Beverage dispenser for cups and pitchers with manual start and automatic shut off

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4738285
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06880464

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An improved beverage dispenser for filling any one receptacle taken from a predetermined group of different sized cups or a significantly large pitcher, the dispenser has manual start and automatic shut off of dispensing utilizing an electrically conductive combination activator and beverage probe lever, has an improved receptacle rest for dependable support of all of the cups or the pitcher, and the rest has a rearwardly inclined tilted upper receptacle support surface to tilt the receptacle toward the lever. The improved receptacle rest has a nose extending up and out beyond a dispenser drip tray for support of the pitcher, and a backstop to prevent the pitcher from damaging or disabling the automatic shut off and the dispenser. A method of dispensing, a retrofit kit, and method of retrofitting a cup dispenser into a dipenser for cups and/or pitchers with automatic dispensing shut off are also provided.

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Patent Owner(s)

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CORNELIUS COMPANY THE A CORP OF MINNESOTAONE CORNELIUS PLACE HIGHWAY 10 WEST ANOKA MN 55303

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Belland, Terrance G Champlin, MN 5 94

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