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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2009
Christopher P. Michalek, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Zbigniew G. Lassota, Long Grove, IL (US);
Christopher P. Michalek, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Zbigniew G. Lassota, Long Grove, IL (US);
Food Equipment Technologies Company, Inc., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrical beverage brewer () having a controller () responsive to a start switch () to operate a brew cycle by dispensing hot water from a tank () to beverage ingredient within a brew basket () through a bent tube () mounted to the water tank () for rotation about an axis aligned with an external horizontal rotary section () of the bent tube () between a closed position in which an inlet () of a swinging tubular section () is in a relatively elevated, closed position and an open position at a lower elevation relative to the closed position. A rotary electromechanical solenoid (), a pneumatic rotary solenoid () or a stepper motor () or other like rotary, drive mechanism requiring no positional sensors has a rotary axis aligned with the central axis of rotation of the rotary section () and axially linked, inline, with the rotary section () to axially drive the rotary section () and thereby move the swinging section () between the open position and the closed position without applying lateral forces to the rotary section ().