Patents by Inventor Deborah S. Brody

Deborah S. Brody 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).

  • Beverage dispensing machine
    Patent number: 4718579
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing machine which combines a powdered beverage mix and water in a first mixing chamber, provides for additional dispersion and solubilization of the powder in water in one or more additional mixing chambers and thereafter gravity feeds the powder-containing liquid into a low-capacity reservoir from which the beverage may be dispensed on an intermittent basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Deborah S. Brody, Robert C. Kendall, Douglas E. Murray, James R. Weldon
  • Quick-dissolving powdered drink and method therefore
    Patent number: 4343819
    Abstract: A quick-dissolving, sucrose and acid-containing drink mix is prepared by binding particles of a water-soluble carbonate onto the surface of sucrose granules such that the CO.sub.2 -generation which occurs when the mix is dissolved in water promotes rapid dissolution of the sucrose. The level of CO.sub.2 -generator is insufficient to produce a carbonated beverage and desirably an antifoam agent is included in the mix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1982
    Assignee: General Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Wood, Andrew C. Hoefler, Deborah S. Brody