Foods and beverages: apparatus – Non-cooking heat treatment of food
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-05
2010-06-29
Shaver, Kevin P (Department: 3752)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Non-cooking heat treatment of food
C099S452000, C239S016000, C239S020000, C239S028000, C239S722000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07743698
ABSTRACT:
A fountain for heating and/or cooling a beverage comprises one or more heating and/or cooling elements that are configured to adjust a temperature of a beverage that circulates through the fountain. In one embodiment, the beverage fountain includes one or more heating elements located proximate to a basin, a cylinder, and/or a top reservoir of the fountain. In another embodiment, the beverage fountain includes one or more cooling elements located proximate to a basin, a cylinder, and/or a reservoir of the fountain. Alternatively, the beverage fountain may include both heating and cooling elements located proximate to a basin, a cylinder, a reservoir, and/or other locations of the fountain, wherein a selection device, such as an electrical switch or control module, may be adjusted by a user in order to select heating or cooling of the beverage.
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Liang Wu C.
Muir Devan B.
Muir Richard B.
Polley William F.
Hogan James S
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Sephra L.P.
Shaver Kevin P
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