Did You Know...
...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7285180 | Perforated deck made out of a plurality of segments A cylindrical rotating thickening device including an axial core, a plurality of longitudinally extending spaced apart support ribs extending radially from the axial core, and a shell surrounding the support ribs and supported thereon. The shell includes a plurality... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7097681 | Structure of filtering bag combination An improved filtering bag combination having an increased area of filtering and a longer life of use. The improved structure includes a filtering member with multiple folds to cover a support formed of a plurality of rods. The rods of the support have a plurality of... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093530 | Coffeemaker pod carrier A brewing apparatus pod carrier including a frame forming a first pod receiving cavity on a first side of the frame and a second pod receiving cavity on a second opposite side of the frame, and a liquid flow path between the first and second pod receiving cavities. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093533 | Brewing apparatus hot water discharge head A brewing apparatus including a housing having a movable lid; a water heater connected to the housing; and a hot water discharge head connected to the lid for delivering hot water from the hot water heater in a downward direction. The hot water discharge head includ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7024983 | Brewing apparatus hot water control A brewing apparatus including a housing having a movable lid and a brewing area under the lid; a hot water heater connected to the housing; a water pump connected to the hot water heater; a controller coupled to the hot water heater and the pump; and a switch connec... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017472 | Brewing apparatus water temperature control A brewing apparatus, such as a coffeemaker, including a hot water heater; a first temperature sensor connected to the hot water heater; a second temperature sensor connected to either a cold water inlet to the heater or a hot water outlet from the heater; a pump con... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011755 | Disposable vacuum filtration funnel with integral prefilter A filtration funnel with integral prefilter usable for filtering fluids. The integral prefilter is disposed above the final filter which is sealed to the funnel. The prefilter may contain one or more layers of prefilter material, and is sealed to the funnel with one... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6902673 | Single port manifold A manifold assembly (12) for a medical waste collection device (10) is provided. The manifold assembly (12) comprises a housing (14) and a cap (16) connected to the housing (14) by a snap-fit connection (18). The hous... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6892892 | Frustum filter used for separation of cation and anion exchange resins A frustum filter used for separation of cation and anion exchange resins, which is used in condensate water polishing system or apparatus, wherein said frustum filter comprises a microporous filtering net body (1) which is formed by sintering a mixture of sil... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6884343 | Curb inlet catch basin filter This invention is a filter for a street curb inlet catch basin that comprises a removable filter basket assembly, a funnel to channel storm water into the basket, and a support structure that holds the filter in place within the basin by means of bracing the structu... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6752275 | Extraction bag with support for containing a material to be extracted and sheet composite therefor An extraction bag with support includes a support member and a bag member which contains a material to be extracted or which is capable of containing a material to be extracted or which is capable of containing a material to be extraction, and is obtained by using a... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6395170 | Universal filter for soda pop and bottled water bottles Embodiments of a portable water filter are described and shown, each embodiment being adapted to fit and seal into a bottle neck without modification of, or attachment to, the bottle or its cap or other closure. The filter has a flange system that rests o... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6315896 | Disposable waste collector A disposable waste collector is formed by attaching the open end of a porous tubular bag to a rigid ring. The waste collector is positioned in a drain opening below the entry grate so that all fluids passing through the entry grate must pass through the t... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6250209 | Brewer filter support A beverage brewing filter structure used to retain a brewing filter and a beverage brewing substance. The structure is designed to create a consistent bed depth and a plurality of wicking points in order to give a more even extraction of the beverage brew... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5888392 | Filter position retention ring The present invention relates to filters for coffee, tea, hot chocolate etc., in which a filter is placed in a cylindrical container and whatever is to be filtered is placed in the filter that has been placed in the cylindrical container. Thereafter, eith... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5852966 | Reusable coffee brewing filter A coffee filter comprising a cylindrical coffee retaining ring, and a cylindrical sleeve, the cylindrical sleeve being sized and fitted so that it may be slidably mounted upon the cylindrical coffee retaining ring so that the inner surface of the cylindri... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5782791 | Method of manufacturing a fluid filter A method of manufacturing a fluid filter comprising: (a) providing a cone having a tip end and an open end and made of a filter material; (b) providing a support element having a plurality of concentric annular members mounted on a base and having outermo... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5733448 | Manually pressurized water filtering container Two chambers in a container are separated by an easily replaced filter. One of the chambers is capable of being compressed so as to pressurize a water volume in the chamber which is to be filtered. The water is therefore forced through the filter into the... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5628902 | Filter holder Filter holder having a dish (1) designed to be mounted on an "espresso" coffee machine and having a cup (2) whose bottom wall forms a filtering surface (3) and which is designed to receive a quantity of coffee, the fineness of whose grounds may vary. The ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5507948 | Coffee filter support ring A ring for supporting a coffee filter within a filter basket of a brewing device. The inventive device includes a support ring positionable within a filter basket so as to capture an upper edge of a coffee filter between the ring and the basket. A plurali... