Hot beverage dispenser

• US 3,270,918 A
• Filed: 12/26/1963
• Issued: 09/06/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Eugene E. Goodrich, Glen A. Burch, Michael R. Wilkinson, Paul J. Daniels
• Original Assignee: Eugene E. Goodrich, Glen A. Burch, Michael R. Wilkinson, Paul J. Daniels
• Inventors: Goodrich, Eugene E., Daniels, Paul J., Burch, Glen A., Wilkinson, Michael R.
• Application Number:
  US04/333,610
• Time in Patent Office: 985 Days
• US Class Current: 222/64
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/007 for brewing on a large scale, e.g. for restaurants, or for use with more than one brewing container
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/467 for the infusion
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/56 having water-level controls; having temperature controls
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7306 Electrical characteristic sensing

Claims

1. IN A FLUID DISPENSING DEVICE THE COMBINATION OF A FIRST CONTAINER FOR A RESERVE SUPPLY OF WATER, MEANS FOR HEATING THE WATER, A SECOND CONTAINER FOR A BEVERAGE DISPOSED WITHIN SAID FIRST CONTAINER IN HEAT EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WATER THEREIN, MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF WATER TO THE SECOND CONTAINER FROM THE FIRST CONTAINER INCLUDING A LIQUID PUMP AND VERTICALLY SPACED WATER LEVEL RESPONSIVE ELEMENTS IN THE FIRST CONTAINER, CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO THE UPPER ELEMENT CONTROLLING THE LEVEL OF SAID WATER IN THE FIRST CONTAINER AND THE LOWER ELEMENT STOPPING SAID PUMP, LIFT MEANS FOR DISPENSING HOT BEVERAGE FROM THE SECOND CONTAINER ABOVE THE LEVEL THEREOF INCLUDING A FLEXIBLE WALL TUBE INCLUDING MEANS FOR PROGRESSIVELY COLLAPSING THE TUBE SUCCESSIVELY ALONG A PORTION OF ITS LENGTH, AND A LIQUID FLOW RESTRICTING MEANS AT THE OUTLET OF SAID TUBE.