Foods and beverages: apparatus inventions 09/07

20070221067 - Apparatus for brewing beverages such as coffee and the like: An apparatus is disclosed for brewing coffee, which includes a housing having an inner chamber for receiving and retaining brewed coffee, a water reservoir adjacent to and generally surrounding the inner chamber, for receiving water, and an electrically powered coil for heating the water contained in the water reservoir. A... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070221068 - Appliance and method for preparing a froth from a food liquid: Appliance for preparing a froth from a milk-based liquid which includes a tank for receiving liquid that is to be frothed, and in which liquid a rotatable stirrer is positioned, a stand associated with the tank, and a system for driving the stirrer. The stirrer drive system and the stirrer... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20070221066 - Beverage forming device with opening/closing mechanism for a beverage cartridge receiver: A beverage forming system includes an actuator and first and second portions that are movable relative to each other between open and closed positions. The first and second portions include a cartridge receiving portion to accept a cartridge for forming a beverage, e.g., a disposable single serve cartridge. A first... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070221069 - Loose coffee apparatus, system and method: An infusion container (30) for use with a brewer (20). The infusion container (30) includes a body portion defining at least a portion of a cavity therein. At least a portion of the body being liquid permeable. The infusion container liquid permeable portion facilitates brewing a beverage by allowing water... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070221070 - Cooker and cooking method: The above problem can be solved by providing a cooking apparatus for supplying steam to a heating chamber 11 storing an object to be heated to thereby heat the object to be heated, which comprises steam supply means for supplying steam to the heating chamber 11, a fan 17 for... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070221071 - Adding an additive to a product suitable for human consumption: A method for treating a product suitable for human consumption, in particular a meat product, such as for example slaughtered poultry or parts thereof, in which method:—a large number of products are successively supplied, optionally in groups, to an inspection station; and—each product is subjected to a visual inspection in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070214965 - Apparatus for distributed production of beer: A commercial multiple barrel beer brewing apparatus includes a brew kettle at a first location; a hopped wort holding vessel; a chiller for chilling the hopped wort stored in the holding vessel to a temperature range of approximately 29° F. to 40° F.; a transportation vessel on a vehicle to... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

20070214966 - Brew strength control: A system, method and apparatus for controllably adjusting characteristics of a beverage produced by a beverage system. The characteristics of the beverage may include the strength, flavor, concentration of various flavor components as well as other characteristics. A control is provided for access by a user to adjust the characteristics... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070214967 - Tempertature sensor for a cooking device, cooking device with electronic control and method for temperature recording: A temperature sensor on a cooking device, for non-contact recording of a temperature of a cooking utensil includes at least one infra red-sensor, with at least two differing sensitivity ranges for recording at least two different wavelengths emitted by the cooking utensil. The infra-red sensor can be a multi-channel pyrometer.... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070214968 - Fry basket: A fry basket includes an open top basket frame having a plurality of upright side walls defining a frying space therewithin. One side of the basket frame is positionable on a support structure above a food receiving station. At least one perforate trap door is movably mounted on the basket... Agent: John R. Hoffman

20070214969 - Method and device for slicing food bars: The present invention relates to methods for simultaneously slicing at least two food product blocks fed to a blade. The present invention additionally relates to a device for severing food product slices and a means for extending product bars, in particular food product blocks, artificially in the axial direction and... Agent: Perman & Green

20070209520 - Aging device for liquor or wine: An aging device includes an aging container having a chamber formed by a peripheral wall, a bottle received in the chamber of the aging container for receiving a liquid fermented product, and a vibrating device disposed in the aging container for applying a frequency to vibrate the liquid fermented product... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070209521 - Beverage machine with height-adjustable device for controlling distance between beverage recipient and outlet: A beverage machine having a height-adjustment device that includes a movable support plate for adjusting the position of the recipient relative to at least one beverage outlet. The support plate is movable relative to the at least one beverage outlet. The machine also includes a displacement mechanism for displacing the... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20070209522 - In-door coffee maker for refrigerators: A refrigerator has a cabinet including a refrigeration compartment and a supply of water in the cabinet, with a door attached to the cabinet to selectively open and close access to the refrigeration compartment. A water conduit is located in the door to supply water from the cabinet supply of... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070209524 - A machine interfaced coffee pods including o-ring and a brewing method thereof: The present invention provides pod easy to package a variety of soluble contents and simple to extract them. The pod includes an o-ring inserted between two sheets of rectangular packaging means, and is formed to be three dimensional shape by attaching upper and lower portions of the side margins defined... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070209525 - Brew tank with integrated fluid level gauge: The invention relates to a brew tank with an integrated fluid level gauge, the brew tank operable with a hot beverage maker, and the fluid level gauge comprising a plurality of vertical markings or mouldings extending from the interior floor of the tank towards the upper rim of the tank.... Agent: John H. Thomas, P.C.

20070209526 - Machine for the production of multilayer food products: Machine for the production of multilayer food products, in particular for the production of multilayer cakes, provided with a rotating platform (3) having, associated therewith, four operating stations (A, B, C, D) able to operate in sequence on the food product and arranged at 90 DEG with respect to each... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070209527 - Basket for receiving vegetables and fruits: A basket for receiving vegetables or fruits comprises a basket having a knife receiving seat at a center portion thereof; the knife receiving seat having an insertion hole; a strip being protruded from a bottom of the basket; a knife being inserted in the insertion hole of the knife receiving... Agent: Heng-te Yang

20070209528 - Blender: The present invention is related to a blender, particularly to a blender having a blade disk formed with dreg-expel holes in front of leading edges of blades of inner circle, and a ring-typed cover added below a feed chute as well as being hung over the blade disk to keep... Agent: Sally Chang