Patent ID: 6736295
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A vacuum insulated carafe with a stopper having high flow characteristics comprising,a double wall metallic body, having an air evacuated middle space forming an insulating layer therebetween, said body having a top and a bottom, a base attached to the bottom of the body, for resting the carafe on a flat surface, a mounting ring connected to the top of the body having a outside surface and a central opening, with said mounting ring outside surface having a pouring spout and handle attachment means opposed on the outside surface and internal threads within the central opening, a handle, adjoined upon the mounting ring handle attachment means, an interfacing gasket sealing the mounting ring to the body, a stopper, defined as having an inner cup and an outer ring, said outer ring containing external male threads, and a plurality of integral ribs connecting the cup to the ring while forming a void between the ribs, a cap snapped onto said inner cup forming a dead air space between the cap and the inner cup, and a liquid sealing gasket disposed between the cap and the body inner cup assuring a airtight seal therebetween and in addition, creating a sealing surface between the stopper and the mounting ring, for sealing the stopper to the mounting ring when the stopper is screwed in until the stopper contiguously engages the ring, further, when the stopper is unscrewed a horizontal gap is formed between the liquid sealing gasket and the mounting ring providing a passageway through the gap and the void between the ribs, permitting a high flow of liquid to pass therethrough onto the pouring spout and out of the carafe.