Patents Assigned to G.E.W. INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION LIMITED
  • Beverage maker with pump noise attenuator
    Patent number: 8844429
    Abstract: A beverage maker, such as a pump espresso machine, comprises a noise attenuator reducing pump noise. The noise attenuator has a housing with an inlet chamber receiving inlet flow from an inlet port, the inlet chamber having compliant walls permitting volumetric expansion. An outlet chamber in the noise attenuator housing has an outlet port and spheroidal walls. A flow-restrictor is disposed between the inlet and outlet chambers. An elastomeric insert in the housing forms the inlet chamber and at least part of the outlet chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: G.E.W. International Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Chung Lik Yip
  • BEVERAGE MAKER WITH PUMP NOISE ATTENUATOR
    Publication number: 20120247341
    Abstract: A beverage maker, such as a pump espresso machine, comprises a noise attenuator reducing pump noise. The noise attenuator has a housing with an inlet chamber receiving inlet flow from an inlet port, the inlet chamber having compliant walls permitting volumetric expansion. An outlet chamber in the noise attenuator housing has an outlet port and spheroidal walls. A flow-restrictor is disposed between the inlet and outlet chambers. An elastomeric insert in the housing forms the inlet chamber and at least part of the outlet chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: G.E.W. INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Thomas Chung Lik Yip