Patents by Inventor Douglas E. Murray

Douglas E. Murray 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).

  • Unsweetened frozen tea beverage concentrate
    Patent number: 5523108
    Abstract: Unsweetened tea beverage concentrates containing from 0.5 to 10% by weight of tea solids are made freeze-thaw stable (i.e., resistant to the formation of insoluble particles) by the addition of at least 2%, preferably 2 to 4%, by weight of water-soluble carbohydrate materials, such as sugars and/or hydrolyzed starch solids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Inventors: Gerard J. Wansor, Douglas E. Murray, Robert R. Gale
  • 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