Joseph Vaitkus

US Patent:

6805042, Oct 19, 2004

Filed:

May 10, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/142454

Inventors:

Mauro Dominick Mordini - Parsippany NJ
Michael Charles Cirigliano - Cresskill NJ
Joseph Vaitkus - Greenvale NY

Assignee:

Unilever Bestfoods, North America, division of Conopco, Inc. - Englewood Cliffs NJ

International Classification:

A47J 3102

US Classification:

99299, 99306, 99295, 99323, 99317

Abstract:

This invention is directed to an apparatus for brewing a beverage. The apparatus has a brew funnel with an elevation device that enables the end user to brew beverage, hot or cold, with a filter and loose beverage precursor and with beverage precursor packaged within a filter pack.

US Patent:

20020088816, Jul 11, 2002

Filed:

Sep 21, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/960222

Inventors:

Joseph Vaitkus - Roslyn NY, US
Richard Moore - Westbury NY, US

Assignee:

Cecilware Corporation

International Classification:

G07F011/00

US Classification:

221/009000

Abstract:

A method and system for using an identification care to limit the use of a dispensing machine to a particular brand i dispensed product are provided

US Patent:

59271795, Jul 27, 1999

Filed:

Nov 20, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/974912

Inventors:

Mauro Dominick Mordini - Parsippany NJ
Joseph Vaitkus - Greenvale NY
Adrian Ioan Ponici - Ridgewood NY

Assignee:

Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc. - Englewood Cliffs NJ

International Classification:

A47J 3102

US Classification:

99304

Abstract:

A brewing apparatus is provided including a housing with a water inlet channel, a heater to heat water delivered through the channel and a water dispenser within the housing for providing a spray of hot water to a brewing pot. The brewing pot is releasably attachable to the housing and includes a filter receptacle positioned to receive the spray of water and outlet aperture for allowing brewed tea to exit. A filter basket for containing the tea leaves is lodged within the filter receptacle. The basket has a base with a wire mesh screen and an integrally formed non-porous siphon shroud projecting upwardly from a central area of the floor base, the shroud being closed at the top while open at the bottom. A siphoning tube is lodged within the aperture of the filter receptacle and open at both ends. When nested, the siphon shroud surrounds the siphoning tube to create a siphon arrangement for continuously removing tea extract fluid from the filter basket.