Donald T Robins

US Patent:

47577525, Jul 19, 1988

Filed:

Dec 16, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/942561

Inventors:

Donald T. Robins - Croton NY
John C. Spruill - Willingboro NJ
James R. Weldon - New York NY
Robert W. Wood - Cranbury NJ

Assignee:

General Foods Corporation - White Plains NY

International Classification:

A47J 3140

US Classification:

99279

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.