Patents by Inventor Clay D. Bennett

Clay D. Bennett 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).

  • Method of and apparatus for dispensing beverage into a tilted receptacle with automatic level responsive shut off
    Patent number: 4974643
    Abstract: A beverage dispenser has a housing, a dispenser head with an electrically conductive combination beverage receptacle actuator lever and dispensed beverage level probe, a control circuit connected to the probe and to a start switch actuatable by the probe and to a solenoid for a beverage valve, and a drip tray and receptacle support wherein the receptacle support is tilted rearward toward the probe to support a tilted receptacle against the probe and keep the lowest part of a tilted receptacle rim against the probe; an improved probe assembly has dielectric journal piece isolating the probe from a body of the dispensing head, and a heater element is provided for the probe and either continuously or intermittently heats the probe to keep it insect free and sanitary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: The Cornelius Company
    Inventors: Clay D. Bennett, Donald E. Holcomb, Henry C. Kovar