Abstract: A disposable pod may be prefilled with chocolate (or other food substance) for use in a chocolate fountain. For example, the manufacturer of the disposable pod, or another party, may fill the disposable pod with melted chocolate after manufacture of the disposable pod.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 14, 2010
Publication date:
November 11, 2010
Applicant:
Sephra L.P.
Inventors:
Richard Beck Muir, Jacob Richard Muir, James David Sabin, William F. Polley, Chun Sen Wu
Abstract: A fountain for heating and/or cooling a beverage comprises one or more heating and/or cooling elements that are configured to adjust a temperature of a beverage that circulates through the fountain. In one embodiment, the beverage fountain includes one or more heating elements located proximate to a basin, a cylinder, and/or a top reservoir of the fountain. In another embodiment, the beverage fountain includes one or more cooling elements located proximate to a basin, a cylinder, and/or a reservoir of the fountain. Alternatively, the beverage fountain may include both heating and cooling elements located proximate to a basin, a cylinder, a reservoir, and/or other locations of the fountain, wherein a selection device, such as an electrical switch or control module, may be adjusted by a user in order to select heating or cooling of the beverage.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 5, 2006
Date of Patent:
June 29, 2010
Assignee:
Sephra L.P.
Inventors:
Richard B. Muir, William F. Polley, Devan B. Muir, Wu C. Liang