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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis N Burmeister, Libertyville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Sunbeam Corporation, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99306 ; 99295 ;
Abstract
An automatic electric coffeemaker having a housing including a molded housing member which includes an integral reservoir and passageway conducting the heated water to the water dispensing portion of the housing. The housing is adapted to support an assembly including a carafe, a coffee basket and spreader plate below a hot water dispensing head. The housing has a flexible skirt which surrounds the water dispensing head and engages the spreader plate to enclose vapors generated in the coffeemaker and a passageway is provided in the molded member to carry the vapors from within the skirt to the portion of the housing above the reservoir.