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Tea brewing and dispensing apparatus

US4757752A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 1986
Grant dateJul 19, 1988
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47J31/002
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A countertop, iced-tea brewing and dispensing apparatus includes means for heating a stream of water that thereafter passes through a bed of tea leaves at a ratio which will produce a beverage concentrate. The concentrate is collected in a reservoir where it is kept at between 120.degree. and 140.degree. F. The heated concentrate is combined with cold water at a ratio of at least four parts water per part concentrate and dispensed into a drinking vessel.

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