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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
May. 05, 2003
Applicants:
Thomas J. Pfeifer, Louisville, KY (US);
Donald E. Smith, Louisville, KY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Pfeifer, Louisville, KY (US);
Donald E. Smith, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Grindmaster Corporation, Louisville, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A combination grinder and brewer for grinding of coffee beans and delivering ground coffee to a brewing chamber for the brewing of a coffee beverage includes a fan for creating a positive pressure air blanket at the interface between the delivery system and the brewing chamber so as to minimize movement of moistened air from the brewing chamber into the delivery system.