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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:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert C Cheich, Seven Hills, OH (US);
Mark V Gorjanc, Chesterland, OH (US);
Donald C Fuchs, Jr, Mentor, OH (US);
Brian W Penrod, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Assignee:
Signature Brands, Inc., Bedford Hts., OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99308 ; 99305 ; 99300 ;
Abstract
A single chamber brewing device for brewing beverage has a single brewing chamber for receiving water and a brewing material such as tea, a thermally controlled heating element, and a thermally responsive valve for releasing brewed beverage from the brewing chamber into a container positionable underneath the brewing chamber. The heating element may be a heating and pumping element which pumps heated water into the brewing chamber to produce a dynamic flow within the brewing chamber to improve the brewing process.