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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1995
David Di Nunzio, Mentor, OH (US);
Joseph F Moore, Richmond, VA (US);
Phillip L Brookshire, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert A DeMars, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Spencer L Mackay, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Craig Weidman, Aurora, OH (US);
Healthometer, Inc., Bedford Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A device for automatically brewing and holding tea has a water reservoir and a combined water reservoir inlet and heated water distributor attached to and extending from the water reservoir, a hinge mounted steeping chamber positionable over a base for holding a tea pot under the steeping chamber, and a tea pot specially adapted for use with the device having a flat bottom surface for optimal heat transfer from the base to the receptacle. A steeping chamber flow control valve includes opposing, overlapping relatively adjustable frusto-conical surfaces.