Abstract: An improved broad band "Y" junction isolator/circulator at V-Band is disclosed. A "star"-shaped ferrite structure is positioned in the isolator housing. The ferrite structure comprises two triangular-shaped ferrite members positioned 180.degree. from each other and bonded together.

Abstract: A cooking appliance wherein a unique U-shaped bracket is provided for connecting an outer housing, an inner cooking vessel, a thermostat assembly and a bottom cover to each other. One of the arms of the bracket is inserted through a downwardly extending tab of the cooking vessel, the other arm of the bracket is connected to a screw for mounting a stack thermostat, and the central portion of the bracket is connected to a screw for urging the vessel downwardly and the bottom cover upwardly to economically hold the parts in assembled position on the outer insulated housing.

Abstract: A rotating member such as a turbine disk is provided with an axially extending retaining means such as a ring having a plurality of D-shaped, open-ended slots formed about an edge thereof. A collar embracing a generally radially extending tube is received within each contoured slot and a pair of laterally extending lips formed upon each collar receive and engage the ring therebetween, thereby limiting radial movement of the collar. A circumferentially extending groove about the inner circumference of the ring intersects each groove and receives a split locking ring to limit axial movement of the collars and tubes.

Abstract: A coffeemaker having a ground coffee basket and a heated brewing water spreader positioned generally above the ground coffee basket wherein the spreader includes a generally vertical cylindrical dam wall extending upwardly from a generally flat foraminous wall for permitting brewing water to flow over the dam wall, through an overflow passage and into the ground coffee basket when the spreader has been filled with heated brewing water above the upper surface of the dam wall.

Abstract: A handle assembly for a glass carafe wherein a metal band is positioned around the neck of the carafe and a plastic handle is connected to the metal band. A unique plastic block is provided with two generally parallel slots for receiving the ends of the metal band for temporarily holding the band on the carafe while the handle is being secured to the block and the band.

Abstract: A coffeemaker having a ground coffee basket, a brewing water spreader positioned on top of the ground coffee basket and a brewed coffee container positioned below the basket wherein a unique brew control cap is positioned on the spreader for controlling the amount of heated brewing water that is permitted to flow to the coffee grounds within the basket or is diverted through a by-pass passage to the brewed coffee container without extracting coffee from the ground coffee. A plurality of spaced openings are formed in a wall of the cap for selective registry with one, two or more spaced openings that are formed in a wall of the spreader so that movement of the wall of the cap with respect to the spreader will uncover one, two or more of the openings to permit more or less heated water to flow to ground coffee within the basket to thereby regulate the strength of the brewed coffee within the coffee container that is positioned below the coffee basket.

Abstract: A measuring dispenser wherein a generally cylindrical drum having a transverse wall is positioned at the bottom of a canister, and a longitudinally movable partition with a transverse wall is inserted within the drum so that variable volume measuring chambers are provided by longitudinally moving the partition within the cylindrical drum.

Abstract: An electric drip coffeemaker wherein a dry ground coffee dispenser is supported at an upper overhanging portion of a housing, a carafe is positioned on a lower stand portion of the housing at one side of the dispenser, and a ground coffee basket is selectively positionable on guideways which are provided at the lower portion of the dispenser and at the top wall of the housing above the carafe.