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20090031900 | COFFEE MAKER - A coffee maker including a base, a housing, a hopper, a burr grinding assembly, and a brew basket is provided for automatic self-metered grinding and brewing of coffee. A cover is provided for the brew basket to prevent moisture from reaching the whole coffee beans in the hopper. | 02-05-2009 |
20100178405 | BEVERAGE BREWING SYSTEM SELECTIVELY USING ONE OR MORE CARTRIDGES - A novel beverage brewing system includes a plurality of beverage cartridge holders so that a user may selectively choose to infuse heated liquid through one or more cartridges of beverage medium (i.e., coffee grounds). One or more diverter valves may be used to achieve this. For weaker brewed coffee, a user would select a setting in which heated water passes through only one cartridge and then into a container. For stronger coffee, a setting would be chosen in which the heated water passes through both cartridges and then into the container. Alternatively, water from both cartridges could be diverted into two containers to brew weak coffee into two containers at the same time. | 07-15-2010 |
20100183778 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BREWING VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF COFFEE - A method brewing a beverage or coffee, and an associated system, include a water reservoir having a fixed capacity, an electric pump, a steel vessel with an inlet and an outlet for water and with a heater for heating the water, a container for holding coffee grounds having a removable insert for selectively optimizing coffee strength including but not limited to optimizing for amount of coffee brewed, and an optional heater to keep brewed coffee at a desired temperature until dispensed. | 07-22-2010 |
20110076360 | DISPOSABLE WHOLE BEAN COFFEE FILTER - A pre-packaged, sealed container enclosing whole coffee beans is sized to correspond to a single serving of coffee, or multiple servings. The container is used with a machine that selectively lowers a grinding blade into the container for grinding the whole beans. The freshly made grounds remain in the same container and heated water is introduced into the container. Freshly brewed coffee is produced and drips out of one or more openings in the bottom of the container after passing through the filter. The container is sealed for storage and shipping with an airtight membrane or cover such as plastic, foil etc. | 03-31-2011 |
20110174654 | NESTED BOWL RETENTION MECHANISM FOR FOOD PROCESSORS - A bowl assembly | 07-21-2011 |
20120213900 | COOKING APPLIANCE - A cooking appliance in accordance with the present invention includes a base, a container engageable with the base and configured to receive one or more food ingredients, a blade assembly rotatably mounted in the container and a lid engageable with said container. The lid includes a chamber configured to hold a volume of liquid and a heating element for heating the liquid within the chamber to produce steam. | 08-23-2012 |
20120213902 | COOKING APPLIANCE - A cooking appliance in accordance with the present invention includes a base, a container engageable with the base and configured to receive one or more food ingredients, a heater for converting a liquid into a cooking vapor and a blade assembly rotatably mounted in the container and having at least one vapor aperture located adjacent to a top of said blade assembly and at least one vapor outlet located adjacent to a bottom of said blade assembly. | 08-23-2012 |
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20120121764 | BREWED BEVERAGE APPLIANCE AND METHOD - A brewed beverage appliance uses a specialized pre-packaged beverage container and a related method of brewing a beverage. The container comprises a cup-shaped base having openings at the bottom. A plurality of roasted, whole coffee beans are contained therein. The appliance has a blade that punctures the cup and then grinds the beans while they are still in the cup. Heated water is delivered to the cup and passes through the ground coffee causing brewed coffee to emit from the openings in the bottom of the cup and into a container such as a coffee mug. | 05-17-2012 |
20120121768 | BREWED BEVERAGE APPLIANCE AND METHOD - A beverage making appliance uses a specialized beverage container and a related method of brewing a beverage. The container includes a cup-shaped body having a floor, a circumferential wall, and a top opening, a filter element positioned above the floor, at least one aperture formed in the floor, and a cover releasably attached to the cup body and covering the top opening. The appliance includes a base adapted to receive a beverage receptacle, a reservoir, a housing, a brewing tray in mechanical communication with the housing and dimensioned to receive a container containing at least one drink ingredient having particles of a first size, a grinding mechanism and a water delivery mechanism to selectively deliver water from the reservoir to one of a brewed beverage outlet in fluid communication with the receptacle, and a hot-water outlet. | 05-17-2012 |
20120121779 | BREWED BEVERAGE APPLIANCE AND METHOD - A beverage assembly includes a housing having a liquid reservoir, an inlet portion formed in the housing, a beverage container configured to be removably accommodated within the inlet portion and having a fracturable seal and containing a beverage ingredient of a first size, a grinding mechanism positioned within the housing and in fluid communication with the inlet portion, and a piercing assembly positioned within the housing, wherein the piercing assembly selectively pierces the fracturable seal thereby causing said beverage ingredient to enter the grinding mechanism. The grinding mechanism selectively transforms the beverage ingredient from the first size to a second size, the second size being smaller than the first size. The beverage assembly further includes a brewing area disposed beneath the grinding assembly and configured to removably accommodate the beverage container after the beverage container has been pierced by the piercing assembly. | 05-17-2012 |
20120121780 | BREWED BEVERAGE APPLIANCE AND METHOD - A beverage appliance includes a housing having a liquid reservoir, a brewing station disposed within the housing and in fluid communication with the liquid reservoir, a grinding station disposed within the housing and being functionally separate from said brewing station, and a brewing carriage being selectively movable between a first position adjacent the grinding station and a second position adjacent the brewing station. Movement of the brewing carriage between the first and second position shifts a beverage ingredient in the brewing carriage from the first position to the second position and when the brewing carriage is in the in said second position, liquid is dispensed from the liquid reservoir and directed to the brewing carriage to produce a brewed beverage. | 05-17-2012 |
20120171332 | BREWED BEVERAGE APPLIANCE AND METHOD - A beverage appliance includes a housing having a liquid reservoir and a receptacle in the housing dimensioned to receive a container containing at least one drink ingredient having particles of a first size. The receptacle is pivotable from a first position in which the receptacle is angled towards a front of the appliance and a second position in which the receptacle is aligned with a brew head and contacts the brew head. The beverage appliance further includes a mechanism for transforming the particles of the drink ingredient from the first size to a second size within the container, the second size being smaller than the first size. | 07-05-2012 |
20140057033 | BREWED BEVERAGE APPLIANCE AND METHOD - A beverage assembly includes a housing having a liquid reservoir, an inlet portion formed in the housing, a beverage container configured to be removably accommodated within the inlet portion and having a fracturable seal and containing a beverage ingredient of a first size, a grinding mechanism positioned within the housing and in fluid communication with the inlet portion, and a piercing assembly positioned within the housing, wherein the piercing assembly selectively pierces the fracturable seal thereby causing said beverage ingredient to enter the grinding mechanism. The grinding mechanism selectively transforms the beverage ingredient from the first size to a second size, the second size being smaller than the first size. The beverage assembly further includes a brewing area disposed beneath the grinding assembly and configured to removably accommodate the beverage container after the beverage container has been pierced by the piercing assembly. | 02-27-2014 |
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20150132862 | IN-SITU RELAXATION FOR IMPROVED CMOS PRODUCT LIFETIME - Methods and structures for restoring an electrical parameter of a field-effect transistor in an integrated circuit deployed in an end product. A source, a drain, and a gate electrode of a field-effect transistor are coupled with ground. A restoration voltage is applied to a well beneath the field-effect transistor while the source, the drain, and the gate electrode of the field-effect transistor are coupled with ground. The well may be coupled with either a positive supply voltage or ground when a switch is in a first position during normal operation of the integrated circuit and with the restoration voltage when the switch is in a second position during a relaxation operation. | 05-14-2015 |