Food Equipment Technologies Company, Inc.

Bartosz Sokolski

Zbigniew G Lassota

Michael W Lassota

Leszek M Wroblewski

Christopher P Michalek

Method of making a housing having wall panels (and) formed from a single, metallic work piece () by folding it at each of four locations defining corners all of which are spaced from opposite ends of the work piece () with at least one fold having an angle substantially different from a right angle and then securing together opposite ends () of the work piece with a weld joint (). As a result of bringing together the opposite ends, at least one of the panels curved in a stressed state and forms interior corner angles at opposite sides that are substantially different from a right angle. A closure base () is attached to the bottom of the wall assembly () to close and support the open bottom of the wall assembly (), and as closure top () is attached an open top of the wall assembly ().

Method of making a housing for food-related apparatus with arcuate panels

A food processing apparatus () such as a coffee brewer having functional elements () protectively contained with a housing assembly () composed off a wall assembly (B) having wall panels (and) being formed from a single, thin-sheet, metallic work piece () that extend between corners (and) formed in the work piece by folding the work piece () at each of the corners with at least one fold having an angle substantially different from a right angle. After the corners are formed, opposite ends () of the work piece are aligned in abutting relationship at a location laterally spaced from all the plurality of corners and permanently welded together with a weld joint (). As a result of bringing together the opposite ends, at least one of the panels is stressed into an arcuate shape and also forms interior corner angles at opposite sides that are substantially different from a right angle. A closure base () is attached to the bottom of the wall assembly () to close and support the open bottom of the wall assembly (), and a closure top () attached to, supported by and closes the open top of the wall assembly ().

Food equipment housing with arcuate panels

An airpot beverage dispenser () having a composite dispense tube () with an exterior outlet () adjacent a top of a hollow body () and an interior inlet () located adjacent a bottom () for passing beverage () from adjacent the bottom () to the outlet when the interior of the hollow body () is pressurized has a brew-through assembly with a cover body () for substantially closing the open top () except for a centrally located brew-through passageway () substantially smaller than the open top () and extending between an upwardly facing exterior brew-through inlet () and an interior outlet () that passes through a central passageway extending through a double-walled bellows () or extends past a plurality of bellows (FIG.) that are laterally spaced from the passageway has an electronic display () for indicating a plurality of levels of the beverage () within the hollow body and a resistive (FIGS.-) or capacitive (FIG.) electronic level sensing assembly carried by the dispense tube () for sensing a plurality of different levels of beverage () within the hollow body and electrical leads () printed on the dispense tube to pass the sensing signals to a display controller (). The display, controller and portable power source () are protectively contained within a plastic watertight compartment () integrally formed with the cover body () is vented (FIG.) to prevent the accumulation of moisture within the compartment ().

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Elmwood Park, IL, United States of America

Bartosz Sokolski