans into a basket for subsequent brewing of coffee having a pair of grinding disks where one of the disks is fixed to the housing and has an annular configuration with a central opening and the other disk furth |
| 5555791 |
Beverage dispensing apparatus having articulating basket holding arms for baskets having varying |
September 17, 1996 |
| The present invention involves a grinder/brewer coffee beverage dispensing apparatus having a pair of basket support arms with front end portions adapted to grasp beverage baskets and a configuration essentially complimentary to the circular shapes of beverage baskets. The arms are p |
| 5551331 |
Espresso apparatus with improved heating of the brew head and boiler |
September 3, 1996 |
| An espresso apparatus having a brew head which is in liquid communication with a heat exchanger that is positioned within a boiler and a secondary heater for supplng additional heat to the water in the boiler, the second heater being turned off when the pump supplying water to the heat |
| 5542342 |
Coffee grinder and brewer apparatus with basket sensing and grind only feature |
August 6, 1996 |
| A coffee bean grinding and brewing apparatus having a control circuit for initiating grinding and brewing cycles. The control circuit has a brew basket sensing switch that is positioned adjacent the brew basket retaining arms and is engaged into an open position by one of the arms wh |
| 5285705 |
Continuous acting moisture prevention and cleaning valve |
February 15, 1994 |
| A beverage mixing apparatus such as a coffee grinding and brewing apparatus is provided with an operative cycle which includes the transportation of a predetermined amount of a solid component of a beverage mixture from a storage compartment to and through a passageway into a mixing cham |
| 5244159 |
Grinding burrs for coffee bean grinders |
September 14, 1993 |
| Grinding burrs for use in a coffee bean grinder comprises a stationary disk and a rotary disk. Each of the disks has a multiplicity of teeth arranged in stages about the center of the disk. One of the disks has its multiplicity of teeth adapted to nest among and be spaced predetermined |
| 5241898 |
Coffee dispenser and brewer apparatus |
September 7, 1993 |
| A coffee dispensing and brewing apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention comprises components for dispensing a predetermined amount of coffee to a brew basket, the components including a hopper for holding a supply of coffee beans and an auger device commu |
| 5224414 |
Moisture prevention valve in an apparatus for the preparation of liquid beverage from solid and |
July 6, 1993 |
| The present invention involves an improvement to a beverage making apparatus in which a slide valve assembly for preventing moisture from seeping into an area holding the solid component of a beverage mix is provided with a finger tab. The tab serves as a grasping device to manipulat |
| 5217108 |
Auger portioning device for a coffee bean grinder |
June 8, 1993 |
| A coffee bean transport system for moving beans between a bean hopper and a bean operating mechanism has a transitional zone where the beans exit the hopper which serves to merge beans moved by an auger mechanism into a core flow of beans that has a constant density. |
| 5209069 |
Compact thermoelectrically cooled beverage dispenser |
May 11, 1993 |
| A thermoelectrically cooled beverage dispensing machine of the commercial type such as used in restaurants, movie theaters and the like featuring compact construction is disclosed. The cooling system employs a plurality of heat exchanger fins or plates which define a void space therein i |
| 5195422 |
Hot water batch delivery system for a beverage brewing apparatus |
March 23, 1993 |
| A system for automatically delivering one or more precise volumes of hot water to a beverage brewer for brewing a precise amount of a beverage and also permitting variable volumes of hot water, ordinarily in conventional cup sizes, to be manually obtained, is disclosed. The system employ |
| 4955510 |
Bean and ground coffee carrier member for use in coffee systems |
September 11, 1990 |
| A coffee grinder assembly including a housing, a coffee bean hopper, a motorized grinder and at least one bean carrier member containing a chamber having a predetermined volume slidably disposed in the housing between a retracted position wherein the chamber communicates with the hop |
| 4913037 |
Moisture protection system for the particulate food delivery apparatus of beverage preparing mea |
April 3, 1990 |
| A system for preventing the escape of moisture from a beverage preparing device, such as a coffee brew basket, into apparatus for delivering a dry particulate food product, such as a coffee grinder, to the device during the beverage preparing process. The system includes a support plate |
| 4878625 |
Bean and nut grinder shift mechanism |
November 7, 1989 |
| A grinder refinement mechanism for use with a conventional coffee or peanut grinder is disclosed. The grinder includes the usual screw conveyor having a rotary grinding burr attached to a forward end thereof, a stationary grinding burr connected to a wall of the grinder housing and a mai |
| 4794853 |
Universal brew basket support arms |
January 3, 1989 |
| Support apparatus for coffee maker brew baskets comprises a base, an upstanding stop wall and a support plate spaced apart above the base. A coffee grinder discharge spout empties through the support plate. A pair of support arms are pivotally mounted extending horizontally subadjacent |
| 4789106 |
Combined coffee bean weigher and grinder with selectable measured quantities |
December 6, 1988 |
| A coffee beam weigher and grinder comprises at least two storage hoppers each respectively receiving and storing a supply of coffee beans, the hoppers each defining a bottom outlet opening through which coffee beans are gravitationally flowably releasable. Sliding hopper valve plates |
