Patents Represented by Law Firm Smith Vance A.
  • Moisture prevention valve in an apparatus for the preparation of liquid beverage from solid and liquid components
    Patent number: 5224414
    Abstract: The present invention involves an improvement to a beverage making apparatus in which a slide valve assembly for preventing moisture from seeping into an area holding the solid component of a beverage mix is provided with a finger tab. The tab serves as a grasping device to manipulate the slide valve between open and shut positions and as a deflector of the solid material ejected from the holding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Grindmaster Corporation
    Inventor: Roderick C. Hunt