A47J 31/462
With an intermediate liquid storage tank
Official title: {with an intermediate liquid storage tank}
A47J31/462 (With an intermediate liquid storage tank) appears on 358 US grants and 445 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47J- Granted patents
- 358
- Published applications
- 445
- Assignees
- 214
- Inventors
- 785
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 25 | 12 |
| 2025 | 10 | 11 |
| 2026 | 4 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Beverage preparation machine and cooling module25 Aug 2026US 12,715,751 B2Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B. V.
- Self-cleaning frothing appliance19 May 2026US 12,628,978 B2Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
- Dismantlable dispenser for a coffee machine24 Mar 2026US 12,582,261 B2DE' LONGHI APPLIANCES S.r.l.
- System and a method of processing a food product17 Feb 2026US 12,551,049 B2HCL Technologies Limited
- Dispensing module for a beverage preparation machine28 Oct 2025US 12,453,435 B2Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B. V.
- Coffee making system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248322 A1Maxi (Beijing) International Brand Management Co., Ltd.
- Ceramic body coffee maker20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240355 A1Clovermark Studios LLC
- Active, controllable, reduced temperature beverage making apparatus, system, and method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198726 A1Bunn-O-Matic Corporation
- Extraction systems and methods for using same9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191353 A1Vita-Mix Management Corporation
- Beverage-making machine25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174272 A1Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic infusion-beverage apparatus125US 5,072,660 A1991
- Apparatus for preparing coffee125US 6,009,792 ASara Lee/DE N. V. · 2000
- Methods of brewing reduced temperature coffee111US 5,858,437 ABunn-O-Matic Corporation · 1999
- Baffle operated liquid heating and dispensing system for a single serve beverage brewer108US 6,666,130 B2Keurig, Incorporated · 2003
- Machine for the preparation of beverages97US 7,255,039 B2Kraft Foods R & D, Inc. · 2007