Coffeemaker
US4748901A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47J31/0573
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An automatic electric coffeemaker having a housing including a molded housing member which includes an integral reservoir and passageway conducting the heated water to the water dispensing portion of the housing. The housing is adapted to support an assembly including a carafe, a coffee basket and spreader plate below a hot water dispensing head. The housing has a flexible skirt which surrounds the water dispensing head and engages the spreader plate to enclose vapors generated in the coffeemaker and a passageway is provided in the molded member to carry the vapors from within the skirt to the portion of the housing above the reservoir.
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