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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald T Robins, Croton, NY (US);
John C Spruill, Willingboro, NJ (US);
James R Weldon, New York, NY (US);
Robert W Wood, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Assignee:
General Foods Corporation, White Plains, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99279 ; 99307 ;
Abstract
A countertop, iced-tea brewing and dispensing apparatus includes means for heating a stream of water that thereafter passes through a bed of tea leaves at a ratio which will produce a beverage concentrate. The concentrate is collected in a reservoir where it is kept at between 120.degree. and 140.degree. F. The heated concentrate is combined with cold water at a ratio of at least four parts water per part concentrate and dispensed into a drinking vessel.