Abstract: An electric coffeemaker is disclosed of the drip type with an upright C-shaped housing, the lower leg having a heated carafe support and the upper leg having a water spreader over a supported coffee basket. The vertical leg encloses a reservoir with an apertured bottom wall and a cover is provided over the upper leg with an opening to the reservoir, and with a pump and heating chamber in the lower leg with a connected tube delivering hot water to the spreader. In this known combination, an improvement is provided in the spreader of an open cup-shaped member having a raised cut-away side towards the reservoir and connected to the tube. Apertures in the cup dispense hot water to the coffee basket and overflow structure is provided in the cup.

Abstract: In a food processor with a power base and lid-covered bowl, a cutting disc is rotated by a shaft extending into and terminating in the bowl, and structure is provided to reverse the shaft rotation on selection. In this general arrangement, an improvement is provided in the cutting disc comprising a first cutting member on the disc surface facing in the direction of the selected shaft rotation and a second cutting member is provided on the same disc surface facing opposite the first cutting member with the cutting members being substantially diametrically opposite for dynamic balance. The cutting members are preferably on different levels on the disc surface with slanted ramps connecting the levels. The arrangement is such that one of the cutting members performs a cutting operation when the disc is rotated in one direction while the other member is rendered inoperative and, on shaft reversal, the other member performs the cutting operation while the one member becomes inoperative.