Waste disposal tray for an automatic coffee maker
CA 2090761 C · Owner: Bunn-O-Matic Corporation · Inventors: Ford, David F.
Overview
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A tray assembly for use in receiving and retaining used moist brewing substances and the like from a beverage brewing apparatus and separating a liquid portion therefrom. The tray assembly is in communication with an entry port which deposits moist brewing substances therein. A drain line in the brewing apparatus carries separated liquids away from said tray assembly. The tray assembly includes a tray body, a liquid separation portion retained in said tray body for drawing off liquids from moist brewing substances, and a controllably sealable tray valve assembly attached to the tray body and operatively engaging the drain line for draining liquids from the tray assembly. A first area in the …
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- Filed February 25, 1993 and granted March 18, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 25, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 25, 2015.
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