Kraft General Foods, Inc.

Fiat Motors of North America, Inc.

General Foods Limited

Enercon Industries Corporation

Edward A Kozloski

Eric Seger

James R Weldon

Walter E Howard

Eric S Seger

Roy Watson

Stewart L Bolton

Charles M Jalovec

Denise L Wynne

Sealing apparatus

Coffee grounds receptacle and strainer unit

A coffee grounds disposal and strainer arrangement adapted to be utilized in conjunction with the operation of an automatic coffee brewer. A lid member covering the receptacle receiving the hot liquid or water and entrained spent coffee grounds from the coffee brewer is equipped with a plurality of venting apertures which will allow steam generated by the hot liquid in the receptacle channel to escape upwardly through the apertures. A U-shaped channel structure is formed on the upper ends of the receptacle sidewalls receives the lid flange. Hereby, any condensate liquid flowing down the flange from the inside of the lid member, which condensate is formed from steam emanating from the hot liquid in the receptacle will tend to collect in the U-shaped channel intermediate the lid member and the receptacle, thereby preventing such liquid or water from flowing outwardly and down the receptacle onto the table or counter top. In order to preclude residual coffee liquid from spilling out of the liquid discharge outlet connector arranged in the bottom level of the receptacle upon the disconnecting of the drainage hose when it is desired to empty the receptacle of accumulated spent coffee grounds, the outlet connector or conduit is provided with a swivel coupling. The coffee brewer may also be equipped with a positioning device mounted on the coffee brewer supporting legs beneath the brewer, and located in the space above the counter or table top from which the coffee brewer is supported, so as to enable the coffee grounds disposal unit to be slid between guide brackets of the positioning device to a location in which the inlet port of the lid of the grounds disposal unit is in alignment with the waste discharge nozzle of the coffee brewer.

Coffee grounds disposal unit

A container for a flowable product, such as liquid coffee or the like, having a measuring cup closure. The container neck is preferably closed by an inner seal and has secured thereto the lower portion of a surrounding ring member. An upper portion of this ring member telescopically and lockably receives therein the open end of a measuring cup. An internal flange of the ring member includes a bottom surface which seals against the neck edge and the upper portion includes a circumferential bead which forms a seal with the outside of the open end of the measuring cup.

Container with measuring cup closure

Plastic dispensing closures adapted for use on bottles containing products such as syrup and the like and which have an integral handle include a snap-on base adapted to be securely attached to the neck of the bottle and shaped to form a pouring spout, and a pivotal lidi based into engagement with the base, the lid having a thumb-engagable extension positioned adjacent to the handle to facilitate opening and closing of the lid. The closures include a non-releasable tear-away inner seal connected to a pull ring, and are attached to the bottle such that they cannot be removed without being permanently deformed, thereby affording a tamper-evident closure. The closures are capable of accommodating a rather large dimensional bottle tolerance, thereby enabling them to be employed on plastic as well as glass bottles. The closures may be formed as either one-piece or two-piece structures.

Snap-on closure for bottles

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Babylon, NY, United States of America

Edward A Kozloski