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5297299 | Drain hair net A plastic device using nylon thread mesh material as a trapping element to prevent clogging of traps and drain lines caused by loose hair or other objects dropped in or washed down the drain opening. The device includes an annular flange having a dependin... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5290444 | Coffee filter retainer A device for securing a coffee filter paper in a grounds container comprising a single thin sheet of thermo-plastic, heat resistant, resilient material having a plurality of fingers spaced symmetrically around the periphery, for placing adjacent a paper f... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5279007 | Web protection system for double sinks A web protection system for a sink having at least first and second sink basins separated by a partition wall with the partition wall having an upper horizontal surface. The system includes an elongated web protector having a U-shaped cross-section which ... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5252211 | Coffee filter support assembly A support assembly for coffee filters comprises an annular or ring-like member adapted to nest inside the coffee filter basket of an automatic "drip" style coffee machine with the ring member being adapted to fit concentrically inside the circumference of... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5221475 | Filter support A strainer assembly for straining a liquid, such as paint, to be poured into a container includes a tubular strainer support having a continuous imperforate side wall structure with an open top, an open bottom, and an annular exterior flange for removably... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5211104 | Coffee flow concentrator for coffeemaker An apparatus for use with a coffee maker holds the grounds in a cylindrical configuration in the hot water stream for more uniform and efficient extraction. A thin-wall, right cylinder has a slotted lower edge. A thin-wall frustum of a cone also has a sma... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5064533 | Funnel basket structure A beverage brewing funnel including a filter retaining basket and a handle which are securely yet removably attached to a funnel shell. A compressible fork and a prong attached to an upper portion of the filter retaining basket engage a slot and an apertu... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4946591 | Tubular support with inperforate plastic sheet and filter cloth strainer A strainer assembly for straining a liquid such as paint to be poured into the interior of an open top container includes a tubular strainer support having a continuous imperforate side wall structure with an open top, an open bottom, and an annular exter... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4908130 | Automobile gasoline impurities removal apparatus A gasoline filter for the entranceway to a gas tank filler tube has three preferred embodiments. The first includes a semipermanently mounted cap having a bore in which there is disposed a removable cylindrical filter element. The element is seated on a r... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4885987 | Coffee filter retainer A device with several embodiments for securing a coffee filter in a coffee maker which will fit most commercially made coffee makers and which uses substantially all of the filter's surface for filtering purposes but does not allow the filter to fall inwa... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4867880 | Brewing device A device for brewing a beverage into container, such as a cup, which includes an enclosure adapted to fit over the rim of a receiver such as a cup with a space between the bottom of the device and the receiver and where a reservoir is provided to receive ... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4865737 | Filter support for disposable coffee filters A cylinder having both ends opened is structured of loosely woven metal or plastic wire. The cylinder is sized to fit vertically in a coffee maker filter basket inside a disposable coffee filter as a filter support. The filter support prevents the walls o... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4863601 | Filter apparatus with hydrophilic filter material and hydrophobic support A filter bag is positioned inside and fastened to a holding frame. The holding frame has substantially vertical walls and is adapted to be placed on the edge of a coffee cup or the like. The sides of the holding frame that face the filter bag are made of ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4859337 | Filter for making portions of coffee or tea The invention relates to A filter for making portions of coffee or tea, comprising a substantially cup-shaped supporting vessel having a pouring-in opening at the top, a chamber for filling with liquid and having an outlet opening at the bottom, and a fil... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4792398 | Manual vacuum filtration device A manual liquid filtration device includes a housing having an open lower end providing access to an internal vacuum chamber, and defining a liquid specimen receiving chamber at its upper end adapted for flow communication with the vacuum chamber. An elas... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4765896 | Brewing funnel with removable insert Beverage brewing funnel combination for supporting scrunchable disposable filters in either their non-scrunched full or normal capacity condition or in a scrunched reduced-capacity condition. The combination is formed by a funnel and a removable skeleton-... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4735719 | Coffee filter ring A continuous generally frusto-conically shaped ring for use in retaining the side walls of conventional automatic drip type coffee filters in erect orientation within filter support trays and which include an annular flange which is engageable with the to... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4728425 | Coffee filter and annular retainer There is disclosed filter apparatus for coffee makers wherein the the ground coffee is placed in a filter and hot water passes over the coffee grounds, through the filter and into the coffee pot. The filter apparatus includes a pleated paper filter that i... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4650583 | Infusion filter This invention relates to an infusion filter, in particular for use in coffee percolators, which includes a first rigid disc having an open space therein and a second rigid disc having an open space therein. The infusion filter includes a filter element h... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4642190 | Brewing funnel with screen filter assembly A beverage brewing funnel of the type used with disposable paper filters. The interior bottom surface of the funnel is provided with ribs which prevent the disposable filters when wet from engaging the interior bottom surface. The bottom of the funnel has... | 02/10/1987 |
