Patents by Inventor Richard A. van Beaumont

Richard A. van Beaumont 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).

  • Disposable coffee concentrate storing and transporting apparatus
    Patent number: 4717047
    Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing a liquid beverage concentrate comprises a concente reservoir, a resilient dispensing tube having one end in communication with the reservoir via a non-return valve opening into the tube and having an opposite dispensing end provided with a non-return valve opening outwardly, and a pressure fluid device for squeezing a portion of the dispensing tube so as to force a quantity of concentrate through the dispensing end of the tube, the pressure fluid device including a deformable sleeve loosely fitting over the tube and separating the tube from the pressure fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Douwe Egberts Koninklijke Tabaksfabriek-Koffiebranderijen-Theehandel B.V.
    Inventors: Garardus J. J. van Overbruggen, Richard A. van Beaumont, Henricus A. C. Thijssen
  • Exchangeable concentrate container for beverage dispensing machines
    Patent number: 4334640
    Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing a liquid beverage concentrate comprises a concente reservoir, a resilient dispensing tube having one end in communication with the reservoir via a non-return valve opening into the tube and having an opposite dispensing end provided with a non-return valve opening outwardly, and a pressure fluid device for squeezing a portion of the dispensing tube so as to force a quantity of concentrate through the dispensing end of the tube, the pressure fluid device including a deformable sleeve loosely fitting over the tube and separating the tube from the pressure fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1982
    Assignee: Douwe Egberts Koninklijke Tabaksfabriek-Koffiebranderijen-Theehandel B.V.
    Inventors: Garardus J. J. van Overbruggen, Richard A. van Beaumont, Henricus A. C. Thijssen