Patents by Inventor Donald T. Robins

Donald T. Robins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tea brewing and dispensing apparatus
    Patent number: 4757752
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Donald T. Robins, John C. Spruill, James R. Weldon, Robert W. Wood