US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on April 21 for "Motorized chute trap for a beverage brewing system" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,009, issued on April 21, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Motorized chute trap for a beverage brewing system" was invented by Eddy Zhou (Shanghai) and Zhihua Liu (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feeder system for a beverage dispenser includes a top plate for a basket, the top plate defining a chute aperture, a mounting plate positioned over the top plate, the mounting plate defining a mounting aperture, the mounting aperture being aligned with the chute aperture along the axial direction, a feeder module including a chute, the chute defining an outlet aligned with the mounting a...