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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2009
Leszek M. Wroblewski, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Zbigniew G. Lassota, Long Grove, IL (US);
Leszek M. Wroblewski, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Zbigniew G. Lassota, Long Grove, IL (US);
Food Equipment Technologies Company, Inc., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Abstract
A hot beverage brewer () having a hot water dispense system (), a brew basket assembly () for holding ingredient to be mixed with the hot water to make a freshly brewed hot beverage and a controller () for controlling the delivery of hot water from the hot water dispenser system to the brew basket () with a spray distribution assembly () having a spray head () having a generally vertical passageway () for receipt of hot water and an umbrella-like member (). A spray plate () mounted beneath the umbrella-like member () has a downwardly, outwardly tapered top surface with radiating, outwardly, downwardly directed, upwardly facing grooves and an upwardly standing central core () snuggly received within the passageway () joined to the underside of the top of the umbrella-like member () with a plurality of vertical radially, outwardly facing grooves () extending from the top to the bottom to form a plurality of peripheral closed channels for passing hot water to upwardly facing grooves () of the umbrella-like body.