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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Ogawa, Mishima, JP;
Minoru Sasaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99300 ; 99305 ; 99316 ; 2221461 ; 222129 ;
Abstract
The coffee maker of the present invention has a guiding gutter formed movably below a basket for containing ground coffee beans. In the first state, the guiding gutter guides coffee extract obtained from the basket directly into a cooling tank having a freezing section. In the second state, the guiding gutter let the coffee extract obtained from the basket fall into a pot situated below the basket.